Indigenous Governance (IGOV) students

For those students registered as graduate students in IGOV, political science or law, and the Certificate in Indigenous Nationhood, you should check which courses for your MA, PhD or LLM could be used to satisfy both your home department degree requirements and the Indigenous Nationhood certificate requirements. Keep in mind that depending on how students arrange their courses in IGOV, political science, law or another graduate program, the certificate in Indigenous Nationhood requires additional units of course work.

Here are some examples of requirements for students registered in an IGOV graduate program and the certificate in Indigenous Nationhood:

IGOV PhD program requirements with Indigenous Nationhood certificate

Requirements	Units
Indigenous Governance core courses (IGOV 520, IGOV 530, IGOV 540, IGOV 550). IGOV 540 and IGOV 550 each count toward 1.5 elective course for IN requirement	6.0
Additional coursework chosen in consultation with student's supervisory committee. This must include: -1.5 units in IN 601 -3.0 units in pre-approved IN elective courses (of these elective courses, 1.5 units must be from POLI and 1.5 units must be from LAW)	6.0
IGOV 693 (Candidacy Exam)	3.0
IN 697	1.5
IGOV 699 (Dissertation)	30.0
Total units	46.5

IGOV MA program requirements with Indigenous Nationhood certificate

Requirements	Units
Indigenous Governance core courses (IGOV 520, IGOV 530, IGOV 540, IGOV 550). IGOV 540 and IGOV 550 each count toward 1.5 unit elective course for IN requirement	6.0
Two IN elective courses (one from LAW and one from POLI) fulfills IGOV elective course requirement	3.0
IGOV Mentorship	3.0
IGOV Community Governance Project	4.5
IN 697	1.5
Total units	18