|
ANS 100
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring
Preparing
for
College
and
Student
Success
(1+0)
(Cross-listed
with
RD
100)
Presentations
on
time
and
financial
management,
test-taking
strategies,
study
techniques,
UAF
and
community
resources,
GPA
calculation,
UAF
catalog
information,
core
requirements,
goal
setting
and
personal
choices.
Provides
students
with
the
information
and
skills
necessary
for
a
successful
UAF
experience.
Instruction
by
the
staff
of
Rural
Student
Services.
Native
leaders
will
be
invited
as
regular
guest
speakers.
ANS 101
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Introduction
to
Alaska
Native
Studies
(3+0)
h
Introductory
information
on
the
Alaska
Native
Community.
Overview
of
significant
Native
issues.
Review
of
pertinent
literature
and
resources.
ANS 102
(2
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Orientation
to
Alaska
Native
Education
(2+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
102)
A
seminar
in
issues
related
to
Alaska
Native
and
rural
education.
Through
weekly
meetings
held
both
on
campus
and
in
Fairbanks
schools,
students
examine
and
discuss
issues
with
Alaska
Native
educators
on
topics
related
specifically
to
rural
and
urban
Alaska
Native
education.
Issues
include:
Native
ways
of
knowing,
local
control,
curriculum
development
for
small/multi-graded/rural
schools,
cultural
differences
in
teaching
and
learning
and
bilingual
programs.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 103
(1
Credit)
As
Demand
Warrants
Beginning
Eskimo
Dance
(1+2)
Teaching
of
traditional
and
contemporary
Yup'ik
Eskimo
dance
through
the
means
of
singing,
drumming,
and
motions
of
the
stage.
In-depth
analysis
of
each
song
and
its
relation
to
contemporary
and
traditional
cultural
lifestyles.
(Not
offered
on
the
Fairbanks
campus.)
ANS 111
(3
Credits)
Fall
History
of
Alaska
Natives
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
HIST110)
The
history
of
Alaska
Natives
from
contact
to
the
signing
of
the
Land
Claims
Settlement
Act.
ANS 160
(1
Credit)
Fall
Alaska
Native
Dance
(2+0)
h
Traditional
Native
Alaskan
dancing,
singing,
and
drumming
of
songs
from
Alaska's
major
indigenous
groups
taught
by
guest
Native
elders
and
dancers.
If
sufficient
interest,
a
dance
group
will
be
assembled
using
class
members
for
spring
presentation
primarily
in
the
Fairbanks
area,
including
the
Festival
of
Native
Arts.
ANS 161
(3
Credits)
Fall
Introduction
to
Alaska
Native
Performance
(2+3)
h
(Cross-listed
with
THR
161)
For
Native
and
non-Native
students
with
no
prior
acting
or
theatre
experience.
Includes
both
academic
and
practical
components
to
examine
traditional
Alaska
Native
theatre
mythology,
ritual,
ceremony
and
performance
methods.
Application
of
exercises
and
developmental
scenes
drawn
from
the
Alaska
Native
heritage.
ANS 202X
(3
Credits)
Fall
Aesthetic
Appreciation
of
Alaska
Native
Performance
(3+0)
h
Understanding
and
application
of
the
cultural
principles
of
Alaska
Native
oral
narrative
performances.
Topics
are
arranged
by
the
five
broad
Alaska
Native
regions.
Topics
include
lectures
on
culture,
principles
of
visual
arts
analysis
of
oral
narratives,
musical
expression,
and
hands-on
involvement
in
Alaska
Native
theatrical
arts.
ANS 242
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Native
Cultures
of
Alaska
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
242)
The
traditional
Aleut,
Eskimo,
and
Indian
(Athabascan
and
Tlingit)
cultures
of
Alaska.
Eskimo
and
Indian
cultures
in
Canada.
Linguistic
and
cultural
groupings,
population
changes,
subsistence
patterns,
social
organization
and
religion
in
terms
of
local
ecology.
Pre-contact
interaction
between
groups.
Also
available
via
Independent
Learning.
ANS 250
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Current
Alaska
Native
Leadership
Perspectives
(3+0)
s
Prominent
leaders
in
the
Native
community
are
brought
into
direct
classroom
contact
with
students
to
discuss
important
issues
in
rural
Alaska
and
the
larger
Native
community.
ANS 251
(1
-
3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Practicum
in
Native
Cultural
Expression
(0+variable)
Provides
individual
supervised
activities
in
the
formal
organization,
promotion,
and
expression
of
Alaskan
Native
cultural
heritage.
May
be
repeated
to
a
maximum
of
3
credits.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
the
department
head.)
ANS 268
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Beginning
Native
Art
Studio
(1+4)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ART
268)
Understanding
and
applying
the
traditional
designs
and
technologies
of
Native
art.
(Prerequisite:
ART
105
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 275
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Yup'ik
Practices
in
Spirituality
and
Philosophy
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
PHIL
275)
Exploration
of
the
processes
in
Yup'ik
natural
religion
and
the
underlying
philosophy
that
is
the
basis
for
Yup'ik
existence
in
the
spiritual
realm.
Wholeness
of
Yup'ik
existence
as
it
integrates
into
the
western
religion
and
philosophy.
ANS 300W
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Alaska
Native
Writers
Workshop
(3+0)
h
Rhetorical
methods
of
creative
expression
of
the
Alaska
Native
experience.
Emphasis
on
the
student's
development
of
expressive
abilities
in
a
variety
of
Native
and
Western
forms.
Publication
of
student
work
a
possibility.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X
and
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 310
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
The
Alaska
Native
Lands
Settlement
(3+0)
s
Native
corporation
goals
and
methods
as
they
implement
the
Alaska
Native
Claims
Settlement
Act
and
establish
themselves
within
the
larger
political
economy.
(Prerequisites:
ANTH
242
or
PS
263
or
HIST
110;
ECON
101,
137;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 315
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Tribal
People
and
Development
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
RD
315)
Impact
of
socioeconomic
development
processes
on
tribal
peoples
in
third
and
fourth
world
societies.
Implications
of
these
processes
for
Alaska
Native
people.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered
2003
-
04.)
ANS 320W
(3
Credits)
Spring
Language
and
Culture:
Applications
of
Alaska
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
320W)
Language,
ethnicity,
and
their
interrelationships.
Communicating
ethnic
identity.
Patterns
of
language
use
which
affect
communication
between
ethnic
groups.
Applicability
of
these
concepts
to
Native/non-Native
communication
patterns.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X
and
LING
101.)
ANS 325
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Native
Self
Government
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
PS
325)
Indigenous
political
systems,
customary
law
and
justice
in
Alaska
emphasizing
the
organization
of
Native
governance
under
federal
Indian
Law
and
Alaska
state-chartered
local
government.
Comparisons
between
Alaska
Native
political
development
and
those
of
tribes
in
the
contiguous
48
states
and
northern
hemisphere
tribal
people.
(Prerequisites:
HIST
110,
PS
263.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ANS 330
(1
-
3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Yup'ik
Parenting
and
Child
Development
(1
-
3+0)
h
Processes,
methods,
and
evaluation
of
Yup'ik
child
rearing
including
how
it
is
affected
by
other
cultures
and
how
these
can
be
integrated
into
the
process.
Only
offered
at
Kuskokwim
Campus.
(Prerequisite:
PSY
240
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 335
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Native
North
Americans
(3+0)
s
Interdisciplinary
examination
of
the
ecological,
cultural,
historical
and
political
experiences
of
Native
Americans.
Includes
archaeological
evidence,
ethnographic
data
and
indigenous
accounts.
Readings
selected
from
all
of
North
America
with
an
emphasis
on
Alaska
Natives.
(Prerequisites:
ANS
101,
242,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 340
(3
Credits)
Fall
Contemporary
Native
American
Literature
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ENGL
340)
Contemporary
Native
American
writing
in
English,
including
novels,
short
stories,
poetry,
and
plays.
Examples
of
Native
American
film
when
related
to
a
writing.
Works
discussed
in
relation
to
cultural
contexts
and
interpretations.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 347
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
(Cross-listed
with
ENGL
347)
Voices
of
Native
American
Peoples
(3+0)
h
Exploration
of
the
forms
by
which
Native
American
peoples
have
narrated
their
life
experiences.
Includes
oral
narratives,
written
autobiographies,
memoirs
and
speeches,
and
an
introduction
to
the
social,
historical
and
cultural
content
surround
these
texts.
Readings
selected
from
all
of
North
America
with
an
emphasis
on
Alaska
Natives.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ANS 348W
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Native
North
American
Women
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
WMS
348W)
Interdisciplinary
examination
of
the
relationship
between
Native
American
women
and
their
own
social
settings
and
cross-cultural
experiences.
Includes
issues
of
political,
economic
and
social
solutions
as
employed
by
women
in
a
large
multi-ethnic
nation-state.
(Prerequisites:
ANS
101,
ANTH
100X,
ENGL
111X,
SOC
100X,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 349
(3
Credits)
Fall
Narrative
Art
of
Alaska
Native
Peoples
(in
English
Translation)
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ENGL
349)
Traditional
and
historical
tales
by
Aleut,
Eskimo,
Athabascan,
Eyak,
Tlingit,
Haida,
and
Tsimshian
storytellers.
Bibliography,
Alaska
Native
genres
and
viewpoints,
and
structural
and
thematic
features
of
tales.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 350W,O
(3
Credits)
Fall
Cross
Cultural
Communication:
Alaskan
Perspectives
(3+0)
s
Culture
influences
on
communication
patterns.
Examines
how
misunderstandings
may
develop
when
cultures
come
in
contact
from
differently
organized
ways
of
speaking
and
thinking.
Focus
on
Alaska,
with
its
diversity
of
cultures
and
languages,
as
a
microcosm
for
examining
these
issues,
particularly
as
they
affect
Native
and
non-Native
communication
in
institutional
settings.
(Prerequisite:
COMM
131X
or
141X;
and
ENGL
111X.)
ANS 351
(1
-
3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Practicum
in
Native
Cultural
Expression
(0+variable)
Individual
supervised
activities
in
advanced
organization,
promotion,
and
expression
of
Alaskan
Native
cultural
heritage
projects
(Festival
of
Native
Arts
leadership,
Tuma
Theatre,
Theata
magazine,
etc.)
Continuation
of
ANS
251.
(Prerequisite:
Permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 360
(1
Credit)
Spring
Advanced
Native
Dance
(0+2)
h
Advanced
techniques
with
emphasis
on
the
cultural
meanings
of
the
dance
performance.
(Prerequisite:
ANS
160
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 361
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Advanced
Alaska
Native
Performance
(2+3)
h
(Cross-listed
with
THR
361)
In-depth
study
of
Alaska
Native
theatre
techniques
and
tradition,
including
traditional
dance,
song
and
drumming
techniques,
mask
characterizations
and
performance
application
and
presentation
of
a
workshop
production
developed
by
the
students
during
the
semester.
(Prerequisite:
ANS/THR
161.)
ANS 365
(3
Credits)
Fall
Native
Art
of
Alaska
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ART
365
and
ANTH
365)
Art
forms
of
the
Eskimo,
Indian
and
Aleut
from
prehistory
to
the
present.
Changes
in
forms
through
the
centuries.
(Prerequisite:
Advanced
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 366
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Northwest
Coast
Indian
Art
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
366
and
ART
366)
Arts
of
the
Northwest
Coast
Indians
and
the
place
of
the
art
in
their
culture.
(Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ANS 367
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Eskimo
Art
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ART
367
and
ANTH
367)
Eskimo
art
from
Alaska,
Canada
and
Siberia
beginning
with
the
earliest
known
pieces
to
the
beginning
of
the
20th
century.
(Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ANS 368
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Intermediate
Native
Art
Studio
(1+4)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ART
368)
Understanding
and
applying
advanced
traditional
designs
and
technologies
of
Native
art.
(Prerequisite:
ART
268
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 370
(1
Credit)
As
Demand
Warrants
Issues
in
Alaska
Bilingual
and
Multicultural
Education
(1+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
370)
Current
issues
related
to
Alaska
bilingual
and
multicultural
education.
Students
must
attend
all
three
days
of
the
annual
Alaska
Bilingual/Multicultural
Education
and
Equity
Conference
and
write
a
paper
reflecting
on
how
they
will
use
information
gained
from
the
conference
in
their
own
multicultural
education
context.
Course
may
be
repeated
for
credit
since
the
content
of
the
conference
changes
each
year.
(Prerequisites:
Prior
coursework
at
the
lower-division
level.)
ANS 375
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Native
American
Religion
and
Philosophy
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
PHIL
375)
Philosophical
aspects
of
Native
American
world
views.
Systems
of
belief
and
knowledge,
explanations
of
natural
phenomena,
relations
of
humans
to
natural
environment
through
ritual
and
ceremonial
observances.
(Recommended:
PHIL
102.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
ANS 381W
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Alaska
Natives
in
Film
(1.5+2
-
4)
h
Analysis
of
the
portrayal
of
Alaska's
Inupiaq
and
Yup'ik
peoples
(with
some
on
Canada's
Inuit)
through
select
films
and
readings.
Learning
to
critically
analyze
films
and
understanding
how
various
film
techniques
are
accomplished
while
focusing
on
feature
films'
treatment
and
use
of
northern
peoples
in
film,
as
well
as
looking
at
the
social
impact
of
such
films.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X
or
212;
ENGL
211X
or
212
or
213X.
Recommended:
ART/MUS/THR
200X.)
ANS 401
(3
Credits)
Fall
Cultural
Knowledge
of
Native
Elders
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
RD
401)
Study
with
prominent
Native
tradition-bearers
in
Native
philosophies,
values,
and
oral
traditions.
Traditional
knowledge
elicited
through
the
cultural
heritage
documentation
process.
Analysis
of
existing
interactions
between
cultural
traditions
and
contemporary
American
life
as
experienced
by
Native
elders.
(Prerequisites:
HIST
110,
ANTH
242
and
upper
division
standing.)
ANS 420
(3
Credits)
Fall
Alaska
Native
Education
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
ED
420)
School
systems
historically
serving
Native
people,
current
efforts
toward
local
control,
and
the
cross
cultural
nature
of
this
education.
Field
experience
required.
(Prerequisite:
ANTH
242
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 425
(3
Credits)
Fall
Federal
Indian
Law
and
Alaska
Natives
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
PS
425)
The
"special
relationship"
between
the
federal
government
and
Native
Americans
based
on
land
transactions
and
recognition
of
tribal
sovereignty.
Federal
Indian
law
and
policy
evolving
from
this
relationship.
Legal
rights
and
status
of
Alaska
Natives.
(Prerequisites:
PS
101
and
HIST
110;
or
permission
of
instructor;
PS
263
is
recommended.)
ANS 450
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Comparative
Aboriginal
Rights
and
Policies
(3+0)
s
(Cross-listed
with
PS
450)
A
case-study
approach
in
assessing
Aboriginal
Rights
and
Policies
in
different
Nation-State
Systems.
Seven
Aboriginal
situations
examined
for
factors
promoting
or
limiting
self-determination.
(Prerequisite:
Upper
division
standing
or
instructor's
permission.
Next
offered:
2003
-
04.)
ANS 461
(3
Credits)
Spring
Native
Ways
of
Knowing
(3+0)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ED
461)
Focus
on
how
culture
and
world
view
shape
who
we
are
and
influence
the
way
we
come
to
know
the
world
around
us.
Emphasis
on
Alaska
Native
knowledge
systems
and
ways
of
knowing.
(Prerequisite:
Upper
division
standing.)
ANS 468
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Advanced
Native
Art
Studio
(1+4)
h
(Cross-listed
with
ART
468)
Advanced
traditional
designs
and
technologies
of
Native
art.
Use
of
contemporary
materials
to
interpret
traditional
forms.
(Prerequisite:
ART
368
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 472W
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Rural
Alaska,
Natives
and
the
Press
(1.5+1.5
-
4)
h
Analysis
of
the
historical
role
rural
Alaska
and
Alaska
Natives
have
played
in
the
statewide
press,
including
Native
and
non-Native
journalists/publishers
and
their
impact
on
Alaska
history
and
the
public
mind.
Analysis
of
the
rural
press,
portrayal
of
rural
Alaska
in
the
urban
press
and
the
role
of
cultural
journalism.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X;
211X
or
213X;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
ANS 475
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Alaska
Native
Social
Change
(3+0)
s
Tradition
and
change
in
Native
social
institutions
in
contemporary
society.
Methods
of
identifying
and
analyzing
significant
Native
social
change
processes
for
public
understanding.
(Prerequisite:
ANTH
242
or
permission
of
instructor.)
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