UAS Academic CatalogAlaska Native Studies Minor
The Alaska Native studies program offers the student the opportunity to explore an interdisciplinary curriculum in Alaska Native cultures, history, and perspectives. The program provides critical understanding and insights to students who anticipate professional involvement in Alaska Native rural and urban communities.
| Minimum Credit Hours | 18 |
Students may only count a maximum of six credits in one topic area. Courses taken as foundations may not be counted as electives.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| ANCSA and Tribal Governance | ||
| Alaska Native Cultures | ||
| Artistic Expressions and Oral Narratives of Alaska Natives | ||
| Alaska Native Social Change | ||
| *Northwest Coast Native Art History & Culture | ||
| Select twelve credits of the following: 1 | 12 | |
| Language Skills | ||
| Haida I | ||
| Tlingit I | ||
| *Beginning Tlingit I | ||
| *Beginning Tlingit II | ||
| *Intermediate Tlingit I | ||
| *Intermediate Tlingit II | ||
| *Intermediate Haida I | ||
| *Intermediate Haida II | ||
| Advanced Tlingit I | ||
| Advanced Tlingit II | ||
| Advanced Haida I | ||
| Advanced Haida II | ||
| Humanities Skills | ||
| Northwest Coast Art: Selected Topics | ||
| *Beginning Northwest Coast Indigenous Design I | ||
| Harvest and Preparation of Basket Materials | ||
| Northwest Coast Tool Making | ||
| *Northwest Coast Native Art History & Culture | ||
| Beginning Northwest Coast Basketry | ||
| Northwest Coast Basket Design | ||
| Beginning Northwest Coast Carving | ||
| Beginning Northwest Coast Woolen Weaving | ||
| History of Alaska | ||
| Social Science Skills | ||
| ANCSA and Tribal Governance | ||
| Alaska Native Cultures | ||
| Artistic Expressions and Oral Narratives of Alaska Natives | ||
| Culture and Ecology | ||
| Native North Americans | ||
| Arctic Anthropology | ||
| Alaska Native Social Change | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
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Additional courses can be approved by the BLA Alaska Native Studies faculty advisor. These courses may be from other disciplines, but have Alaska Native themes or issues as a primary component of the class.