Rural Development
RD 100 1
Credit
Preparing for College and Student Success
(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. (1 + 0) Offered
Fall, Spring
RD 200 3
Credits
Community Development in the North (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. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 245 3
Credits
Fisheries Development in Rural Alaska (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 and sustainable development efforts. Emphasis on environmental and
cultural impacts of fisheries development. (Prerequisite: ENGL 111X.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 250 1-3
Credits
Grant Writing for Community Development
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. (1-3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 255 3
Credits
Rural Alaska Land Issues (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
include using maps and land records, Native allotments, navigability, trespass
and management of Native lands. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 256 3
Credits
Co-Management of Renewable Resources (s)
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.
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 265 3
Credits
Perspectives on Subsistence in Alaska (s)
The socioeconomic, cultural, legal and political dimensions
of subsistence in Alaska. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 268 1-3
Credits
Rural Tourism: Planning and Principles
(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. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 280 3
Credits
Resource Management Research Techniques
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.) (3 + 0)
Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 300W 3
Credits
Rural Development in a Global Perspective (s)
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: ENGL 111X; ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X; Junior standing or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 315 3
Credits
Tribal People and Development (s)
(Cross-listed with ANS 315)
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. Next offered: 2008-09.) (3 + 0) Offered
Alternate Spring
RD 325 3
Credits
Community Development Strategies (s)
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. (3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 350O 3
Credits
Indigenous Knowledge and Community Research
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 learn about oral history documentation,
surveys of community assets and needs, and basic community survey techniques.
(Prerequisites: COMM 131X or 141X.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 351 3
Credits
Strategic Planning for Rural Communities
Examination of the major components of the community planning
processes as it relates to community land use, business and social service
projects. (Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 352 3
Credits
Rural Business Planning and Proposal Development
Provides undergraduate students with an understanding of the
principles and processes involved in strategic planning, business planning and
proposal development with the focus on applications in rural Alaska. Focus is
on meeting the unique planning needs of rural Alaska communities and
organizations to help develop sustainable new businesses and garner grant
resources for immediate community needs. (3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 400 3
Credits
Rural Development Internship
Structured experience in an appropriate educational, agency
or corporate setting. Approved project required. Enrollment only by prior arrangement
with the instructor. (3 + 0) Offered Fall, Spring
RD 401 3
Credits
Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders (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.)
(3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 425 3
Credits
Cultural Impact Analysis (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.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 427 3
Credits
Tribal Contracting and Compacting
Examines the history of federal Indian policy that led to
self-determination tribal contracting and compacting. Public Law 930638 will be
studied and analyzed. Challenging issues that hampered tribal contracting will
be identified. Case studies involving both tribal organizations and tribal
governments will be studied. Current issues, such as the proposed
regionalization of tribes will be examined. (3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 430 3
Credits
Indigenous Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
An understanding of the principles, strategies and practices
of economic development and entrepreneurship with a focus on indigenous Alaska
communities. Focus is on those elements of economic development as they apply
to indigenous communities and their abilities to create sustainable economic
activities through culturally appropriate practices, and those activities which
create and sustain community wealth and health. (3 + 0) Offered
Spring
RD 450 3
Credits
Managing Rural Projects and Programs
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 351 or
permission of instructor.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 451 3
Credits
Human Resource Management for Indigenous Communities
Principles and processes involved in human resource
management especially as they apply within indigenous communities. Focus is on
the relevance of human resource management in every unit, project or team, the
unique human resource management needs of rural Alaska communities and
organizations, and how they can be met. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 460 3
Credits
Women, Gender and Development (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.
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 462 3
Credits
Rural Health and Human Service Systems
Provides a comprehensive overview of the federal and state
rural health and human service system in the United States with specific emphasis
on the tribal system in Alaska. The history, organization, work force, service
delivery and financing of the U.S., Canadian and Alaska systems are examined.
Circumpolar challenges and policy issues in rural health and human service
systems are explored. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 465 3
Credits
Community Healing and Wellness
The history of education and the impact of religion and
assimilation policies on the emotional and physical health of Alaska Natives
and their communities. Traditional wellness issues and systems will also be
researched from a global perspective. Students will be involved with
place-based education examining healing and wellness issues in their own local
villages or communities. (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 475W 3
Credits
Rural Development Senior Project
Under faculty supervision, the student will complete a major
theoretical, research and/or applied project which relates the student's
applied emphasis area to rural development considerations. (Prerequisites: ENGL
111X, ENGL 211X or ENGL 213X, senior standing, or permission of
instructor.) (3+0) Offered Fall, Spring
RD 492 1-3
Credits
Rural Development Leadership Seminar
Various topics of current interest and importance to the
rural development major. Topics announced prior to each offering. The course
may be repeated for credit. Enrollment priority given to rural development
majors. (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 600 3
Credits
Circumpolar Indigenous Leadership Symposium
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.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 601 3
Credits
Political Economy of the Circumpolar North
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.) (3 + 0) Offered Fall
RD 625 3
Credits
Community Development Strategies: Principles and Practices
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.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 650 3
Credits
Community-Based Research Methods
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.)
(3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 651 3
Credits
Management Strategies for Rural Development
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. Uses 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.) (3 + 0) Offered Spring
RD 652 3
Credits
Indigenous Organization Management
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.) (3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants
RD 655 3
Credits
Circumpolar Health Issues
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.)
(3 + 0) Offered As Demand Warrants