Approval Overview
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- Process-structure timeline visual:
- pre-admission: current UAF student
- internal admission process: (~1~3 semesters suggested)
- develop minor proposal
- develop minor course-list
- may need to take coursework to develop ideas and inform course choices
- approval:
- work with INDS advisor and other support resources as necessary
- INDS advisor coordinates paperwork and approval
- Changes to program after approval require INDS and committee chair approval
- Graduate:
- Preferred that students be admitted before graduating semester (must be admitted before Grad. App. Deadline; review and approval can take several weeks or months; please plan accordingly)
- Preferred: currently admitted UAF students (in order for transfer credit to be processed) before scheduling intake appointment.
- Submit proposal and course list for review; schedule intake appointment if you have questions or need help.
- All coursework can be completed by distance without any class meeting times at resident tuition rate; however, not all UAF classes are available by distance with resident tuition rate. Note: UAF does not offer work-at-your-own pace coursework; all distance courses have deadlines.
- Documentation:
- Google folder shared w/uaf-interdisciplinary@alaska.edu and INDS advisor (àhouse folders in “Student Files” folder)
- Offer course-list Google spreadsheet template
- Suggest Google Word doc brainstorm
- Offer guidance:
- Title
- Unique, cohesive concept for major (something that doesn’t exist at UAF); learning objectives and outcomes? intersectionality between subject areas/disciplines?)
- Forms:
- Proposal and course-list approval form
- Course-list Google spreadsheet template
- Offer guidance: