Cross-Cultural Studies
CCS F601 Documenting Indigenous Knowledge
3 Credits Offered Fall
A thorough grounding in 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. (3+0)
CCS F602 Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights
3 Credits Offered Spring
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. (3+0)
CCS F603 Field Study Research Methods
3 Credits
Focus on techniques for conducting both quantitative and qualitative field research. Particular emphasis on considerations for conducting field research in cross-cultural settings. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (Cross-listed with ED F603.) (3+0)
CCS F608 Indigenous Knowledge Systems
3 Credits Offered Fall
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 instructor. (3+0)
CCS F610 Education and Cultural Processes
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. Also available via Independent Learning. (Cross-listed with ED F610.) (3+0)
CCS F611 Culture, Cognition and Knowledge Acquisition
3 Credits Offered Fall
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. (Cross-listed with ED F611.) (3+0)
CCS F612 Traditional Ecological Knowledge
3 Credits Offered Spring
Examines the acquisition and utilization of knowledge associated with long-term inhabitation of particular ecological systems and 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 fields of study. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or approval of the instructor. (3+0)
CCS F613 Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
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. (Cross-listed with ED F613.) (3+0)
CCS F620 Critiquing Indigenous Literature for Alaska's Children
3 Credits Offered As Demand Warrants
Provides educators with a comprehensive framework for reviewing literature that is written about and for Alaska's indigenous children. An in-depth look at how children's literature influences the image of the indigenous children of Alaska and provides a foundation for selecting curriculum materials that accurately represent and address the cultural context of the students and communities they serve. This is a distance education/audio-conference course. Prerequisites: Graduate standing, teaching certificate, or approval of the instructor. (3+0)
CCS F690 Seminar in Cross-Cultural Studies
3 Credits Offered Spring, Summer, As Demand Warrants
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 and permission of student's graduate committee. (Cross-listed with ED F690.) (3+0)