Curriculum

The MDP curriculum includes:

• A one-week program orientation, part of which takes places in an Indigenous community;

• 46.5 credit hours of core interdisciplinary courses that focus on Indigenous development within the health, management, natural, and social science framework;
• Course-based stream (6 credits of electives) OR the research-based stream and undertaking a Major Research Paper (MRP);
• Two 10 to 12 week field placements in Indigenous communities or with organizations (NGOs, government organizations, for-profit organizations, etc.) working with Indigenous communities.

This professional degree uses individual and team learning including problem-solving, case studies, group projects, critical self-reflection and work-integrated learning (WIL) to foster knowledge, skills, and approaches needed to successfully contribute to and affect sustainable Indigenous development in Canada and abroad.