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studying
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McGill
University,
Montreal,
Canada;
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University
of
Copenhagen,
Denmark;
or
opportunities
for
study
in
Russia,
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Study
Abroad.
NORS
470
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Oral
Sources;
Issues
in
Documentation
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
470
and
stacked
with
NORS
670)
Preparation
for
recording
and
use
of
oral
resources.
Examines
how
meaning
is
conveyed
through
oral
traditions
and
personal
narratives
and
the
issues
involved
with
recording
and
reproducing
narratives.
Includes
management
of
oral
recordings,
ethical
and
legal
considerations,
issues
of
interpretation
and
censorship,
and
the
use
of
new
technologies
to
access
and
deliver
recordings.
(Prerequisite:
At
least
one
undergraduate
ANTH
course
and
one
undergraduate
HIST
course,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
484W
(3
Credits)
Fall
Seminar
in
Northern
Studies
(3+0) s
An
interdisciplinary
seminar
focusing
on
topics
relating
to
the
North
with
emphasis
on
the
physical
sciences,
the
peoples
and
the
socioeconomic
and
political
aspects
of
the
area.
Specialists
in
the
various
fields
will
assign
readings
and
conduct
discussions.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X;
at
least
junior
standing;
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
600
(3
Credits)
Fall
Perspectives
on
the
North
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
HIST
600)
Basic
knowledge
of
the
circumpolar
north
--
the
social,
economic,
political,
and
scientific
facets
of
northern
life.
Consideration
of
major
cultural
groups
of
the
north
and
their
histories,
the
environmental
settings
and
patterns
of
settlement
and
development
in
northern
regions
and
systems
of
governance
in
different
northern
countries.
Broad
overview
of
the
major
policy
issues
of
the
north
in
education,
justice,
health
care,
and
environmental
and
wildlife
protection.
NORS
601
(3
Credits)
Fall
Research
Methods
and
Sources
in
the
North
(3+0)
Development
of
students'
research
skills
so
they
can
engage
in
their
own
research
on
northern
issues.
Includes
techniques
of
interviewing,
conducting
surveys,
and
sampling;
qualitative
and
quantitative
methods
of
research
design;
and
familiarity
with
library
sources
and
archival
records.
Each
student
will
develop
a
research
project.
NORS
610
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Northern
Indigenous
People
and
Contemporary
Issues
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
610)
Comparative
examination
of
issues
affecting
northern
indigenous
people
from
Alaska,
Canada,
Greenland,
and
Russia.
Issues
include
the
impact
of
the
alienation
of
land
on
which
these
people
depend;
the
relationships
between
their
small,
rural
microeconomies
and
the
larger
agroindustrial
market
economies
of
which
they
are
a
part;
education,
language
loss,
and
cultural
transmission;
alternative
governmental
policies
toward
indigenous
peoples
and
contrasting
world
views.
NORS
613
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Wilderness
and
Environmental
Psychology
(3+0)
Examines
the
relationships
between
people
and
the
natural
and
built
environments.
Topics
include
the
effects
of
arctic
environments
on
physical
and
psychological
health,
preferences
for
different
types
of
natural
settings,
the
design
of
residential
and
community
environments
in
northern
climates,
and
the
symbolism
of
settings
and
effects
on
political
controversies.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NORS
614
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Human
Adaptation
to
the
Circumpolar
North
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
PSY
614)
Individual
and
family
adaptations
to
the
distinctive
stresses
and
opportunities
of
life
in
northern
regions.
Students
complete
an
original
research
project
examining
a
topic
such
as
successful
and
unsuccessful
responses
to
northern
work
and
economic
cycles,
adult
development
in
sparsely
populated
frontier
settings,
and
the
social
problems
characteristic
of
northern
settings.
NORS
616
(6
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Performance
Studies
Abroad
(3+9)
(Stacked
with
THR
416W)
Intensive
course
for
actors,
directors,
designers,
technicians
and
playwrights
interested
in
script
development/training
with
the
participation
of
international
theatre
professionals.
Develop
new
scripts
and
performances
in
a
multicultural
environment
under
the
supervision
of
a
theatre
faculty
member.
Previous
faculty
and
student
work
abroad
includes:
Russia,
Zambia,
South
Africa
and
Scandinavia.
Course
requirements
vary
according
to
the
project.
NORS
620
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Images
of
the
North
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ENGL
620)
Emphasis
on
the
variety
of
images
created
about
the
people
and
environment
of
the
circumpolar
north.
Examination
and
interpretation
of
conceptualizations
of
the
north
as
expressed
in
such
different
media
as
film,
art,
literature,
travel
journals,
and
oral
traditions.
NORS
624
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Field
Artists
of
the
North
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ART
424O
and
cross-listed
with
ART
624)
Study
of
field
artists
and
their
work,
from
the
explorer
artists
of
yesteryear
to
today's
field
artists
using
a
variety
of
traditional
and
contemporary
media
in
their
creations.
Students
will
conceive
and
conduct
their
own
study
projects,
producing
a
body
of
work
that
will
demonstrate
the
principles
and
practice
of
a
field
artist.
(Prerequisites:
ART
105
and
a
studio
art
course
(ART
161,
162,
163,
205,
211,
213)
or
JRN
203.)
NORS
625
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Visual
Images
of
the
North
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ART
625)
Examination
of
the
two-dimensional
imagery
of
the
people
and
landscapes
of
the
polar
regions,
centering
on
such
issues
as
depiction
of
arctic
peoples
and
customs
by
Europeans,
documentary
vs.
artistic
goals,
translations
from
original
sketches
to
published
images,
relationship
of
polar
imagery
to
prevailing
historical
styles,
and
the
influence
of
changing
world
views
on
modes
of
polar
representation
between
the
16th
and
20th
centuries.
NORS
627
(3
Credits)
Spring
Geography
of
Cold
Lands
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
GEOG
627
and
stacked
with
GEOG
427)
Comparative
physical,
human,
and
economic
geography
of
cold
regions
in
the
north,
especially
Canada,
Siberia,
Greenland
and
Scandinavia.
Special
attention
given
to
spatial
patterns
of
settlement
and
natural
resource
development.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
633
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Culture
and
History
in
the
North
Atlantic
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
ANTH
433
and
cross-listed
with
ANTH
633)
Ancient
Norse
culture
and
society.
Includes
readings
of
Old
Norse
poetry
and
Icelandic
sagas
in
translation,
with
secondary
analyses
and
archaeological
background.
Includes
Greenlandic
myths
and
contemporary
ethnographic
accounts
of
Iceland,
Greenland
and
the
Faroe
Islands.
May
be
repeated
once
for
credit.
(Prerequisite:
ANTH
100X,
graduate
standing,
or
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
ANTH
215.
NORS
640
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Year
Ethics
and
Reporting
in
the
Far
North
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
JRN
440
and
cross-listed
with
JRN
640)
Historical
overview
of
media
coverage
of
the
northern
frontier
with
focus
on
journalistic
ethics.
A
comparison
is
made
to
the
media
climate
in
third
world
countries.
NORS
647
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
U.S.
Environmental
Politics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
447)
Examination
of
U.S.
political
institutions
as
they
relate
to
making
policies
for
protecting
the
quality
the
natural
environment.
Issues
include
the
politics
of
nuclear
waste,
endangered
species,
air
and
water
pollution,
and
wilderness
preservation.
Includes
analysis
of
the
National
Environmental
Policy
Act,
sustainable
development,
the
limits
to
growth,
and
other
topics.
(Prerequisites:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
PS
101.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NORS
648
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Environmental
Politics
of
the
Circumpolar
North
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
448)
Overview
of
how
environmental
politics
and
policy
as
a
field
of
study
relates
to
the
Arctic
region.
Analysis
of
various
threats
to
the
northern
environment,
focusing
on
the
policy
making
institutions
at
selected
Arctic
rim
nations,
as
well
as
strategies
to
deal
with
environmental
problems
in
an
international
context.
(Prerequisite:
admission
to
the
Northern
Studies
graduate
program
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
651
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Law,
Justice,
and
Society
in
the
Circumpolar
North
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
451)
This
course
analyzes
the
legal
systems
and
constitutional
frameworks
of
circumpolar
countries,
with
special
attention
to
the
status
of
Native
peoples.
Questions
of
individual
and
collective
rights,
as
well
as
cultural,
environmental,
and
resource
conflicts,
will
be
considered
in
the
context
of
institutions,
policy-making,
and
legal
theory.
NORS
652
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
International
Relations
of
the
North
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
452)
Examination
of
the
international
strategies
of
circumpolar
states.
Consideration
of
theoretical
and
practical
elements
of
strategy
formation
in
major
issue
areas
such
as
national
security,
the
political
economy,
human
rights,
and
scientific
exchange.
(Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NORS
653
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Greenland:
Home
Rule
and
Self-determination
(3+0)
The
history
and
political
economy
of
Greenland
with
emphasis
on
development
of
the
Home
Rule
government.
Highlights
Greenland's
dynamic
relationship
with
the
world
economy
and
efforts
of
the
Home
Rule
government
to
pursue
sustainable
development.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
654
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
International
Law
and
the
Environment
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
454)
International
environmental
law.
International
case
law
regulating
the
sea,
airspace,
outer
space,
and
the
polar
regions.
Includes
comprehensive
international
regulatory
legal
instruments
to
protect
the
environment
(e.g.
the
United
Nations
Framework
Convention
on
Climate
Change),
and
the
doctrines,
principles,
and
rules
of
international
law
that
are
basic
to
an
understanding
of
international
legal
regimes
and
the
environment.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
and
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
Undergraduate
course
in
international
law,
organization
or
politics.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NORS
655
(3
Credits)
Fall
Political
Economy
of
the
Global
Environment
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
455)
Exploration
of
the
interactions
between
basic
aspects
of
the
global
economy
(international
trade,
investment
and
development)
and
the
natural
environment.
Topics
include
the
economic
impact
of
global
environmental
agreements
and
the
environmental
impact
of
global
markets,
transnational
corporations,
and
development
assistance
by
organizations
such
as
the
World
Bank.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
and
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
656
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Science,
Technology
and
Politics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
456)
Relationship
of
science,
technology
and
politics:
connections
among
scientific
knowledge,
technology,
technological
innovations,
politics
and
power.
Includes
historical
and
comparative
aspects.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
PS
101.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NORS
658
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Comparative
Environmental
Politics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
458)
Seminar
with
emphasis
on
enduring
issues
of
the
field
of
comparative
politics
and
their
relation
to
global
environmental
problems
such
as
biodiversity,
transboundary
pollution,
and
climate
warming.
Explores
how
state-society
relations,
political
institutions,
national
political
capacity,
political
processes
and
organizations,
and
international
commitments
potentially
shape
the
nature
and
dynamics
of
global
environmental
politics
and
vise
versa.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Recommended:
PS
201
or
equivalent
comparative
politics
course.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NORS
660
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Government
and
Politics
of
Canada
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
460W)
A
detailed
examination
of
the
Canadian
political
system,
covering
the
Canadian
constitution,
the
federal
structure,
parliamentary
government
and
public
policy,
as
well
as
contemporary
issues
concerning
Native
rights
and
the
Canadian
North.
Students
will
complete
a
major
research
paper
on
specific
policy
areas
(language,
education,
health
care,
environment,
natural
resources,
foreign
relations).
(Prerequisite:
PS
201
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2003-04.)
NORS
661
(3
Credits)
Fall
History
of
Alaska
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
HIST
461W)
Alaska
from
prehistoric
times
to
the
present,
including
major
themes
such
as
Native
Alaska,
colonial
Alaska,
military
Alaska,
statehood,
Alaska
Native
Claims
Settlement
Act
of
1971,
and
the
Alaska
National
Interest
Lands
Act
of
1980.
Also
available
via
Independent
Learning.
NORS
662
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Alaska
Government
and
Politics
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
462)
A
comprehensive
introduction
to
Alaska's
government
and
politics,
in
the
context
of
American
state
and
local
government
and
politics
and
governments
of
circumpolar
northern
nations.
Topics
include
political
history,
constitution,
political
parties,
interest
groups,
elections,
public
opinion,
governor,
legislature,
judiciary,
administration
and
local
governments.
Compares
Alaska
to
the
contiguous
48
states
and
subnational
governments
of
the
circumpolar
North;
examines
how
government
institutions
and
processes
respond
to
social,
environmental,
and
political
changes
of
Northern
communities.
(Prerequisite:
graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NORS
664
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
History
of
Russia
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
HIST
464)
Origin
and
development
of
Russia
from
early
times
to
the
present.
Emphasis
on
the
nineteenth
and
twentieth
centuries.
(Prerequisites:
HIST
101,
102
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
668
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Government
and
Politics
of
Russia
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
PS
468W)
An
examination
of
current
developments
in
Russia
from
a
number
of
perspectives:
the
effect
of
history
and
geography
on
political
change;
the
nature
of
Russian
government
and
society;
the
legacies
of
Lenin,
Stalin,
Gorbachev,
and
the
ideological
nature
of
regimes
and
leadership;
economic
forces
and
the
political
struggle
in
governance;
revolution,
democracy
and
reform;
and
the
international
role
of
Russia,
particularly
in
relation
to
the
former
Soviet
republics,
Eastern
Europe
and
other
border
areas.
(Prerequisites:
PS
201
or
permission
of
instructor.
Next
offered:
2004-05.)
NORS
670
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
Oral
Sources;
Issues
in
Documentation
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ANTH
670
and
stacked
with
ANTH
470)
Preparation
for
recording
and
use
of
oral
resources.
Examines
how
meaning
is
conveyed
through
oral
traditions
and
personal
narratives
and
the
issues
involved
with
recording
and
reproducing
narratives.
Includes
management
of
oral
recordings,
ethical
and
legal
considerations,
issues
of
interpretation
and
censorship,
and
the
use
of
new
technologies
to
access
and
deliver
recordings.
(Prerequisite:
At
least
one
undergraduate
ANTH
course
and
one
undergraduate
HIST
course,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
675
(3
Credits)
Fall
Historiography
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
HIST
475W)
Seminar
discussions
and
lectures
introduce
philosophical
approaches
to
history.
Examines
various
methodological
approaches
to
historical
inquiry.
Includes
the
nature
of
historical
evidence,
questioning
of
the
role
of
truth
and
objectivity
in
history,
an
examination
of
the
role
of
the
historian
in
interpreting
historical
evidence,
and
different
interpretations
of
historical
events
and
actions.
Designed
for
history
majors
and
minors,
and
graduate
students
seeking
to
conduct
historical
research.
(Prerequisites:
graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
NORS
680
(3
Credits)
Fall
Comparative
Education
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ED
680)
Focus
on
the
comparative
study
and
analysis
of
international
systems
of
public
education.
National
issues
to
be
addressed
include
social
context,
gender,
ideology,
international
power,
level
of
development,
current
issues
and
problems,
and
efforts
toward
reform.
National
systems
to
be
studied
include
Japan,
the
People's
Republic
of
China,
and
a
variety
of
other
national
or
cross-national
studies
to
be
completed
by
course
participants.
NORS
681
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Polar
Exploration
and
its
Literature
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
HIST
481)
A
survey
of
polar
exploration
efforts
of
all
Western
nations
from
A.D.
870
to
the
present
and
a
consideration
of
the
historical
sources
of
this
effort.
Also
available
via
Independent
Learning.
NORS
683
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Fall
20th
Century
Circumpolar
History
(3+0)
(Stacked
with
HIST
483W)
A
comparative
history
of
the
circumpolar
north,
including
Alaska,
Siberia,
Scandinavia,
Greenland
and
Canada.
Focus
on
social,
economic,
political
and
environmental
issues
of
the
20th
century,
such
as
exploration,
aboriginal
land
claims,
subsistence,
military
strategy,
transportation,
oil
development,
Arctic
haze,
and
scientific
research
in
the
Arctic.
NORS
687
(2
Credits)
Spring
Alaska
Research
Resources
(2+0)
(Stacked
with
LS
487)
Find,
use
and
evaluate
primary
sources
in
the
Alaska
and
Polar
Regions
Department
of
the
Rasmuson
library
over
the
Internet.
Student
pursues
own
topics
and
findings
may
be
used
to
support
research
in
other
courses.
NORS
690
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Researching
and
Writing
Public
Northern
History
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
HIST
690)
This
course
enables
students
to
work
with
public
agencies,
under
the
direction
of
the
instructor,
in
researching
and
writing
background
papers
needed
by
public
officials
in
formulating
public
policies
dealing
with
a
wide
range
of
topics,
including,
for
example,
resource
utilization
and
land
management.
Students
acquire
and
demonstrate
research,
writing,
and
problem
solving
skills.
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