WWEELLCCOOMMEE This catalog is a complete guide to studying at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. ACCREDITATION UAF is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges • Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and Universities. Additionally it has the following specialized and Alaska State Board of Education accreditations, certifications and standards: • Council on Social Work Education • ABET — Engineering Accreditation Commission • Federal Aviation Administration • ABET — Computing Accreditation Commission • National Association of Schools of Music • Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and • National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation Mass Communication • Society of American Foresters • Alaska Police Standards Council • American Alliance of Museums • American Bar Association • American Chemical Society • American Psychological Association • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business Programs approved after this catalog was published are online at www.uaf.edu/catalog/current/addendum.html. Students enrolling • Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education for the first time should also refer to the registration guide, which Programs: Medical Assistant and Paramedic Program is available online at www.uaf.edu/register/. Search for courses • Commission on Dental Accreditation available for registration at www.uaf.edu/coursefinder/. For a schedule of classes at any of UAF’s community campuses, contact the campus directly. Addresses and phone numbers of campuses and UAF offices are available online at http://edir.alaska.edu. Students walk along Yukon Drive on the first day of classes of the spring 2013 semester. UAF photos by Todd Paris, unless otherwise noted. UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. Contents DEGREES AND PROGRAMS AT A GLANCE 4 Applying for Admission: International Students 31 OVERVIEW 6 When to Apply 31 Admission Requirements 31 UAF Facts and Figures 7 Required Funding Amounts 31 Degrees Conferred, Spring 2013 7 Immigration Requirements 32 Student Profile, Fall 2013 7 English Proficiency Requirements 32 Estimated 2014–2015 UAF Annual Costs 7 Request to Postpone 32 Where to Get More Information 32 The UAF Experience 8 UAF — Then and Now 8 Transferring Credits 33 Students 9 Transferring Credits 33 Faculty 9 Alternate Ways to Earn Credit 35 UAF’s Mission 9 Commitment to Quality 9 Registration 40 Course Placement 41 Campuses 10 Adding, Dropping and Withdrawing from Classes 42 Fairbanks Campus 10 Directed and Individual Study 43 Community Campuses 10 Where to Get More Information 43 Colleges and Schools 13 ACADEMICS AND REGULATIONS 44 Research Institutes, Centers and Consortia 16 Academics and Regulations 45 Communication via Email 45 GETTING STARTED 21 Class Standing 45 Full- or Part-Time Status/Study Load 45 Applying for Admission: Grading Options 45 Occupational Endorsement Programs 22 Grading System and Grade Point Average Computation 46 When to Apply 22 Attendance 47 How to Apply 22 Academic Progress 48 Admission Requirements 22 Academic Standards 48 Program Completion 22 Appeal of Academic Decisions 49 Where to Get More Information 22 Students’ Rights and Responsibilities 50 Information Release and FERPA 51 Applying for Admission: Certificate or Associate Degree Programs 23 COSTS AND FINANCIAL AID 52 When to Apply 23 How to Apply 23 Tuition and Fees 53 Admission Requirements 23 Tuition 53 After Acceptance 24 Basic Student Fees 54 Where to Get More Information 24 Other Fees 56 Paying Tuition and Fees 58 Applying for Admission: Refunds 59 Bachelor’s Degree Programs 25 Where to Get More Information 60 When to Apply 25 How to Apply 25 Financial Aid 61 Admission Requirements 25 What Is Financial Aid 61 After Acceptance 27 Who Receives Financial Aid 61 Where to Get More Information 28 How to Apply for Financial Aid 61 Costs of Attending UAF 61 Applying for Admission: How Eligibility Is Determined 61 Graduate Degree Programs 29 Scholarships, Grants and Tuition Waivers 62 When to Apply 29 Graduate Assistantships 63 How to Apply 29 Loans 63 Admission Requirements 30 Student Employment 64 After Acceptance 30 Veterans’ Services 64 Where to Get More Information 30 Remaining Eligible for Aid 65 Payment to the Student 65 Important Financial Aid Dates 65 Rights and Responsibilities of Accepting Financial Aid 65 Where to Get More Information 66 2 UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution 2014–2015 CATALOG and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. HOUSING AND DINING 67 CERTIFICATES AND ASSOCIATE DEGREES 93 Housing 68 How to Earn a Certificate or Single-Student Housing 68 Associate Degree 94 Family Housing/Graduate Housing 69 General University Requirements 94 Immunization Policy and Housing 70 Types of Certificates and Associate Degrees 96 Where to Get More Information 70 Certificate Requirements 96 General Associate Degree Requirements 97 Dining Services 71 Associate of Arts Requirements 97 The UAF Dining Experience 71 Associate of Applied Science Requirements 98 Where to Get More Information 71 Associate of Science Requirements 98 SERVICES AND RESOURCES 72 Certificate and Associate Degree Programs 100 Services and Resources 73 BACHELOR’S DEGREES 128 Academic Advising and Learning Assistance 73 Academic Records, Registration and Graduation 75 How to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree 129 Alumni Association 75 General University Requirements 129 Army ROTC 75 Types of Bachelor’s Degrees 132 ASUAF 76 Bachelor’s Degree Requirements 132 Athletics 76 Baccalaureate Core 133 Campus Recreation 76 Beyond the Core 133 Career Services 76 Continuing Education and Professional Development 77 Bachelor’s Degree Programs 138 Cooperative Extension Service 77 Developmental Education 77 Pre-Professional Opportunities 198 Disability Services 77 Diversity and Equal Opportunity 78 GRADUATE DEGREES 199 E-learning 78 General Studies 78 How to Earn a Graduate Degree 200 Greek Life at UAF 79 Academics, Policies and Regulations 200 Honor Societies 79 General University Requirements 200 Honors Program 79 Graduate Assistantships 204 Libraries 80 Graduate Certificates 204 New Student Orientation 80 Requirements for Graduate Certificates 204 Northern Military Programs 80 Requirements for Graduate Degrees 204 PolarExpress Identification Card 80 Types of Master’s Degrees 206 Police and Fire Departments 81 Post Office 81 Graduate Degree Programs 208 Student Health and Counseling Center 81 Student Services 81 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 247 Study Away Programs 82 Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning 82 How to Read the Course Descriptions 248 Technology on Campus 83 Testing Services 83 Course Descriptions 250 Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity 83 Upward Bound 84 UAF ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY AND EMERITI Women’s Center 84 461 Wood Center 84 FAIRBANKS CAMPUS MAP 478 OCCUPATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS 85 How to Earn an Occupational Endorsement 86 INDEX 480 Occupational Endorsements 86 General University Requirements 86 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 486 Occupational Endorsement Requirements 86 Occupational Endorsement Programs 87 UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution 3 and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. Degrees and Programs at a Glance E S E S R FICAT CIATE ELOR’ ER’S ORAL R FICAT CIATE ELOR’ ER’S ORAL MINO CERTI ASSO BACH MAST DOCT MINO CERTI ASSO BACH MAST DOCT Accounting, BBA • • Economics, Resource and Applied, MS • Accounting, Applied, AAS (e) • • Education, BA, Lic, MEd (e) • • • Accounting Technician, Cert (e) • Electrical Engineering, BS, MEE, MS • • Airframe, Cert (see Aviation Maintenance) • Engineering, PhD • Airframe and Powerplant, Cert (see Aviation • Engineering Management, MS • Maintenance) Alaska Native Languages • English, BA, MA, MFA/MA • • • Alaska Native Studies, BA • • Environmental Chemistry, PhD • American Sign Language • ESnciveirnocnem, MenStal Engineering and Environmental Quality • Anthropology, BA, BS, MA, PhD • • • • Environmental Politics • Apprenticeship Technologies, AAS • Environmental Studies, Cert • Arctic Engineering, MS • Eskimo, Inupiaq, BA • • Arctic Skills • Eskimo, Yup’ik, BA • • Art, BA, BFA, MFA • • • Ethnobotany, Cert • Arts and Sciences, BAS • Film, BA • Asian Studies • Film Studies • Associate of Arts, AA (e) • Fire Science, AAS • • Associate of Science, AS • Fisheries, BA, BS, MS, PhD • • • • Atmospheric Sciences, MS, PhD • • Foreign Languages, BA • • Automotive Technology, Cert • General Science, BS • Aviation Maintenance, AAS • Geography, BA, BS • • Aviation Technology (see Piloting, Professional) • Geological Engineering, BS, MS • • Baking and Pastry Arts, Cert (see Culinary Arts and • Geology, MS, PhD (see Geoscience for BS) • • Hospitality) Biochemistry and Neuroscience, PhD • Geophysics, MS, PhD • • Biological Sciences, BA, BS, MS, PhD • • • • Geoscience, BS • • Business Administration, BBA, MBA • • • Global Studies • Business, Applied, AAS (e) • • Health Care Reimbursement, Cert (e) (see Health, Allied) • Business Management, Applied, Cert (e) • High Latitude Range Management, Cert • Chemistry, BA, BS, MA, MS • • • History, BA • • Child Development and Family Studies, BA • HMoamnaelgaenmd eSnetc, uBrEitMy a(en)d Emergency • • Civil Engineering, BS, MCE, MS • • Human Services, AAS • • Communication, BA • • Indigenous Studies, PhD • Communication, Professional, MA • Information Technology Specialist, Cert, AAS • • Community Health, Cert, AAS • • Instrumentation Technology, Cert • Computer Engineering, BS • Interdisciplinary Studies, AAS, BA, BS, BT, MA, MS, PhD • • • • • Computer Science, BS, BS/MS, MS • • • Japanese Studies, BA • • Construction Management, AAS • Journalism, BA • • Construction Trades Technology, Cert, AAS • • Justice, BA (e) • • Counseling, Lic, MEd • Justice, Administration of, MA (e) • Creative Writing, MFA, MFA/MA (see English) • Law and Society • Cross-Cultural Studies, MA • Leadership • Culinary Arts and Hospitality, Cert, AAS • • Linguistics, BA • • Dental Assistant, Cert, AAS (see Health, Allied) • • Linguistics, Applied, MA • Dental Hygiene, AAS • Marine Biology, MS, PhD • • Diesel/Heavy Equipment, Cert • Marine Science • Drafting Technology, Cert, AAS • • Mathematics, BA, BS, MS, PhD • • • • Early Childhood Education, Cert, AAS • • • Mechanical Engineering, BS, BS/MS, MS • • Earth Science, BA • Medical Assistant, Cert, AAS (see Health, Allied) • • Economics, BA, BBA • • Medical/Dental Reception, Cert (e) (see Health, Allied) • 4 UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution 2014–2015 CATALOG and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. E S R FICAT CIATE ELOR’ ER’S ORAL MINO CERTI ASSO BACH MAST DOCT DEGREE CONCENTRATIONS Military Science and Leadership • Many degree programs offer multiple concentrations in specific subject areas. Review degree program descriptions for information about available Mineral Preparation Engineering, MS • concentrations. Mining Engineering, BS, MS • • • Music, BA, BM • • SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAMS Law Enforcement Academy, Paramedic Academy Music Performance, MM • Native Language Education, Cert, AAS • • OCCUPATIONAL ENDORSEMENTS Natural Resources and Sustainability, PhD • Administrative Assistant, Basic Carpentry, Bookkeeping Technician (e), Entry Level Welding, Facility Maintenance, Financial Services Representative (e), Homeland Natural Resources Management, BS, MS, MNRMG • • • Security, Medical Billing*(e), Medical Coding*(e), Medical Office Reception*(e), Northern Studies, BA, MA • • • Nurse Aide*, Rural Human Services, Rural Utilities Business Management, Nursing Qualifications, Pre-, Cert (see Health, Allied) • Sustainable Energy, Tribal Justice, Wildland Fire Science Oceanography, MS, PhD • • PRE-PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Paralegal Studies, AAS • • Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Architecture, Audiology, Chiropractic, Dentistry, Law, Library Science, Medicine (allopathic and osteopathic), Museum Paramedicine, AAS • Studies, Naturopathic Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Petroleum Engineering, BS, MS • • Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Podiatry, Speech/Language Pathology, Philosophy, BA • • Veterinary Medicine Physics, BS, MS, PhD • • • • GRADUATE AND POSTBACCALAUREATE CERTIFICATES Piloting, Professional, AAS • • Design and Construction Management (e), Education (Elementary, Secondary, Political Science, BA • • K–12 Art, Counseling, Special Education), Science Teaching and Outreach, Statistics Power Generation, Cert • Powerplant, Cert (see Aviation Maintenance) • * See Health, Allied Process Technology, AAS • (e) This program can be completed online through eLearning and Distance Education. Psychology, BA, BS • • Psychology, Clinical-Community, PhD • ABBREVIATIONS Rural Development, BA, MA • • • AA Associate of Arts Rural Human Services, Cert • AAS Associate of Applied Science AS Associate of Science Russian Studies, BA • • BA Bachelor of Arts Safety, Health and Environmental Awareness • BAS Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Technology, Cert BBA Bachelor of Business Administration Science Management, MS • BEM Bachelor of Emergency Management Social Work, BA • • BFA Bachelor of Fine Arts Sociology, BA, BS • • BM Bachelor of Music BS Bachelor of Science Statistics, MS • • BT Bachelor of Technology Technology, BT • Cert Certificate Theatre, BA • • Lic Licensure issued by state of AK MA Master of Arts Tribal Management, Cert, AAS • • MAT Master of Arts in Teaching Wildlife Biology and Conservation, BS, MS • • • MBA Master of Business Administration Women’s and Gender Studies • MCE Master of Civil Engineering MEd Master of Education Yup’ik Language and Culture, BA • MEE Master of Electrical Engineering Yup’ik Language Proficiency, Cert, AAS • • MFA Master of Fine Arts MM Master of Music (e) This program can be completed online through eLearning and Distance Education. MNRMG Master of Natural Resources Management and Geography MS Master of Science PhD Doctor of Philosophy UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution 5 and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. OVERVIEW UAF Facts and Figures 7 The UAF Experience 8 Campuses 10 Colleges and Schools 13 Research Institutes, Centers and Consortia 16 Students make their way along Yukon Drive on the Fairbanks campus on a sunny autumn afternoon. UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. UAF Facts and Figures O V E R V I E W • Originally founded in 1917 when Alaska was still a • As America’s arctic university, UAF offers a number of territory, today UAF is America’s northernmost Land, unique programs and degrees particularly focused on Sea and Space Grant institution. the biology, climate, natural resources and peoples of • UAF encompasses the central campus in Fairbanks; northern latitudes, the circumpolar North and the Pacific Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham; Chukchi Campus Rim. in Kotzebue; Interior-Aleutians Campus, covering the • The UAF mascot is the Nanook, a derivation of “nanuq,” Interior and the Aleutian Islands; Kuskokwim Campus in the Inupiaq Eskimo word for polar bear. Up until the Bethel; Northwest Campus in Nome; and the Community mid-70s, the men’s basketball team was known as the and Technical College in Fairbanks. “Flying Nanooks” because of the regular, and long, • UAF’s geographically diverse student body represents 48 airplane rides they took in order to compete with other states and 45 foreign countries. college teams. Since 1963 all University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams have been called Nanooks. • UAF offers 158 degrees and 32 certificates in 123 disciplines. Degrees Conferred, Spring 2013 Estimated 2014–2015 UAF Annual Costs • 115 licensures and occupational endorsements • 997 certificates and associate or baccalaureate degrees ALASKA NON- WUE* • 265 master’s and doctoral degrees RESIDENT RESIDENT FRESHMEN AND Student Profile, Fall 2013 SOPHOMORES Tuition and fees** $6,328 $20,048 $9,016 (30 credits, ENROLLMENT 100–200-level classes) Fairbanks Campus ..........................................6,360 Room and board 8,240 8,240 8,240 (double room and Community and Technical College ..............3,340 Denali meal plan) Bristol Bay Campus ...........................................707 ANNUAL TOTAL $14,568 $28,288 $17,256 Chukchi Campus ...............................................346 Interior-Aleutians Campus ...............................509 JUNIORS AND Kuskokwim Campus .........................................477 SENIORS Northwest Campus ............................................304 Tuition and fees** $7,440 $21,160 $10,684 (30 credits, eLearning & Distance Education ..................2,138 300–400-level classes) University of Alaska Fairbanks (total*) ......10,214 * Some students attend more than one campus and are not counted Room and board 8,240 8,240 8,240 twice in the total. (double room and Denali meal plan) • Female 59% ANNUAL TOTAL $15,680 $29,400 $18,924 • Male 41% GRADUATE • Alaska Native/American Indian 20% STUDENTS • Undergraduate 88% Tuition and fees** $8,332 $16,120 (18 credits, • Graduate 12% 600-level classes) • Median age 25 Room and board 8,240 8,240 (double room and Denali meal plan) ANNUAL TOTAL $16,572 $24,360 * Western Undergraduate Exchange (see page 63) ** Includes Wood Center student life, student government, technology, trans- portation, UA network, athletics, Student Recreation Center and health center fees. Does not include health insurance, books, supplies, parking, sustainability, travel, miscellaneous expenses or special costs associated with international or exchange students. Costs are subject to change. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution UAF Facts and Figures 7 and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. The UAF Experience W E I V R E V O UAF — Then and Now Research Range, providing launch facilities for NASA and the Department of Defense. Poker Flat is the only university- owned rocket range in the world. UAF’s Fairbanks campus is four miles west of downtown In 1970 the university was designated a federal Sea Grant Fairbanks, on a low ridge overlooking the Chena and Tanana institution for marine research. Alaska Sea Grant develops river floodplains. Artifacts found on the bluff tell us tribal and supports research, education, and outreach programs groups used the hill beginning perhaps 3,500 years ago. It and partnerships to help sustain economic development, offered a wide view of the flats below and probably served as a traditional cultural uses, and conservation of Alaska’s marine, base camp for hunting and gathering. estuarine and coastal watershed resources. Stations in Kodiak THE EARLY YEARS and Juneau are also actively involved in marine and fisheries Gold discoveries in the early 1900s brought sudden changes research. to the Tanana Valley. In 1906 the hill where UAF now stands In 1972 the Alaska Legislature established the Alaska became part of a federal Agricultural Experiment Station, and Native Language Center and provided operating funds. Since in 1915 the U.S. Congress approved money and transferred a then the university has supported research, documentation piece of land from this station to establish a school of higher and teaching of the state’s 20 Native languages. education. The institution began as the Alaska Agricultural To meet the need for expanding services for all Alaskans, College and School of Mines, focusing on research and the University of Alaska statewide system was created in 1975. teaching in support of agriculture and mining. Two years later Campuses in Anchorage and Juneau were assigned their own the Alaska Territorial Legislature added funding, and in 1922, chancellors and central staffs, with the statewide administra- when the first building was completed, the college opened its tion and overall university president remaining in Fairbanks. doors to students. In the first semester, a faculty of six offered Meanwhile, the main campus in Fairbanks continued to 16 classes to a student body of 12. Commencement in 1923 expand. The University of Alaska Museum of the North, one consisted of a single graduate. of the state’s most popular visitor attractions, moved into the The institution quickly began to grow. In 1931 the federal Otto Geist Building in 1980. An expansion completed in 2006 government transferred the entire Agricultural Experiment nearly doubled the museum’s size and added a research center, Station to the college. In 1935 the Alaska Territorial learning center and Alaska art gallery. The museum’s unique Legislature changed the institution’s name to the University collection offers the public a view of the rich and varied of Alaska to reflect the school’s expanding role in research, cultures of the North. teaching and public service for all Alaska. By then, faculty In 1981, UAF enrollment topped 5,000 students for the first and course offerings had grown to include liberal arts, science time. The university also began to emphasize its shared schol- and engineering. arship and global education efforts in a series of agreements World War II brought a rapid influx of population and with schools in Japan, Denmark, Canada, India, People’s development to the territory. Wartime national awareness Republic of China, Russia and other countries. The institution of the need for scientific polar research in the interests of branched out to include campuses in Bethel, Dillingham, defense and communications led to the establishment in 1946 Kotzebue, Nome and the Interior. Learning centers in other of the Geophysical Institute. Since its inception, the GI has communities such as Fort Yukon, Galena, McGrath, Nenana, earned an international reputation for studies of the Earth Tok and Unalaska provide additional education services to and the physical environment at high latitudes. The university rural Alaskans. awarded its first PhD degree to a geophysics student in 1955. UAF’s public service role is filled in part by the statewide Cooperative Extension Service with its 13 district offices. STATEHOOD AND BEYOND Public broadcasting stations KUAC FM and TV, the first The University of Alaska had a significant role in the public stations in the state, are headquartered at UAF. statehood movement of the 1950s, when the Constitutional In 1991 NASA named UAF a Space Grant institution for Convention was held on campus. The Alaska Constitution aerospace research, making it a Land, Sea and Space Grant was drafted in what is now Constitution Hall and signed in institution, one of only a handful of triple-crown universities stately Signers’ Hall, now the home of UAF student service in the country. and administrative offices. Alaska became the nation’s 49th state in 1959. TODAY Research expanded broadly in the decade of the 1960s UAF’s colleges and schools offer degrees and certificates in with the establishment of institutes in several disciplines. The 123 disciplines with a variety of vocational and technical Alaska Legislature created the Institute of Marine Science programs. Graduate degrees are available in a wide range of in 1960 and the Institute of Arctic Biology two years later. academic study. UAF is internationally known for its Pacific Since 1969 the Geophysical Institute has operated Poker Flat Rim and circumpolar North research. It is consistently 8 The UAF Experience UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution 2014–2015 CATALOG and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. among the top 100 universities in the nation for funding professors, but as friends, advisors and mentors. Education is from the National Science Foundation. UAF is the only an individual process, different for each person. At UAF, you doctoral degree-granting institution in Alaska, offering PhD are an individual, not just a face in the crowd. O V degrees in anthropology, indigenous studies, several of the E R physical and natural sciences, psychology, mathematics and UAF’s Mission V I engineering. Master’s degrees are offered in almost 50 fields EW in the humanities, social sciences, northern studies, physical The University of Alaska Fairbanks is a Land, Sea, and Space and natural sciences, and in professional fields such as Grant university and an international center for research, engineering, justice, education and business administration. education, and the arts, emphasizing the circumpolar North Interdisciplinary programs are possible for students who have and its diverse peoples. UAF integrates teaching, research, and a research focus in areas where UAF has faculty expertise and public service as it educates students for active citizenship and research facilities available. prepares them for lifelong learning and careers. In 2017, UAF will celebrate 100 years of making important CORE THEMES contributions to Alaska, helping find solutions to the state’s unique challenges in areas like arctic engineering, wildlife • Educate: Undergraduate and graduate students and biology, health care and education. UAF helps power Alaska’s lifelong learners economy by turning students into professionals for Alaska’s • Research: Create and disseminate new knowledge, workforce. insight, technology, artistic and scholarly works • Prepare: Alaska’s career, technical and professional Students workforce • Connect: Alaska Native, rural and urban communities by Individualism and diversity are Alaska traditions. At UAF, sharing knowledge and ways of knowing students find not only a broad mix of cultures and ages, but also a climate of respect for individual rights and preferences. • Engage: Alaskans through outreach for continuing A student from a rural Alaska village can share knowledge education and community and economic development and insights with others from places as distant as Tallahassee Commitment to Quality or Tokyo. UAF’s enrollment in fall 2013 was 10,214 students. Of those, 59 percent are female and 41 percent male; 88 per- cent are undergraduate and 12 percent are graduate students. UAF has been accredited since 1934 by the Northwest UAF students hail from 48 states and 45 foreign countries. Commission on Colleges and Universities. UAF acts Many UAF students are nontraditional. They study at continually to assess and improve the educational experi- night or after work, and balance schoolwork with family ence for its students. Students evaluate their teachers at responsibilities. The university offers a wide variety of the end of each semester; those student opinion reports evening and weekend classes. UAF students can attend classes are available for review at Rasmuson Library. Faculty and through distance delivery from remote areas of Alaska or administrators evaluate courses in the core curriculum from anywhere in the world. Using computers, telephones and every year. Each degree program and certificate is assessed the Internet, students can take courses or work toward their at least every five years. Results are used to change and degrees without leaving home. improve the education provided by UAF. The learning Many students take advantage of UAF’s exchange pro- outcomes expected for each degree program can be viewed at grams to study at colleges and universities around the world, www.uaf.edu/provost/assessment-review/assessment/. or through the National Student Exchange program, which offers studies at universities throughout the United States. There are 140 different student organizations on campus, with that number going up all the time. Students produce the weekly Sun Star newspaper, run KSUA, the campus radio station, and participate in scores of special interest groups. Faculty At UAF you find faculty members who are among the best in the country, and because of the low 11:1 student-faculty ratio, you receive more personal attention here than you would at almost any other public university in the nation. Once you have chosen a major, you will be assigned a faculty advisor from your academic department. Your advisor will help you choose classes each semester and will explain programs and requirements. You will get to know the faculty not just as UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution The UAF Experience 9 and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination. Campuses W E I V R E V O Fairbanks Campus away. Mount McKinley, or Denali (Koyukon Athabascan for “The High One”), the tallest mountain in North America, is often visible from many UAF residence hall windows. The 2,250-acre Fairbanks campus offers limitless opportuni- Whether the sport is canoeing, climbing, running, dog mush- ties for activity and recreation. The main campus has two ing, skiing or fishing, nowhere else compares with Alaska. lakes and 26 miles of trails as well as a major student recre- ation complex for indoor sports. Facilities are available for TRANSPORTATION TO FAIRBANKS basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, calisthenics, dance, Fairbanks is easily accessible by land or air. Anchorage is 365 gymnastics, judo and karate. There are rifle and pistol ranges; miles away via the Parks Highway or the Alaska Railroad, courts for handball, racquetball and squash; a jogging track; a and Seattle is 2,300 miles away via the Alaska Highway. Major swimming pool; weight training and modern fitness equip- airlines offer several daily flights between Fairbanks and ment areas; an ice arena for recreational skating and hockey; Anchorage, Seattle and many other destinations. a special aerobics area; a two-story indoor climbing wall; an The Alaska Railroad provides a special one-way fare outdoor climbing tower covered with ice in the winter; and a between Anchorage and Fairbanks for all full-time UAF winter snowboard terrain park. UAF sponsors intercollegiate students in summer or regular sessions. Students must ask for athletic teams in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and the special rate when making reservations and present their women’s cross country running and skiing, coed rifle, men’s student ID to the ticket agent at check-in. For reservations, ice hockey and women’s volleyball and swimming. contact the Alaska Railroad at 907-458-6025 or 800-544-0552. The Wood Center is the focus of many extracurricular ELEARNING & DISTANCE EDUCATION activities. With a pub, dining facilities, bowling lanes, UAF has been a leader since 1963 in offering distance courses conference rooms, lounge and games area, the Wood Center is and programs for students throughout Alaska and the world. a gathering place for the entire university community. eLearning & Distance Education offers more than 250 courses UAF has some of the best facilities in the state. in 45 disciplines. Additionally, eLearning offers degrees and Performances are scheduled almost every weekend during certificates completely online. Internet-based e-learning the academic year in Davis Concert Hall or Salisbury provides an opportunity for students to further their educa- Theatre. The Rasmuson Library, Alaska’s largest library, offers tion and earn their degree without the constraint of classroom extensive resource materials in print and online. An array of attendance. eLearning courses are academically rigorous and computer databases provides access to hundreds of academic count toward degree programs. journals, and Internet connections allow students at remote For more information contact eLearning & Distance rural sites to use library resources. The UA Museum of the Education at 2175 University Avenue South in Fairbanks, North is not only one of the top visitor attractions in the state by phone at 800-277-8060 or 907-479-3444, via email at but also a resource for students. Its vast collections are used [email protected] or at http://elearning.uaf.edu. for demonstration and comparative studies in classrooms and labs. Community Campuses The Fairbanks campus is the statewide university system’s principal research center. Internationally respected institutes provide students with an opportunity to see science in action In addition to the Fairbanks campus, UAF has com- and participate in research activities. munity and rural campuses in downtown Fairbanks, Bethel, Dillingham, Kotzebue and Nome, and maintains six FAIRBANKS AREA community centers through its Interior-Aleutians Campus in Fairbanks, Alaska’s second-largest city, sits on the banks of Fairbanks. These branches, part of the College of Rural and the Chena River in the heart of Alaska. The downtown district Community Development, are central to fulfilling the UAF is easily accessible via the local bus system and a network mission of providing educational opportunities throughout of bike trails. The city is steeped in a history of riverboat the state. Credits earned at any UAF campus or center are captains and gold seekers. Its character has been shaped by recognized at all UAF campuses, meaning that students may a large military presence, construction of the trans-Alaska change campuses and transfer all UA credits. oil pipeline and the continuing oil economy, and a thriving For more information about the College of Rural and university. It is a city where old quietly blends with new. Community Development, visit www.uaf.edu/rural/. Striking modern buildings sit side-by-side with log cabins built in the early part of the last century. BRISTOL BAY CAMPUS IN DILLINGHAM With an area population of some 100,000, Fairbanks offers The Bristol Bay Campus is situated in a 55,000-square-mile the conveniences of a big city, yet millions of acres of rolling region bounded by Bristol Bay, the Bering Sea and the Pacific hills and spectacular Alaska panoramas are only minutes Ocean. The administrative center is in Dillingham (about 322 10 Campuses UA is an AA/EO employer and educational institution 2014–2015 CATALOG and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/titleIXcompliance/nondiscrimination.
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