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RD
100
(1
Credit)
Fall,
Spring
Preparing
for
College
and
Student
Success
(1+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
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.
RD
200
(3
Credits)
Fall
Community
Development
in
the
North
(3+0) s
Examines
sustainable
community
development
efforts
in
Alaska
and
the
circumpolar
North.
Provides
an
overview
of
community
development
processes
and
case
studies
with
an
emphasis
on
indigenous
communities
and
peoples.
RD
245
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Fisheries
Development
in
Rural
Alaska
(3+0) s
Introduction
to
fisheries
development
issues
in
rural
Alaska
communities,
including
basic
concepts,
strategies,
and
contemporary
cases.
Topics
include
management
of
salmon
and
other
fisheries,
community
development
quotas
(CDQs),
and
sustainable
development
efforts.
Emphasis
on
environmental
and
cultural
impacts
of
fisheries
development.
(Prerequisite:
ENGL
111X.)
RD
250
(1
-
3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Grant
Writing
for
Community
Development
(1
-
3+0)
Focuses
on
basic
elements
of
grant
proposals
and
processes
of
preparing
proposals
for
governmental
and
private
funding
sources.
Emphasis
on
applied
skills
through
preparation
of
actual
grant
proposals.
RD
255
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Rural
Alaska
Land
Issues
(3+0)
s
Introduction
to
land
and
resource
management
issues
affecting
rural
Alaska.
Provides
a
history
of
aboriginal
use
and
occupancy
of
land
and
an
overview
of
land
provisions
in
the
Alaska
Native
Claims
Settlement
Act
(ANCSA)
and
the
Alaska
National
Interest
Lands
Conservation
Act
(ANILCA).
Topics
addressed
include
using
maps
and
land
records,
Native
allotments,
navigability,
trespass
and
management
of
Native
lands.
RD
256
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Co-Management
of
Renewable
Resources
(1.5+arranged) s
Examines
efforts
of
cooperative
management
of
natural
resources
among
users
and
federal
and
state
management
agencies.
Recent
initiatives
in
Alaska
and
Canada
involving
salmon,
migratory
birds,
marine
mammals,
and
brown
bear
discussed.
RD
265
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Perspectives
on
Subsistence
in
Alaska
(3+0) s
Examines
the
socioeconomic,
cultural,
legal
and
political
dimensions
of
subsistence
in
Alaska.
RD
268
(1
-
3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Rural
Tourism:
Planning
and
Principles
(3+0)
(Cross-listed
with
ABUS
268)
Introduction
to
rural
tourism
planning
and
principles.
Students
examine
rural
tourism
attractions
and
trends,
tourism
planning
and
policy
formation,
quality
standards,
and
cultural
and
environmental
impacts
of
tourism.
RD
280
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Resource
Management
Research
Techniques
(3+0)
Overview
of
standard
methods
of
field-based
scientific
research
conducted
by
resource
management
agencies
in
rural
Alaska
including
elementary
statistical
concepts,
survey
techniques,
and
tools
used
in
land
and
renewable
resources
research.
(Prerequisites:
NRM
101
and
BIOL
104X.)
RD
300
(3
Credits)
Fall
Rural
Development
in
a
Global
Perspective
(3+0) s
Explores
the
relationship
between
rural
communities
and
the
global
economy,
with
an
emphasis
on
sustainable
development.
Highlights
the
multiple
meanings
of
"development"
and
issues
of
population
growth,
environmental
change,
gender,
and
indigenous
peoples
as
they
relate
to
rural
development.
Includes
an
introduction
to
the
basic
concepts
and
theories
of
development.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
315
(3
Credits)
Alternate
Spring
Tribal
People
and
Development
(3+0) s
Comparative
examination
of
socioeconomic
development
processes
on
tribal
peoples
in
third
and
fourth
world
societies.
Attention
to
implications
of
these
processes
for
Alaska
Native
people.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
325
(3
Credits)
Spring
Community
Development
Strategies
(3+0) s
Examines
principles
and
strategies
of
asset-based
development
in
rural
communities
throughout
the
world.
Explores
the
history
of
community
development
ideas
and
case
studies
of
specific
strategies
in
Alaska
and
beyond.
Topics
include
community
healing,
economic
renewal,
and
collaborative
decision-making
approaches.
RD
350O
(3
Credits)
Fall
Community
Research
Techniques
(3+0)
Provides
students
with
an
understanding
of
community
research
approaches
and
techniques.
Emphasis
on
the
role
and
need
for
community-based
research
and
ethical
issues
associated
with
it.
Students
use
a
hands-on
approach
to
learning
about
oral
history
documentation,
surveys
of
community
assets
and
needs,
and
basic
community
survey
techniques.
(Prerequisites:
COMM
131X
or
141X.)
RD
351
(3
Credits)
Spring
Community
Planning
and
Grant
Writing
Techniques
(3+0)
Examination
of
the
major
components
of
planning
and
grant
writing
processes
as
they
relate
to
community
level
land
use,
business
and
social
service
projects.
(Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
400
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Rural
Development
Internship
Structured
experience
in
an
appropriate
educational,
agency
or
corporate
setting.
Approved
project
required.
Enrollment
only
by
prior
arrangement
with
the
instructor.
RD
401
(3
Credits)
Fall
Cultural
Knowledge
of
Native
Elders
(3+0) h
(Cross-listed
with
ANS
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:
Permission
of
instructor.)
RD
425
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Cultural
Impact
Analysis
(3+0) s
An
examination
of
the
potential
impacts
of
development
projects
on
cultural
systems;
use
of
impact
data
to
shape
the
actual
project
in
positive
directions.
Data
gathering
and
analysis
techniques
related
to
impact
predictions.
Student
impact
analysis
required.
(Prerequisite:
Junior
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
450
(3
Credits)
Fall
Managing
Community
Development
Programs
(3+0)
Examines
appropriate
management
and
accountability
approaches
for
small-scale,
community-based
programs
and
projects,
particularly
those
found
in
rural
and/or
cross-cultural
contexts.
(Prerequisite:
RD
350
and
RD
351
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
460
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Women,
Gender
and
Development
(3+0) s
(Cross-listed
with
WMS
460)
Explores
interrelationships
over
time
of
women,
gender
roles
and
'development'
in
the
dynamic
global
economy,
including
issues
in
Alaska
and
the
circumpolar
north.
Examines
the
historical
marginalization
of
women
in
development
processes,
special
issues
affecting
women
in
indigenous
communities,
and
changing
socio-economic
and
cultural
gender
roles
of
women
and
men
in
community
development.
Examines
life
histories
of
women
that
illustrate
emerging
principles
and
strategies
for
individual
and
community
empowerment.
RD
475W
(3
Credits)
Fall,
Spring
Rural
Development
Senior
Project
Under
faculty
supervision,
the
student
completes
a
major
theoretical,
research
and/or
applied
project
which
relates
the
student's
applied
emphasis
area
to
rural
development
considerations.
(Prerequisites:
ENGL
111X,
senior
standing,
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
492
(1
-
3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Rural
Development
Seminar
(3+0)
Various
topics
of
current
interest
and
importance
to
the
Rural
Development
major.
Topics
announced
prior
to
each
offering
and
course
may
be
repeated
for
credit.
Enrollment
priority
given
to
Rural
Development
majors.
RD
600
(3
Credits)
Fall
Circumpolar
Indigenous
Leadership
Symposium
(3+0)
Symposium
participation
with
three
goals:
to
build
an
integrated
and
lifelong
learning
community
among
new
and
continuing
students
in
the
Rural
Development
program,
to
explore
the
qualities
of
indigenous
leadership
in
dynamic
cross-cultural
settings,
and
to
incorporate
the
insights
and
wisdom
of
experienced
rural
development
practitioners.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.
Note:
RD
600
is
required
of
all
graduate
students
in
the
Rural
Development
program.
May
be
repeated
once
for
credit.)
RD
601
(3
Credits)
Fall
Political
Economy
of
the
Circumpolar
North
(3+0)
Overview
of
interrelationships
between
rural
communities
in
the
circumpolar
North
and
global
socioeconomic,
political,
and
ecological
systems.
Includes
major
theoretical
advances
in
our
understanding
of
the
development
in
the
20th
century.
Uses
a
comparative
case
study
approach
to
understand
rapid
socioeconomically
and
cultural
change
in
the
north.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
625
(3
Credits)
Spring
Community
Development
Strategies:
Principles
and
Practices
(3+0)
Strategies,
principles
and
practice
of
community
development
in
rural
Alaska
and
throughout
the
circumpolar
North.
Topics
explore
how
rural
communities
in
diverse
cultural,
political,
and
economic
settings
build
on
local
assets,
skills
and
capacities
to
improve
the
lives
of
indigenous
and
other
Northern
residents.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
650
(3
Credits)
Spring
Community-Based
Research
Methods
(3+0)
Exploration
of
community-based
research
principles
and
practices.
Emphasis
on
developing
a
thorough
understanding
of
the
community
research
process
from
conceptualization
to
implementation
and
evaluation.
Includes
skill
development
for
both
quantitative
and
qualitative
research.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
651
(3
Credits)
Spring
Management
Strategies
for
Rural
Development
(3+0)
Managing
change
and
development
among
indigenous
communities.
Emphasis
on
rural
development
in
the
circumpolar
North.
Includes
recent
management
strategies
implemented
in
Alaska
such
as
co-management
of
renewable
resources,
land
management
of
Alaska
Native
corporations,
cultural
resource
management,
and
the
management
of
Alaska
Native
tribal
governments,
corporations
and
other
organizations.
Utilizes
comparative
case
studies
and
effects
of
cultural
and
traditional
values
on
management
practices
in
different
northern
sociocultural
environments.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
652
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Indigenous
Organization
Management
(3+0)
Purposes,
structure
and
methods
of
management
of
indigenous
organizations
with
an
emphasis
on
the
North.
Historical
overview
of
Alaska
Native
organizations,,
including
those
established
to
pursue
Native
rights,
land
claims
and
government
services.
Case
studies
of
corporations
established
under
the
Alaska
Native
Claims
Settlement
Act
will
be
examined,
as
well
as
regional
tribal
organizations.
Management
of
Alaska
Native
organizations
is
compared
with
formal
organizations
established
by
indigenous
peoples
throughout
the
circumpolar
North.
Western
and
indigenous
organizational
cultures,
and
perceptions,
will
be
reviewed.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
RD
655
(3
Credits)
As
Demand
Warrants
Circumpolar
Health
Issues
(3+0)
Circumpolar
health
issues
affecting
Northern
residents.
Review
of
health
and
traditional
healing
practices
prior
to
contact
with
Euroamericans,
and
efforts
to
combine
traditional
healing
practices
and
Western
medicine.
Includes
environmental
health
issues,
including
water,
sewer,
and
food
contamination.
Overview
of
health
care
systems
and
public
health
infrastructure
in
the
North.
(Prerequisite:
Graduate
standing
or
permission
of
instructor.)
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