Last updated: July 15, 2004 @ 01:20PM
Aboriginal Studies
Director
Merle Richards
General Information
Administrative Assistant
Leslie Wenzl
905-688-5550, extension 4112
Welch Hall 104
Aboriginal Studies courses may be taken for credit as electives in any degree program. Language courses in Mohawk and Cayuga satisfy the Language Requirement for Humanities majors. ABST 2F90 or 2F91 may be taken as a credit in History.
Description of Courses
Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term
timetable for details.
# Indicates a cross listed course
* Indicates primary offering of a cross listed course
Prerequisites and Restrictions
Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
ABST 1P01
Introduction to Mohawk I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers are used. Materials are chosen for cultural and linguistic content. About one-third of class time is devoted to study of the Mohawk culture.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
ABST 1P02
Introduction to Mohawk II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of and response to recorded language samples to extend writing in the Mohawk language.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P01.
ABST 1P03
Introduction to Cayuga I
Common sentence forms and vocabulary taught by audio-lingual methods. Listening, reading and writing of stories recorded by native speakers are used. Materials are chosen for cultural and linguistic content. About one-third of class time is devoted to study of the Iroquois culture.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
ABST 1P04
Introduction to Cayuga II
Extended dialogues and storytelling to increase fluency in speech and reading. Transcription of and response to recorded language samples to extend writing in the Cayuga language.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P03.
ABST 2F01
Intermediate Mohawk
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the punctual, indefinite and perfect verb forms; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives. Extension of literacy and oral skills through taped and written traditional stories.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P02.
ABST 2F90
Studies in Hodinohsonni History I
History of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ABST 2M90.
ABST 2F91
Studies in Aboriginal History (in Mohawk)
History of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: this course is taught in Mohawk.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ABST 2M91.
ABST 2F92
Studies in Hodinohsonni History II
Independent study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ABST 2M92.
ABST 2F96
Studies in Hodinohsonni Culture I
Culture of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ABST 2M96.
ABST 2F97
Studies in Aboriginal Culture (in Mohawk)
Culture of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: this course is taught in Mohawk.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ABST 2M97.
ABST 2F98
Studies in Hodinohsonni Culture II
Independent study in an area of mutual interest to the student and the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade in ABST 2M98.
ABST 2M90-2M95
Studies in Aboriginal History
Variable topics course that surveys the history of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the historical perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
ABST 2M96-2M99
Studies in Aboriginal Culture
Variable topics course that Surveys the culture of a selected Aboriginal society emphasizing the cultural perceptions, developments and interpretations of that society.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
ABST 2P03
Intermediate Cayuga I
Application of literacy skills and extension of vocabulary and listening skills by reading taped stories and legends and responding orally to audio-taped exercises and in writing to printed exercises.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 1P04.
ABST 2P04
Intermediate Cayuga II
Development of communication abilities and acquisition of the grammatical forms of future, aorist, indefinite and perfect tenses; transitive pronouns, noun incorporation and locatives.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2P03.
ABST 3F01
Advanced Mohawk
Focus on the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake. Study of the elevated language and contemporary significance of these works from a Mohawk perspective.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2F01.
ABST 3F03
Advanced Cayuga
Focus on the Great Law and the Code of Handsome Lake. Study of the elevated language and contemporary significance of these works from a Cayuga perspective.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 2P04.
ABST 3P46
Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Society
(also offered as SOCI 3P46)
Relationship between Canada's Aboriginal peoples and selected institutions in Canadian society such as education, industry and government. Topics include the European impact on indigenous culture, the conflict between traditional life styles and Canadian institutions, and the responses of Aboriginal peoples.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in BIRT guide.
Prerequisite: SOCI 1F90, 2P82 or permission of the instructor.
Note: students minoring in Sociology may register prior to date specified in BIRT guide. Contact the Sociology Department.
ABST 4F01
The Iroquois Spirit
Three main cultural traditions of contemporary and traditional Iroquois: the TeharonhyawBkoh - The Myth of the Earth Grasper (an extensive treatise on Iroquoian Cosmology), the Kaya-nere'kowa -Constitution of the Great Law and the Kariwiyo - the Code of Handsome Lake.
Lectures, lab, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: ABST 3F01 or 3F03.
Note: this course will be conducted partially in an Iroquoian language and utilize guest speakers, of the identified course language, who are recognized experts on the Iroquoian tradition.