These suggestions are contingent upon placement recommendations (ACT, SAT, COMPASS, or ASSET test score).

We Care

At UAF, we care about students and want to help all students succeed. We work with you to assess your strengths and weaknesses and then design a course of study to best suit a student's needs. As a new student, you should check all the prerequisites for the courses that you intend to register for. This can be accomplished from the current class schedule, the university catalog, and at http://uaonline.alaska.edu. For additional information or to discuss prerequisites with an advisor, contact your advisor, the department of your major, the Academic Advising Center (474-6396), Rural Student Services (474-7871), or the Tanana Valley Campus Student Assistance Center (455-2800).

Communication

3 credits each semester
A developmental English course may be advised prior to enrolling in these courses.

• ENGL F111X (3 cr) Intro to Academic Writing
• COMM F131X (3 cr) Fund of Oral Communication: Group
  or
• COMM F141X (3 cr) Fund of Oral Communication: Public

Mathematics

3-4 credits each semester
A developmental math course may be advised prior to enrolling in these courses.

For BA degrees (choose one):

• MATH F103X (3 cr) Concepts & Contemporary Apps of Mathematics
• MATH F107X* (3 cr) Functions for Calculus
• MATH F161X (3 cr) Algebra: Bus & Econ (BT degree)
  *Content in MATH 107X and MATH 161X is similar. You may earn credit for only one of these courses.

For BBA degree (both required):

• MATH F161X (3 cr) Algebra: Bus & Econ
• MATH F262X (4 cr) Calculus: Bus & Econ

For BAS and BS degrees (choose one):

• MATH F107X (3 cr) Functions for Calculus
• MATH F200X (4 cr) Calculus I
• MATH F272X (4 cr) Calculus for Life Sciences

Perspectives on the Human Condition

3 credits each semester

• ANTH/SOC F100X (3 cr) Indiv, Soc, Culture
• ECON/PS F100X (3 cr) Political Economy
• HIST F100X (3 cr) Mod World History

Two semester-length courses in an Alaska Native language or other non-English language (or three semesters of American Sign Language) may be substituted for two of the six perspectives courses required for the Core curriculum.

Library Information and Research

• LS F101X (1 cr) Library Information & Research

Recommended during first year.

Natural Sciences

4 credits each semester
For BA, BAS, BT or BBA degrees, choose any two courses. For BS degrees you must choose two courses in sequence in a single discipline. Check the requirements for your major.

• ATM F101X (4 cr) Weather & Climate of Alaska
• BIOL F100X (4 cr) Human Biology
• BIOL F103X (4 cr) Biology & Society
• BIOL F104X (4 cr) Natural History of Alaska
• BIOL F111X-F112X (8 cr) Human Anatomy & Physiology I & II
• BIOL F115X-F116X (8 cr) Fund Biology I & II
• CHEM F100X (4 cr) Chemistry & Mod World
• CHEM F103X-F104X (8 cr) Basic Gen Chem/Biochemistry
• CHEM F105X-F106X (8 cr) General Chemistry
• GEOG F205X (4 cr) Elmnts Phys Geography
• GEOS F100X (4 cr) Intro to Earth Science (NW campus only)
• GEOS F101X-F112X (8 cr) Dynamic Earth/Hist of Earth & Life
• GEOS F120X (4 cr) Glaciers, Earthquakes and Volcanoes
• GEOS F125X (4 cr) Humans, Earth & Envrnmt
• MSL F111X (4 cr) The Oceans
• PHYS F102X (4 cr) Energy & Society
• PHYS F103X-F104X (8 cr) College Physics
• PHYS F115X (4 cr) Phys Science I
• PHYS F116X (4 cr) Phys Science II
• PHYS F175X (4 cr) Intro to Astronomy
• PHYS F211X-F212X (8 cr) Gen Physics I & II
• PHYS F211X-F213X (8 cr) Gen Physics & Elem Modern Physics
• PHYS F212X-F213X (8 cr) Gen Physics II & Elem Modern Physics

Other Suggestions

• 1-4 credits each semester

Any 100-level course needed for your major or other degree requirements (humanities, social sciences) or general elective. (This could be an exploratory course toward a potential major or a class that interests you.)