Coeur d'Alene Language (CDA)
CDA-101 Elementary Coeur d'Alene Language I
5 Credits
Lecture: 5 hours per week
Offering: Fall Only, All Years
This course is an introduction to an American Indian language designed for students with no previous foreign language study. The course will include specialized methods of working with an unwritten language and emphasize pronunciation, beginning grammar, vocabulary-building, and an introduction to Coeur d'Alene Tribal culture.
CDA-102 Elementary Coeur d'Alene Language II
5 Credits
Lecture: 5 hours per week
Offering: Spring Only, All Years
This course is the second semester of an introduction to the native language of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe. It completes the outline of the major grammatical systems of the language.
Prerequisites: CDA-101
CDA-201 Intermediate Coeur d'Alene Language
4 Credits
Lecture: 4 hours per week
Offering: Fall Only, All Years
This course provides training in conversational proficiency in an American Indian language. It features detailed discussion of grammar knowledge gained in CDA-101 and CDA-102 and insights into Coeur d'Alene culture revealed in the traditional oral literature.
Prerequisites: CDA-102