Alaska Native Studies
ANS 100 1 Credit
Preparing for College
and Student Success
(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. (1 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
ANS 101 3 Credits
Introduction to Alaska
Native Studies (h)
Introductory information
on the Alaska Native Community. Overview of significant Native
issues. Review of pertinent literature and resources. (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 102 2 Credits
Orientation to Alaska
Native Education
(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.) (2 + 0) Offered Fall,
Spring
ANS 103 1 Credit
Beginning Eskimo Dance
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.) (1 + 2) Offered As Demand
Warrants
ANS 111 3 Credits
History of Alaska
Natives (s)
(Cross-listed with HIST 110)
The history of Alaska Natives from contact to the
signing of the Land Claims Settlement Act. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ANS 160 1 Credit
Alaska Native Dance
(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. (2 + 0) Offered Fall
ANS 161 3 Credits
Introduction to Alaska
Native Performance (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. (2 + 3) Offered Fall
ANS 202X 3 Credits
Aesthetic Appreciation
of Alaska Native Performance (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. (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ANS 242 3 Credits
Native Cultures of
Alaska (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. (3 + 0)
Offered Fall, Spring
ANS 250 3 Credits
Current Alaska Native
Leadership Perspectives (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. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand
Warrants
ANS 251 1-3 Credits
Practicum
in Native Cultural Expression
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.) (0 + variable) Offered Fall, Spring
ANS 268 3 Credits
Beginning Native Art
Studio (h)
(Cross-listed with ART 268)
Understanding and applying the traditional designs
and technologies of Native art. Materials fee: $50. (Prerequisite: ART 105
or permission of instructor.) (1 + 4) Offered Fall, Spring
ANS 275 3 Credits
Yup’ik Practices
in Spirituality and Philosophy (h)
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. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 300W 3 Credits
Alaska Native Writers
Workshop (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, ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X and permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 310 3 Credits
The Alaska Native
Lands Settlement (s)
Native corporation
goals and methods as they implement the Alaska Native Claims Settlement
Act and establish themselves within the larger political economy.
Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisites: ANTH
242 or PS 263 or HIST 110; ECON 101, 137; or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 315 3 Credits
Tribal People and
Development (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: 2007-08) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ANS 320W 3 Credits
Language and Culture:
Applications to Alaska (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, ENGL 211X or ENGL
213X or permission of instructor, and LING 101.) (3 + 0) Offered
Spring
ANS 325 3 Credits
Native Self Government
(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.) (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 330 1-3 Credits
Yup’ik
Parenting and Child Development (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
Native North Americans
(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.) (3 + 0) Offered
As Demand Warrants
ANS 340 3 Credits
Contemporary Native
American Literature (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.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ANS 347 3 Credits
Voices of Native American
Peoples (h)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 347)
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: 2007-08) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ANS 348W 3 Credits
Native North American
Women (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, ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X, SOC 100X, or permission
of instructor.) (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 349 3 Credits
Narrative Art of Alaska
Native Peoples (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.) (3 + 0)
ANS 350W,O 3
Credits
Cross Cultural Communication: Alaskan Perspectives
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; ENGL 111X, ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall
ANS 351 1-3 Credits
Practicum
in Native Cultural Expression
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.)
(0 + variable) Offered
Fall, Spring
ANS 360 1 Credit
Advanced Native Dance
Advanced techniques
with emphasis on the cultural meanings of the dance performance.
(Prerequisite: ANS 160 or permission of instructor.) (2 + 0) Offered
Spring
ANS 361 3 Credits
Advanced Alaska Native
Performance (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.) (2 + 3)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 365 3 Credits
Native Art of Alaska
(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.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ANS 366 3 Credits
Northwest Coast Indian
Art (h)
(Cross-listed with ANTH 366 and
ART 366)
Arts of the Northwest Coast Indians and the place
of the art in their culture. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 367 3 Credits
Eskimo Art (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: 2007-08(3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Spring
ANS 368 3 Credits
Intermediate Native
Art Studio (h)
(Cross-listed with ART
368)
Understanding and applying advanced traditional designs
and technologies of Native art. Materials fee: $50. (Prerequisite: ART 268
or permission of instructor.) (1 + 4) Offered Fall, Spring
ANS 370 1 Credit
Issues in Alaska Bilingual
and Multicultural Education
(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 course work at the
lower-division level.) (1 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 375 3 Credits
Native American Religion
and Philosophy (h)
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: 2007-08) (3 + 0) Offered Alternate Spring
ANS 381W 3 Credits
Alaska Natives in
Film
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. Also available via Independent Learning. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X;
ENGL 211X or 213X. Recommended: ART/MUS/THR 200X. Next offered: 2006-07.)
(1.5 + 2-4) Offered Alternate Spring
ANS 401 3 Credits
Cultural Knowledge
of Native Elders (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.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
ANS 420 3 Credits
Alaska Native Education
(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.) (3 + 0)
Offered Fall
ANS 425 3 Credits
Federal Indian Law
and Alaska Natives (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. Next offered: 2006-07)
(3 + 0)
Offered Alternate Fall
ANS 450 3 Credits
Comparative Aboriginal
Rights and Policies (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: 2007-08)
(3 + 0) Offered
As Demand Warrants
ANS 461 3 Credits
Native Ways of Knowing
(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.) (3 + 0)
Offered Spring
ANS 468 3 Credits
Advanced Native Art
Studio (h)
(Cross-listed with ART 468)
Advanced traditional designs and technologies of Native
art. Use of contemporary materials to interpret traditional forms. Materials
fee: $50. (Prerequisite: ART 368 or permission of instructor.) (1 + 4)
Offered Fall, Spring
ANS 472W 3 Credits
Rural Alaska, Natives
and the Press
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.) (1.5 + 1.5-4)
Offered As Demand Warrants
ANS 475 3 Credits
Alaska Native Social
Change (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.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants