Alaska Native Studies

College of Liberal Arts
Department of Alaska Native Studies
907-474-7181
www.uaf.edu/ans/

B.A. Degree

Minimum Requirements for Degree: 130 credits

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Alaska Native Studies seeks to provide students with an awareness of the scope, richness and variety of Alaska Native cultures. It offers a series of critical perspectives on the contemporary Native experience in pluralistic North American society. The interdisciplinary academic program is built upon a combination of courses offered by the Alaska Native Studies program and other specialized disciplines.

The Alaska Native studies B.A. prepares students to appreciate historical and contemporary cultural dynamics. The department also welcomes students pursuing a second major or a minor. It encourages students who expect to be involved professionally in Alaska Native communities or other multicultural settings to pursue this degree.

Major

Concentrations: General, Language

1. Complete the general university requirements.
2. Complete the B.A. degree requirements.
3. Complete the following program (major) requirements:*
   1. Complete the following:
      ANL F315--Alaska Native Languages: Eskimo-Aleut** (3)
           or ANL F316--Alaska Native Languages: Indian Languages** (3)--3 credits
      ANS/PS F325--Native Self-Government--3 credits
      ANS F347--Voices of Native American Peoples--3 credits
      ANS F401--Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders--3 credits
      ANS/ANTH F242--Native Cultures of Alaska--3 credits
      HIST F110--History of Alaska Natives (3)
           or ANS F101--Introduction to Alaska Native Studies (3)--3 credits
   2. Complete one of the following concentrations*:

General

1. Complete the following:
   ANS/ENGL F340--Contemporary Native American Literature (3)
        or ANS/ENGL F349--Narrative Art of Alaska Native Peoples (in English Translation) (3)--3 credits
   ANS/PS F425--Federal Indian Law and Alaska Natives (3)
        or ANS/PS F450--Comparative Aboriginal Rights and Policies (3)--3 credits
2. Complete 9 credits from the following (you may include courses not selected from courses above in general part 1):
   ANS F160--Alaska Native Dance--1 credit
   ANS/THR F161--Introduction to Alaska Native Performance--3 credits
   ANS F202X--Aesthetic Appreciation of Alaska Native Performance***--3 credits
   ANS F250--Current Alaska Native Leadership Perspectives--3 credits
   ANS F251--Practicum in Native Cultural Expression--3 credits
   ANS F300W--Alaska Native Writers Workshop--3 credits
   ANS F310--The Alaska Native Lands Settlement--3 credits
   ANS/RD F315--Tribal People and Development--3 credits
   ANS F320W--Language and Culture: Application to Alaska--3 credits
   ANS F335--Native North Americans--3 credits
   ANS F348W--Native North American Women--3 credits
   ANS F350W,O--Cross Cultural Communication: Alaskan Perspectives--3 credits
   ANS F351--Practicum in Native Cultural Expression--3 credits
   ANS F360--Advanced Native Dance--1 credit
   ANS F361--Advanced Alaska Native Performance--3 credits
   ANS/ART F365--Native Art of Alaska--3 credits
   ANS F375--Native American Religion and Philosophy--3 credits
   ANS/ED F420--Alaska Native Education--3 credits
   ANS F475--Alaska Native Social Change--3 credits
   PS F263--Alaska Native Politics--3 credits
   RD F255--Rural Alaska Land Issues--3 credits
   SOC F308--Race and Ethnic Relations--3 credits
3. Minimum credits required--130 credits

Language

1. Complete the following:
   ANL F251--Introduction to Athabascan Linguistics (3)
        or LING F101--Nature of Language (3)--3 credits
   ANL F287--Teaching Methods for Alaska Native Languages--3 credits
   ANL F288--Curriculum and Materials Development for Alaska Native Languages--3 credits
   ANS/ANTH F320W--Language and Culture: Applications to Alaska--3 credits
   LING F450--Language Policy and Planning--3 credits
2. Complete the following Language concentration requirement:
   Three years of 1 Alaska Native language or equivalent**--22 credits
3. Minimum credits required--130 credits

* Student must earn a C grade or better in each course.
** These courses may be used to fulfill the bachelor of arts requirements for a minor complex, or foreign/Alaska Native language option.
*** ANS F202X may not be counted toward an Alaska Native studies major if used to fulfill core requirements.
Note: ANL F255 may be substituted for ANL F315.
Note: ANL F256 may be substituted for ANL F316.

Minor*

1. Complete the following:
   ANS F300- or F400-level course--3 credits
   ANS F401--Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders--3 credits
   Alaska Native Studies electives--9 credits
2. Minimum credits required--15 credits

* All minor programs must be approved by the department head of Alaska Native studies.