Suggested Related Courses
Suggested Related Courses
Anthropology
ANTH 428W (3 Credits) Offered Spring Even-numbered Years
Ecological Anthropology and Sustainability (3+0)
Biological, environmental and cultural factors and their interplay in defining the human condition, with examples from Arctic and other populations. (Prerequisites: ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X; junior standing; or permission of instructor. (3+0).)
ANTH 603 (3 credits) Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
Political Anthropology (3+0)
(Stacked with ANTH 403)
Political systems and the law. Case studies from nonindustrial societies, developing nations, and parapolitical systems or encapsulated societies, such as native peoples in the U.S. Political structures and institutions; social conflict, dispute settlement, social control and the law, political competition over critical resources; and ethnicity. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing.)
ANTH 610 (3 Credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Northern Indigenous Peoples and Contemporary Issues (3+0)
(Cross-listed with NORS 610)
This course examines a number of issues affecting northern indigenous peoples from a comparative perspective, including perspectives from Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and the Soviet Union. Issues include the impact of the alienation of land on which these peoples depend; the relationship between their small, rural microeconomies and the larger agroindustrial market economies of which they area a part; education, language loss, and cultural transmission; alternative governmental policies towards indigenous peoples; and contrasting world views. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing, or upper division with permission of instructor.)
ANTH 630 (3 Credits) Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
Anthropological Field Methods (3+0)
Concentration on the practical concerns and aspects of doing anthropological field research. Includes the relevant literature and significant discussions on the different aspects of fieldwork. In addition, students will gain practical experience in the problems, techniques and methods of fieldwork involving people from similar or distinct cultural backgrounds. The preparation of research proposals is also given attention. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing in anthropology or permission of instructor.)
ANTH 637 (3 Credits) Offered Spring Even-numbered Years
Methods in Ethnohistory Research (3+0)
In the seminar, students of anthropology are introduced to the methods of historical research, particularly the critical evaluation of written documents, problems of archaic language and paleography, and methods for assessing art and folklorist tradition as sources of history. Oral history and the data of language and archaeology are considered. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing in anthropology or permission of instructor.)
ANTH 646 (3 Credits) Offered Fall Even-numbered Years
Economic Anthropology (3+0)
(Stacked with ANTH 446)
Relationships between economic and other social relations. Pre-industrial societies. Relevance of formal economics to small-scale societies and developing nations. Exchange, formal and substantive economics, market economics, rationality, political economy and the economics of development. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
ANTH 652 (3 credits) Offered Spring
Research Design and Professional Development Seminar (3+0)
How to develop problem-based research in anthropology and prepare research proposals, grant proposals and publications along with critical evaluations of similar material. Topics include preparation of oral presentations for professional meetings, lectures and seminars; curriculum vitae preparation; and project budgeting. Prerequisites: Upper-division anthropology course or permission of instructor.
ANTH 653 (3 credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered years
Current Perspectives in Cultural Resource Management
Cultural resource management. Includes historic preservation and environmental law. Reviews pertinent legislation pertaining to the protection of historic properties and presents a series of real world problems confronted by archaeologists. Cultural resource management will be treated historically within a context of the development of American archaeology. Emphasis on practical aspects of career development. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ANTH 675 )3 credits) Offered Alternate Spring
Political Ecology of the Oceans
Introduction to the field of political ecology in the marine sphere. Topics include the sociology of scientific knowledge, traditional and local ecological knowledge, politics of resource management, processes of marine enclosure, environmental values, marine conservation, environmental justice, and colonialism and economic development. Prerequisites: Graduate standing; or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with FISH F675. (3+0)
BIOL 476 (3 Credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Ecosystem Ecology (3+0) n
Focus on the biological and physical principles that govern the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. Emphasis on how plants, animals and microorganisms control the movement of water, carbon and nutrients through ecosystems. Discussion of how changes in these processes have altered global cycles of carbon, water and nutrients and the sustainability of the world's ecosystems. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271 or 239 or permission of instructor.)
BIOL 485 (3 Credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Global Change Biology (3+0) n
(Cross-listed with WLF 485)
Contemporary science and policy concerns of global change that involve biological processes. Includes structural and functional responses and sensitivities of biological processes to environmental changes (such as climate and human uses of land and biological resources); implications of biological responses to global change for conservation and management of biological resources; and the social and economic consequences of biological responses to global change. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271, CHEM 105X and CHEM 106X.
BIOL 618 (3 Credits) Spring
Biogeography (3+0)
Spatial and temporal geography of plant and animal groups; emphasis on environmental and historical features controlling present patterns of distribution. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
BIOL 622 (2 Credits) Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
Current issues in Conservation Biology (2+0)
(Cross-listed with WLF 622)
Critical reading and discussion of historical and contemporary literature concerning extinction patterns, population viability, and the preservation, design, and management of habitats for small populations. Stresses integration of principles into strategies for biological conservation. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing; BIOL 471 or WLF 410; or permission of instructor.
BIOL 672 (3 Credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Ecosystem Processes (2+0+2)
A comparative approach to the structural and functional components of terrestrial ecosystems, emphasizing primary and secondary production and the dynamics of nutrient cycling processes. Interactions between producers, consumers, and decomposition processes and effects on the efficiencies of nutrient and energy transfers. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
BIOL. 676 (4 Credits) Offered Fall Even-numbered Years
Interdisciplinary Modeling of High Latitude Global Change
Introduces students to approaches to modeling how regional and global environmental change influences biological and social systems in high latitudes and how the responses of these systems influence the regional and global functioning of the earth system. Prerequisites: STAT F200X or equivalent; graduate standing; or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with NRM F676. (3+3)
COMM 330 (3 Credits) Spring
Intercultural Communication (3+0)
The nature and the sources of problems in communication that may arise when persons with different cultural backgrounds interact. Emphasis on problems in intercultural communication in Alaska. (Prerequisite: Any lower division communication course or permission of instructor.
COMM 601 (3 Credits) Fall
Communications Research Methodologies: Social Science
Introduction to the range of methodologies used to produce both practical and theoretic knowledge in the discipline. Presents the relationships between scientific questions, appropriate selection of methodology and types of knowledge products. Note: COMM/JRN F601 is a required core course for the M.A. in Professional Communication. Cross-listed with JRN F601. (3+0)
COMM 602 (3 Credits) Spring
Communications Research Methodologies: Human Science (3+0)
An introduction to research using a constructionist epistemology and the methodologies of the human science contexture. Includes evaluation and preparation of research using a variety of methodologies and to employ the data collection techniques that are implied by those methodologies. Prerequisites: COMM F601; COMM F625; or permission of the instructor. (3+0)
Cross-Cultural Studies
CCS 603 (3 Credits)
Field Study Research Methods (3+0)
(Cross-listed with ED 603)
Focus on techniques for conducting both quantitative and qualitative field research. Particular emphasis on considerations for conducting field research in cross-cultural settings. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ED F603. (3+0)
CCS 604 (3 Credits) Fall
Documenting Indigenous Knowledge
A thorough grounding in research methodologies and issues associated with documenting and conveying the depth and breadth of indigenous knowledge systems and their epistemological structures. Includes a survey of oral and literate data-gathering techniques, a review of various modes of analysis and presentation, and a practical experience in a real-life setting. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or approval of the instructor. Cross-listed with: ED F604. (3+0)
CCS 608 (3 Credits) Fall
Indigenous knowledge Systems
A comparative survey and analysis of the epistemological properties, world views and modes of transmission associated with various indigenous knowledge systems. Emphasis on knowledge systems practiced in Alaska. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with RD F608; ED F608; ANL F608. (3+0)
CCS 612 (3 Credits) Spring
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (3+0)
Examines the acquisition and utilization of knowledge associated with the long-term inhabitation of particular ecological systems and the 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 disciplinary fields of study. (Prerequisites: graduate standing or approval of the instructor.)
ECON 200 (4 Credits) Fall, Spring
Principles of Economics
Goals, incentives and outcomes of economic behavior with applications and illustrations from current issues: operation of markets for goods, services and factors of production; the behavior of firms and industries in different types of competition; and income distribution. The functioning and current problems of the aggregate economy, determination and analysis of aspects of international exchange. (Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or permission of instructor.)
ECON 321 (3 Credits)
Intermediate Microeconomics
Analysis of demand and supply under various market forms, cost and theory of production, factor pricing and theory of distribution, and survey of welfare economics. (Prerequisites: ECON 200 and MATH 262X or equivalent, upper division standing.)
ECON 335 O (3 credits)
Intermediate Natural Resources Economics
Extension of concepts developed in ECON F235, using a higher level of economic analysis. Topics include welfare economics and economic efficiency concepts, benefit/cost analysis, resource allocation over time, resource taxation, common property problems, externalities, public goods, valuation of non-market resources, and land use planning issues. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or COMM F141X; ECON F200 or ECON F235; MATH F262X or equivalent. (3+0)
ECON 434W (3 Credits) Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
Environmental Economics (3+0)
An extension of concepts introduced in ECON 235, using a higher level of economic analysis. An analysis of the economic forces involved in environmental degradation, preservation, and regulation. Topics include pollution, biodiversity, wilderness and climatic change. (Prerequisite: ECON 200 or 235; MATH 262X or equivalent; upper division standing. Next offered: 2002-03.)
ECON 439 W (3 Credits)
Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Market forces and institutions affecting the allocation of energy resources. Special attention to intertemporal allocative decisions and the role that public policy plays in influencing the rate at which energy resources are used over time. Prerequisites: ECON F200 or ECON F235; ENGL F111X; ENGL F211X or ENGL F213X; or permission of instructor. Stacked with ECON F639. (3+0)
ECON 635 (3 Credits) Fall
Renewable Resource Economics I (3+0)
The theory, methods of analysis, and current literature of natural resource economics and policy. Topics include externalities, property rights, public goods, benefit-cost analysis, amenity values and other non-market resource services and environmental policy. (Prerequisites: ECON 321, ECON 335, or equivalent; MATH 200X or equivalent.)
ECON 636 (3 Credits) Spring
Non-Renewable Resources Economics (3+0)
Exploration of issues relating to the mineral and energy markets. The analysis of energy and mineral use over time, capital investment problems and world market dynamics are explored. Topics include futures markets, present value, energy value and entropy. Prerequisites: ECON F321; ECON F335 or equivalent; MATH F200X or equivalent; graduate standing; or permission of instructor. (3+0)
ENVE 458 (3 Credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Overview of basic concepts of energy supply, demand, production of heat and power impacts of energy use on the environment. Extensive discussion of mitigation technologies and strategies for meeting energy needs while preserving environmental quality. Prerequisites: CHEM F106X; ES F346 or equivalent; MATH F201X; PHYS F211X. Stacked with ENVE F658; ME F658. (3+0)
ENVE 644 (3 Credits) Offered Spring Odd-numbered Years
Environmental Management and Law (3+0)
Topics of environmental impact statements, environmental law (local, state and federal), public involvement and environmental quality. Impact from projects of mining, highways, airports, pipelines, industrial development, water, wastewater and solid waste, and others -- theoretical considerations and case studies. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
FISH 411 (3 Credits) Fall
Human Dimensions of Environmental Systems
Study of human environment relationships and applications to resource management. Draws on a range of social scientific approaches to the study of environmental systems, including: environmental anthropology, environmental history, historical ecology, political ecology, ethnoecology, property theory, and environmental justice. Prerequisites: COMM F131X or F141X; ENGL F211X or F213X; F200-level course in cultural anthropology, human geography, sociology, or politcal science; or permission of instructor. (3+0)
FISH 418 (4 Credits) Offered Fall Odd-numbered Years
Develops abilities to recognize, process and apply critical information in the management of renewable resources by examples from Alaska fisheries. The computer as a primary tool of resource management. Recommended: STAT F401. (4+0)
FISH 420-J (3 Credits) As Demand Warrants
Modeling, Simulation and Ecological Theory (3+0)
Introduction to formal models (mathematical, graphical and simulation) in fisheries and ecology. Nature and uses of modeling approaches; choice of assumptions; simulation techniques and model verification; examples and case histories (Prerequisites: MATH 200, BIOL 271 (BIOL 281-J.)
FISH 604 (4 Credits) Offered Odd-numbered Years
Modern Applied Statistics for Fisheries
Covers general statistical approaches to quantitative problems in marine science and fisheries with guidance on how to collect and organize data, how to select appropriate statistical methods and how to communicate results. A variety of advanced statistical methods for analyzing environmental data sets will be illustrated in theory and practice. Prerequisites: STAT F200; STAT F401; proficiency in computing with R or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with: MSL F604. (3+3)
FISH 675 (3 Credits) Offered Alternate Spring
Political Ecology of the Oceans
Introduction to the field of political ecology in the marine sphere. Topics include the sociology of scientific knowledge, traditional and local ecological knowledge, politics of resource management, processes of marine enclosure, environmental values, marine conservation, environmental justice, and colonialism and economic development. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with ANTH F675. (3+0)
GEOG 302 (3 Credits) Spring
Geography of Alaska (3+0) s
Regional, physical and economic geography of Alaska. Special consideration of the state's renewable and nonrenewable resources, and of plans for their wise use. Frequent class study of representative maps and visual materials. Also available via Independent Learning.
GEOG 402 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Resources and Environment (3+0) s
Interdisciplinary analysis of the earth as a natural resource base, and the management issues of resource extraction, allocation, development, conservation and preservation. (Prerequisites: GEOG 101, 205.
NRM 303X (3 Credits) Spring
Environmental Ethics and Actions (3+0) h
Exploration of the history of modern Western views of the relationship between people and nature, alternative foundations for an environmental ethic (utilitarianism, spiritual activity, rights-based, and respect-based ethics) and practices of such ethics in business, profession, and general lifestyle today. (Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor.)
NRM 338 (3 credits) Fall
Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (2+3)
(Cross-listed with GEOG 338)
Geographic data concepts including mapping systems, data sources, editing data, GIS analysis and computer mapping. Introduction to Global Positioning Systems. GIS applications in natural resources management. (Prerequisite: Knowledge of PC's or unix workstations desirable.)
NRM 431 (3 Credits) Spring
Wildlife Law and Policy (3+0)
(Cross-listed with WLF 431)
Study of laws and agencies shaping wildlife management in North America. History and current status of major policy issues. Organization of and funding sources for state and federal programs in wildlife conservation. (Prerequisite: A 3 credit course in wildlife management principles or permission of instructor.)
NRM 452 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Forest Health and Protection (3+0)
Principles and practical management systems for protection from fire, insects, and diseases. Factors in managing forest ecosystems, problems and techniques important in high latitude forests, especially in Alaska. (Prerequisites: BIOL 105X, 106X, 271, BOT 239; NRM 251 or instructor's permission.
NRM 601 (3 Credits) Fall
Research Methods in Natural Resources Management (3+0)
Introduction for graduate students to the research methods as employed in the various fields of resource management, including agriculture, forestry, ecology, and social sciences. Designed to acquaint students with the relationship between theory and research, the nature of scientific inquiry, the approaches to research, the sequence of steps involved in scientific investigation, and the presentation of research results. (Prerequisites: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.)
NRM 630 (3 Credits) Fall
Resource Management Planning (3+0)
(Stacked with NRM 430)
Application of planning and conflict resolution principles to natural resources management. Examines plans prepared in response to current Alaska resource disputes,
NRM 637 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Natural Resource Policy (3+0)
(Cross-listed with ECON 637)
Resource policy issues development and implementation including forestry, mining, fisheries, oil, wildlife and other topics as demand warrants. Focus on policy issues involved in management of Alaska's resources. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
NRM 640 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Simulation and Modeling in Resource Management (3+0)
Introduction to and discussion of the use of simulation and modeling in natural resource management. Emphasis on concepts, strategies, and case studies. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor.
NRM 663 (3 Credits) Fall
Wilderness Concepts (3+0)
(Stacked with NRM 463 and GEOG 463 and cross-listed with GEOG 663)
Discovery of wilderness concepts, including the history and evolution of wilderness thought, the contemporary meaning of wilderness, and survey of economic and noneconomic wilderness values for individuals and society.
NRM 678 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Ecosystem Management (3+0)
Ecosystem Management addresses the current concepts being debated and used to manage renewable resources. Students will, through reading, discussion, and written exercises, develop understanding and applications of the concept as well as draft definitions. Class sessions will involve lecture and discussion. (Prerequisites: B.S./B.A. with basic biology, wildlife, natural resources, forestry background, or demonstrated knowledge; seniors with permission of instructor only; public with knowledge/experience only; permission of instructor.
NRM 681 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Natural Area Protection and Management (3+0)
An examination of the emergence of programs to identify, protect, and maintain natural diversity and natural areas as a major factor in public and private resource management in the U.S. and Canada. Topics will include conservation biology principles, evolution and operating principles of natural area programs, natural area data management, natural area system administration. (Prerequisites: Basic biology [including genetics], introductory ecology, plant or animal systematics or taxonomy, introductory chemistry.
Northern Studies
NORS 600 (3 Credits) Fall
Perspectives on the North (3+0)
(Cross-listed with HIST 600)
Basic knowledge of the circumpolar north -- the social, economic, political, and scientific facets of northern life. Consideration of major cultural groups of the north and their histories, the environmental settings and patterns of settlement and development in northern regions and systems of governance in different northern countries. Broad
overview of the major policy issues of the north in education, justice, health care, and environmental and wildlife protection.
NORS 613 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Wilderness and Environmental Psychology (3+0)
Examines the relationships between people and the natural and built environments. Topics include the effects of arctic environments on physical and psychological health, preferences for different types of natural settings, the design of residential and community environments in northern climates, and the symbolism of settings and effects on political controversies. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
NORS 648 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Environmental Politics of the Circumpolar North (3+0)
(Stacked with PS 448)
Overview of how environmental politics and policy as a field of study relates to the Arctic region. Analysis of various threats to the northern environment, focusing on the policy making institutions at selected Arctic rim nations, as well as strategies to deal with environmental problems in an international context. (Prerequisite: admission to the Northern Studies graduate program or permission of instructor.)
NORS 655 (3 Credits) Fall
Political Economy of the Global Environment (3+0)
(Stacked with PS 455)
Exploration of the interactions between basic aspects of the global economy (international trade, investment and development) and the natural environment. Topics include the economic impact of global environmental agreements and the environmental impact of global markets, transnational corporations, and development assistance by organizations such as the World Bank. (Prerequisite: Graduate standing and permission of instructor.)
NORS 662 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Alaska Government and Politics (3+0) s
(Stacked with PS 462)
A comprehensive introduction to Alaska's government and politics, in the context of American state and local government and politics and governments of circumpolar northern nations. Topics include political history, constitution, political parties, interest groups, elections, public opinion, governor, legislature, judiciary, administration and local governments. Compares Alaska to the contiguous 48 states and subnational governments of the circumpolar North; examines how government institutions and processes respond to social, environmental, and political changes of Northern communities. (Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of instructor
NORS 670 (3 Credits) Alternate Fall
Oral Sources; Issues in Documentation (3+0)
(Cross-listed with ANTH 670 and stacked with ANTH 470)
Preparation for recording and use of oral resources. Examines how meaning is conveyed through oral traditions and personal narratives and the issues involved with recording and reproducing narratives. Includes management of oral recordings, ethical and legal considerations, issues of interpretation and censorship, and the use of new technologies to access and deliver recordings. (Prerequisite: At least one undergraduate ANTH course and one undergraduate HIST course, or permission of instructor.)
PS 454 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
International Law and the Environment (3+0) s
(Stacked with NORS 654)
International environmental law. International case law regulating the sea, airspace, outer space, and the polar regions. Includes comprehensive international regulatory legal instruments to protect the environment (e.g. the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), and the doctrines, principles, and rules of international law that are basic to an understanding of international legal regimes and the environment. (Prerequisite: Upper-division standing and permission of instructor. Recommended: Undergraduate course in international law, organization or politics.
PS 451 (3 Credits) Alternate Spring
Law, Justice and Society in the Circumpolar North (3+0)
(Stacked with NORS 651)
This course analyzes the legal systems and constitutional frameworks of circumpolar countries, with special attention to the status of Native peoples. Questions of individual and collective rights, as well as cultural, environmental, and resource conflicts, will be considered in the context of institutions, policy making, and legal theory.
RD 401 (3 Credits) Fall, Spring
Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders (3+0) h
(Cross-listed with ANS 401)
Study with prominent Native tradition-bearers in Native philosophies, values, and oral traditions. Traditional knowledge elicited through the cultural heritage documentation process. Analysis of existing interactions between cultural traditions and contemporary American life as experienced by Native elders. (Prerequisites: Permission of instructor.)
WLF 410 (3 Credits) Spring
Wildlife Populations and Their Management (2+3)
The characteristics and ecology of wildlife populations and the knowledge necessary for their wise management. Measures of abundance, dispersal, fecundity and mortality, population modeling, competition and predation, and the management of rare species and their habitats. (Prerequisites: BIOL 271; introductory STAT course; a calculus course; and WLF 303 or BIOL 471.)
WLF 622 (2 Credits) Alternate Spring
Readings in Conservation Biology (2+0)
(Cross-listed with BIOL 622)
Critical reading and discussion of historical and contemporary literature concerning extinction patterns, population viability, and the preservation, design, and management of habitats for small populations. Stresses integration of principles into strategies for biological conservation. (Prerequisites: BIOL 471 or WLF 410; graduate standing; or permission of instructor. Next offered: 2002-03.)
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