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CCS
601
(3
Credits)
Fall
Documenting
Indigenous
Knowledge
(3+0)
A
thorough
grounding
in
the
research
methodologies
and
issues
associated
with
documenting
and
conveying
the
depth
and
breadth
of
indigenous
knowledge
systems
and
their
epistemological
structures.
Includes
a
survey
of
oral
and
literate
data
gathering
techniques,
a
review
of
various
modes
of
analysis
and
presentation,
and
a
practical
experience
in
a
real-life
setting.
(Prerequisites:
graduate
standing
or
approval
of
the
instructor.)
CCS
602
(3
Credits)
Spring
Cultural
and
Intellectual
Property
Rights
(3+0)
Examines
issues
associated
with
recognizing
and
respecting
cultural
and
intellectual
property
rights
with
respect
to
the
documentation,
publication
and
display
of
knowledge,
practices,
beliefs
and
artifacts
of
cultural
traditions.
Appropriate
research
principles,
ethical
guidelines
and
legal
protections
will
be
reviewed
for
their
application
to
cross-cultural
studies.
(Prerequisites:
graduate
standing
or
approval
of
the
instructor.)
CCS
603
(3
Credits)
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Field
Study
Research
Methods
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
603)
Intensive
focus
on
considerations
and
techniques
for
conducting
field
research
in
a
cross-cultural
setting,
with
particular
attention
to
participatory
approaches
and
naturalistic
research
designs.
Research
proposals
for
students'
projects
will
be
developed
and
completed
in
this
course.
(Prerequisite:
ED
601.)
CCS
608
(3
Credits)
Fall
Indigenous
Knowledge
Systems
(3+0)
A
comparative
survey
and
analysis
of
the
epistemological
properties,
world
views
and
modes
of
transmission
associated
with
various
indigenous
knowledge
systems.
Emphasis
on
knowledge
systems
practiced
in
Alaska.
(Prerequisites:
graduate
standing
or
approval
of
the
instructor.)
CCS
610
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Education
and
Cultural
Processes
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
610)
Advanced
study
of
the
function
of
education
as
a
cultural
process
and
its
relation
to
other
aspects
of
a
cultural
system.
Students
will
be
required
to
prepare
a
study
in
which
they
examine
some
aspect
of
education
in
a
particular
cultural
context.
CCS
611
(3
Credits)
Fall
Culture,
Cognition
and
Knowledge
Acquisition
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
611)
An
examination
of
the
relationship
between
learning,
thinking
and
perception
in
multicultural
contexts.
Particular
emphasis
will
be
on
the
implications
of
these
relationships
for
schooling.
Content
will
focus
on
cultural
influences
on
perception,
conceptual
processes,
learning,
memory
and
problem
solving.
Content
will
also
reflect
concern
for
practical
teaching
problems.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
in
education,
ED
610
recommended.)
CCS
612
(3
Credits)
Spring
Traditional
Ecological
Knowledge
(3+0)
Examines
the
acquisition
and
utilization
of
knowledge
associated
with
the
long-term
inhabitation
of
particular
ecological
systems
and
the
adaptations
that
arise
from
the
accumulation
of
such
knowledge.
Attention
will
be
given
to
the
contemporary
significance
of
traditional
ecological
knowledge
as
a
complement
to
academic
disciplinary
fields
of
study.
(Prerequisites:
graduate
standing
or
approval
of
the
instructor.)
CCS
613
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
613)
Guidelines,
rationale
and
resources
for
adapting
educational
policies,
programs
and
practices
to
better
address
the
cultural
well-being
of
the
students
and
communities
they
serve.
Content
will
be
grounded
in
the
"Alaska
Standards
for
Culturally
Responsive
Schools"
including
standards
for
students,
teachers,
curriculum,
schools
and
communities.
CCS
690
(3
Credits)
Spring,
Summer,
As
Demand
Warrants
Seminar
in
Cross-Cultural
Studies
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
690)
Investigation
of
current
issues
in
cross-cultural
contexts.
Opportunity
for
students
to
synthesize
their
prior
graduate
studies
and
research.
Seminar
is
taken
near
the
terminus
of
a
graduate
program.
(Prerequisites:
Advancement
to
candidacy,
permission
of
student's
graduate
committee.)
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