Indigenous Student Success
   (ISS)

Faculty of Arts and Science

Indigenous Student Success 0520

Mathematical Reasoning and Application

Credit hours: 3.00

Contact hours per week: 3-0-1

Overview of various applications of mathematics useful for students in any major. The topics covered include operations on numbers; applications of linear relationships; percentages and exponential relationships; basic probability; and descriptive statistics.

Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Undergraduate Certificate in Indigenous Student Success

Equivalent:Indigenous Student Success Cohort 0520 (prior to 2024/2025);
First Nations' Transition 0520 (prior to 2020/2021)

Lib Ed Req:Science

Indigenous Student Success 0524

Quest for Success I

Credit hours: 1.50

Contact hours per week: 1.5-0-0

Biweekly gathering of instructors and students, with the goal of fostering a learning community among first-year students. Through group discussions, speaker presentations, and hands-on activities, students learn computer and study skills, become familiar with the services available to them as Indigenous students, are exposed to speakers from various departments on campus and from the community, and receive support in overcoming roadblocks they encounter in the transition to university.

Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Undergraduate Certificate in Indigenous Student Success

Equivalent:Indigenous Student Success Cohort 0524 (prior to 2024/2025);
First Nations' Transition 0524 (prior to 2020/2021)

Indigenous Student Success 0525

Quest for Success II

Credit hours: 1.50

Contact hours per week: 1.5-0-0

Biweekly gathering of instructors and students, with the goal of fostering a learning community among first-year students. Through group discussions, speaker presentations, and hands-on activities, students learn computer and study skills, become familiar with the services available to them as Indigenous students, are exposed to speakers from various departments on campus and from the community, and receive support in overcoming roadblocks they encounter in the transition to university.

Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Undergraduate Certificate in Indigenous Student Success

Equivalent:Indigenous Student Success Cohort 0525 (prior to 2024/2025);
First Nations' Transition 0525 (prior to 2020/2021)