Spring 2008 Course Offerings

College Of Liberal Arts

School of Education
Center For Cross-Cultural Studies
Alaska Native Studies

College Of Rural and Community Development

Center For Distance Education

Registration and Enrollment Information

Course Descriptions

 

COURSES

Courses

Course Title

Instructor

CCS F602-DD1 
outside Fairbanks
Cultural/Intellectual Property Rights
audioconference
description
Hope

CCS/ED F603-DD1 
audioconference
CCS/ED F603-FS1
Fairbanks campus

Field Study Research Methods
Meets with Fairbanks campus students via audioconference
description

Hogan

CCS/ED F610-US1
outside Fairbanks
CCS/ED F610-FS1
Fairbanks area

Education and Cultural Processes
Independent Learning/Correspondence/Paper-based
description

Barnhardt

CCS F612-DD1
audioconference and Fairbanks campus

Traditional Ecological Knowledge
description

Koskey

CCS F620-DD1
outside Fairbanks
Crit. Indigenous Literature for AK Children
description
Ilutsik

CCS F698-DD1
outside Fairbanks
CCS F698-F01
Fairbanks area

Research
description

Staff

CCS F699-DD1
outside Fairbanks 
CCS F699-F01
Fairbanks area

Thesis
description

Staff

ED F616-DD1
outside Fairbanks
ED F616-FS1
Fairbanks area

Education and Socio-Economic Change
Independent Learning/Correspondence
description

Barnhardt

ED F631-FS1
Fairbanks
ED F631-US1
ourside Fairbanks

Small Schools Curriculum Design
Independent Learning/Correspondence
description

Barnhardt

ED F660-US1
outside Fairbanks
ED F660-FS1
Fairbanks

Education Administration in Cultural Perspective
Independent Learning/Correspondence
description

Barnhardt

Course Descriptions

Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights

3 credits

CCS F602 DD1 CRN: 38998
audio conference only

Andrew Hope, III (Juneau)
fnah@uaf.edu

Examines issues associated with recognizing and respecting cultural and intellectual property rights with respect to the documentation, publication and display of knowledge, practices, beliefs and artifacts of cultural traditions. Appropriate research principles, ethical guidelines and legal protections will be reviewed for their application to cross-cultural studies. (Prerequisite: graduate standing or approval of the instructor.)

Tues & Thurs, 5:10 pm – 6:40 pm, 1/24– 5/8 (audio conference only)

DD1 section - Books and materials mailed from CDE in Fairbanks.
FE1 section – Books and materials to be purchased by student from CDE Bookstore in Fairbanks

Syllabus


Field Study Research Methods

3 credits

CCS F603-DD1   CRN:  36108
audio conference and

CCS F603-FE1    CRN:  33734
Fairbanks campus Grue 204

Maureen Hogan (Fairbanks)
fnmph@uaf.edu

Focus on techniques for conducting both quantitative and qualitative field research.  Particular emphasis on considerations for conducting field research in cross-cultural settings.

Cross-listed and meets same time as ED F603 DD1 (crn :36344) and ED F603-FE1 (crn: 34203) and together limited to 20 students. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:  Blackboard, Internet

M  5:15-8:15 pm
1/28 - 5/5 audio-conference and/or on-campus

Section DD1 - Books and materials coming from CDE in Fairbanks.
Section FE1 - Books and materials must be purchased at CDE Bookstore, Fairbanks

 


Education and Cultural Processes

3 credits
(Independent Learning - Correspondence/paper-based course)

CCS F610 US1   CRN:  35579  
(outside Fairbanks area)   

CCS F610 FS1    CRN:  33735
(Fairbanks area)

Fairbanks students may register for Section FS1 with regular UAF/TVC registration. Contact the Center for Distance Education (CDE 479-3444) for further information and to buy textbooks and materials.

Ray Barnhardt  (Fairbanks)
ffrjb@uaf.edu

Advanced study of the function of education as a cultural process and its relation to other aspects of a cultural system.  Students will be required to prepare a study in which they examine some aspect of education in a particular cultural context. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:  DVD Player, Internet

Cross-listed with ED F610 US1 (crn: 35612)  and ED F610 FS1 (crn:  34204)

1/24 - 4/30 (print-based only)

Books and materials coming from CDE in Fairbanks. Material costs available at distance.uaf.edu or call CDE at 800-277-8060.

Syllabus


Traditional Ecological Knowledge        

3 credits

CCS F612 DD1   CRN:  36112
(audioconference) and

CCS F612 FE1   CRN:  33736
(Fairbanks campus, UPark 164)

Mike Koskey  (Fairbanks)
ffmsk1@uaf.edu

Examines the acquisition and utilization of knowledge associated with long-term inhabitation of particular ecological systems and adaptations that arise from the accumulation of such knowledge. Attention will be given to the contemporary significance of traditional ecological knowledge as a complement to academic fields of study. (Prerequisite: graduate standing or approval of the instructor).

Meets by audio conference and on-UAF campus and together limited to 14 students.

W, 5:15 - 8:15 pm - 1/30 - 5/7 audio conference and on Fairbanks campus

DD1 section - Books and materials mailed from CDE in Fairbanks.
FE1 section – Books and materials to be purchased by student from CDE Bookstore in Fairbanks

Syllabus


Critiquing Indigenous Literature for AK Children        

3 credits

CCS F620 DD1   CRN:  38999
CCS F620 FE1    CRN: 37479
(audioconference)

Esther Ilutsik

Provides educators with a comprehensive framework for reviewing literature that is written about and for Alaska's indigenous children. An in-depth look at how children's literature influences the image of the indigenous children of Alaska and provides a foundation for selecting curriculum materials that accurately represent and address the cultural context of the students and communities they serve. This is a distance education/audio-conference course. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing, teaching certificate or approval of the instructor.)

M - 5:15 - 8:15 pm 1/28 - 5/5 (audio conference only)

DD1 section - Books and materials mailed from CDE in Fairbanks.
FE1 section – Books and materials to be purchased by student from CDE Bookstore in Fairbanks


Master's Research Project

1 – 12 credits

CCS F698  DD1   CRN:  36305
(outside Fairbanks area)        

CCS F698  F01     CRN:  33737
(Fairbanks area students only)

Staff

Research project for graduate students earning an M.A.  Enrollment is contingent on admission to the graduate program and permission of the graduate committee. Limited to 20 students.

1/24 - 5/10

Meets by arrangement.


Thesis

1 – 12 Credits

CCS F699  DD1   CRN:  36306
(outside Fairbanks area)

CCS F699  F01    CRN:  33738
(Fairbanks area students)

Staff

Thesis project for graduate students earning M.A. or PhD.   Enrollment is contingent on admission to the graduate program and permission of the graduate committee. Limited to 20 students.

1/24 - 5/10

Meets by arrangement


Education and Cultural Processes

3 credits

Independent Learning – Correspondence/paper-based course

ED F610 US1   CRN:  35612
(outside Fairbanks area)

 ED F610 FS1    CRN:  34204
(Fairbanks area)

Fairbanks students may register for Section FS1 with regular UAF/TVC registration. Contact the Center for Distance Education (CDE 479-3444) for further information and to buy textbooks and materials.

Ray Barnhardt  (Fairbanks)
ffrjb@uaf.edu

Advanced study of the function of education as a cultural process and its relation to other aspects of a cultural system.  Students will be required to prepare a study in which they examine some aspect of education in a particular cultural context. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:  DVD Player, Internet

Cross-listed with CCS F610 US1 (crn: 35579) and CCS F610 FS1 (crn: 33735)

1/24 - 4/30

Books and materials coming from CDE in Fairbanks. Material costs available at
http://distance.uaf.edu or call CDE at 907-474-5353 or 1-800-277-8060 or email distance@uaf.edu.

Syllabus


Education and Socio-Economic Change

3 credits

Independent Learning – Correspondence/Paper-based course

ED F616 US1  CRN: 35613
(ouside Fairbanks)

ED F616 FS1  CRN: 34205
(Fairbanks)

Ray Barnhardt (Fairbanks)
ffrjb@uaf.edu

An examination of social change processes, particularly related to the deliberate development of new institutions and resulting forms of new consciousness.  Emphasis on role of education and schooling in this development dynamic. 

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:  Internet, DVD & CD Player

1/24 - 4/30

Books and materials to be purchased from CDE in Fairbanks. If you are outside of the Fairbanks area, books and materials will be mailed to you from CDE. Material costs are available at http://distance.uaf.edu or call CDE at 800-277-8060 or email distance@uaf.edu.

Syllabus


Small Schools Curriculum Design

3 credits

Independent Learning – Correspondence

ED F631-US1   CRN: 35614
(outside Fairbanks)
Independent Learning – Correspondence/paper-based

ED F631-FS1   CRN: 34207
(Fairbanks)
Independent Learning – Correspondence/paper-based

Ray Barnhardt (Fairbanks)
ffrjb@uaf.edu

Salient issues involved with the development of effective programs of instruction in small schools, including foundational design, conceptual models, organizational strategies, technical skills, current issues and trends, and their implications and application to the environment of rural Alaska.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:    VCR, DVD & CD Player

1/24 - 4/30

Books and materials to be purchased from CDE in Fairbanks. If you are outside of the Fairbanks area, books and materials will be mailed to you from CDE. Material costs are available at http://distance.uaf.edu or call CDE at 800-277-8060.

Syllabus


Educational Administration in Cultural Perspective

3 credits

Independent Learning - Correspondence                                                          

ED F660-US1 CRN: 35615
(outside Fairbanks)

ED F660-FS1  CRN: 34209
(Fairbanks)

Ray Barnhardt (Fairbanks)
ffrjb@uaf.edu

Issues related to the social organization and socio-political context of schools, administrative and institutional change processes and the changing role of administrators in education, using a cross-cultural framework for analysis.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:    VCR, DVD & CD Player

1/24 - 4/30

Books and materials to be purchased from CDE in Fairbanks. If you are outside of the Fairbanks area, books and materials will be mailed to you from CDE. Material costs are available at http://distance.uaf.edu or call CDE at 907-474-5353 or 1-800-277-8060 or email distance@uaf.edu.

Syllabus

updated January 15, 2008

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