You can earn your BA degree in Rural Development through our distance "Applied Field-Based Program" or our Fairbanks campus program. You'll have the option of moving seamlessly between the Applied Field-Based Program and the Fairbanks campus program if you choose to do so.

Fairbanks Program

If you are interested in earning a BA degree in Rural Development at the UAF Fairbanks campus, please contact :

Kay L. Thomas, Administrative Assistant by email at klthomas@alaska.edu

or you may write to: 

Department of Alaska Native & Rural Development
University of Alaska Fairbanks

P.O. Box 756500

Fairbanks, AK  99775-6500

(907)474-6528 by phone or 1-888-574-6528 Toll-Free

(907)474-6325 by FAX

Distance Program

Through the Applied Field-Based Program, you can earn your BA in Rural Development while living in your home community. If you are interested in the Applied Field-Based Program, please contact:

Gordon Pullar, Ph.D., DANRD Director at g.pullar@uaf.edu 

or Gail Staudinger, Administrative Coordinator at angas@uaa.alaska.edu 

or you may write to:

Department of Alaska Native & Rural Development

University of Alaska Fairbanks

2221 E. Northern Lights Blvd #213

Anchorage, AK  99508

PHONE:  1-800-770-9531 (Toll-free in Alaska) or (907)279-2713 direct