Degrees and Programs

Arts and Sciences

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Minimum Requirements for Degree: 120 credits

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The arts and sciences degree program provides comprehensive instruction in the subject areas encompassed in Alaska content and performance standards. These content areas are: English/language arts, mathematics, science, geography, government and citizenship, history, skills for a healthy life, arts, world languages and technology.

The B.A.S. degree provides a broad-based major with appropriate instruction in mathematics and science as well as the necessary breadth and educational opportunities in the social sciences and humanities/fine arts to understand key principles and content knowledge.

Students in the B.A.S. degree program who have not declared a minor are advised by the Academic Advising Center. Those who have declared a minor will be assigned an advisor in the department which offers that minor. B.A.S. majors may choose any approved minor. However, those preparing to teach in elementary (K-6) schools are encouraged to choose the education minor.

Undergraduate Program

1. Complete the general university requirements. (As part of the core curriculum requirements, complete the following: ART/MUS/THR 200X*, HIST 100X*, ANTH/SOC 100X*, ENG/FL 200X*, MATH 107X*, COMM 131X*, and two different science discipline breadth-emphasis laboratory courses selected from biology*, chemistry*, physics* and geoscience*. Two years of a non-English language highly recommended.)
2. Complete the following B.A.S. degree major requirements in addition to the core:*
a. Complete the following mathematics requirements:

MATH 205 -- Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I (3 credits)

MATH 206 -- Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II (3 credits)

GEOG 101 -- World Regional Geography (3 credits)

HIST 131 -- History of the U.S. (3)
or HIST 132 -- History of the U.S. (3) (3 credits)

HIST 461W -- History of Alaska (3 credits)

PS 101 -- Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 credits)

ENGL 271 -- Introduction to Creative Writing -- Fiction (3)
or ENGL 272 -- Introduction to Creative Writing -- Poetry (3)
or ENGL 313W -- Writing Non-Fiction Prose (3)
or ENGL 314W,O/2 -- Technical Writing (3)
or JRN 311W -- Magazine Article Writing (3) (3 credits)

ENGL 306 -- Survey of American Literature: Beginnings to the Civil War (3)
or ENGL 307 -- Survey of American Literature: Civil War to the Present (3) (3 credits)

ENGL 317 -- Traditional English Grammar (3 credits)

LING 101 -- Nature of Language (3)
or LING 303W,O -- Language Acquisition (3) (3 credits)

PSY 240 -- Lifespan Developmental Psychology (3 credits)

ANTH 242 -- Native Cultures of Alaska (3 credits)

Course selected from a list developed by the review committee (3 credits)

LAS 410W,O/2 -- Scientific Research (3 credits)

LAS 420W,O/2 -- Social Science Inquiry and Research (3)
or LAS 430W,O/2 -- Language Arts and the Humanities: Creative Activities and Research (3) (3 credits)

** Departmental requirements for minors may exceed this 15 credit minimum. See other program descriptions for specific minor requirements.

Note: For the B.A.S. degree program, at least 39 credits must be taken in upper division (300- and 400-level) courses. Courses taken to fulfill the B.A.S. degree can also be counted for content minors or second majors.