ALASKA NATIVE STUDIES
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.
MINOR REQUIREMENTS (2012-2013 CATALOG)
| 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. | |||
| Select two from the following (6 credits total): | |||
| ANTH | S200 | Alaska Native Cultures | 3 |
| ANTH | S225 | Artistic Expressions and Oral Narratives of Alaska Natives | 3 |
| ANTH | S475 | Alaska Native Social Change | 3 |
| ART | S263 | Northwest Coast Art History and Culture | 3 |
| Select from the following (12 credits total): | |||
| Language Skills | |||
| AKL | S101 | Haida I | 1 |
| AKL | S102 | Haida II | 1 |
| AKL | S103 | Tlingit I | 1 |
| AKL | S104 | Tlingit II | 1 |
| AKL | S105 | Elementary Tlingit I | 4 |
| AKL | S106 | Elementary Tlingit II | 4 |
| AKL | S205 | Intermediate Tlingit I | 4 |
| AKL | S206 | Intermediate Tlingit II | 4 |
| AKL | S207 | Intermediate Haida II | 4 |
| AKL | S208 | Intermediate Haida II | 4 |
| AKL | S305 | Advanced Tlingit I | 3 |
| AKL | S306 | Advanced Tlingit II | 3 |
| AKL | S307 | Advanced Haida I | 3 |
| AKL | S308 | Advanced Haida II | 3 |
| Humanities Skills | |||
| ART | S180/280/380/480 | Northwest Coast Art: Selected Topics | 1-3 |
| ART | S181/281/381 | Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Northwest Coast Design | 1-3 |
| ART | S183 | Northwest Coast Harvesting and Preparation of Basketry Materials | .5 |
| ART | S189 | Northwest Coast Tool Making | 2 |
| ART | S263 | Northwest Coast Art History and Culture | 1-3 |
| ART | S282/382/482 | Beginning/Intermediate Northwest Coast Basketry | 1-3 |
| ART | S284 | Beginning Northwest Coast Basketry Design | 1 |
| ART | S285/385/485 | Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Northwest Coast Carving | 1-3 |
| ART | S286/386/486 | Beginning/Intermediate/Advanced Northwest Coast Woolen Weaving | 1-3 |
| ENGL | S365 | Literature of Alaska: Native and Non-Native Perspectives | 3 |
| GEOG | S302 | Geography of Alaska: People, Places, Potential | 3 |
| HIST | S115 | Alaska, Land, and People | 3 |
| HIST | S341 | History of Alaska | 3 |
| Social Science Skills | |||
| ANTH | S200 | Alaska Native Cultures | 3 |
| ANTH | S225 | Artistic Expressions and oral Narratives of Alaska Natives | 3 |
| ANTH | S312 | Humanities and the Environment | 3 |
| ANTH | S335 | Native North Americans | 3 |
| ANTH | S342 | Arctic Ethnology | 3 |
| ANTH | S435 | Northwest Coast Cultures | 3 |
| ANTH | S475 | Alaska Native Social Change | 3 |
| SOC | S346 | Alaskan Social Problems* | 3 |
| * Special topics courses that emphasize Alaska Native Perspectives may be approved for program. | |||