What Is the Northern Studies Program?

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	An ice sculpture of a Native hunter stands near the Lola Tilly Commons on the UAF campus. Photo credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris

The Northern Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program for the study of problems and policy issues specific to the North.

Topics covered by northern studies include (but certainly aren't limited to!)...

• northern history
• environmental policies
• individual topics
  • well-being
  • psychology
  • fetal alcohol syndrome
  • northern arts and culture
  • tourist industry

At the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Northern Studies students can benefit from the extensive northern expertise and research activities of UAF faculty, the rich Alaska and circumpolar collections of the UAF library and museum, and, of course, the fact of being surrounded by the North itself. Northern Studies faculty have won major awards for excellence in teaching, research, and public service.

Northern Studies include faculty and courses from:

• Political Science
• History
• Art
• English
• Natural Resources Management
• Psychology
• Journalism
• Alaska Native Studies
• Rural Development
• Geography
• Alaska Native Languages
• Anthropology