Programs

Academic Programs and Services

  • Academic Degree & Certificate Programs

  • Alaska Native and Rural Development Department ~ 907.474.6528
    UAF's Department of Alaska Native and Rural Development provides innovative degree programs that build effective community leadership in Rural Alaska and the Circumpolar North.  If Rural Development is your focus, this is your best resource.

  • CRCD Health Programs ~1-866-955-2050 or 1 - 907.455.2050
    CRCD Health Programs target village-based health care industry workers through rural delivery of various classes and programs. By partnering with the tribal health system and regional CRCD campuses, the department offers intensive style, and blended delivery courses.
     
  • Developmental Education
    The Department of Developmental Education, housed in the College of Rural and Community Development, aims to improve and enhance the success of students at all levels of academic preparation. Our goals include the following:  
    • Make educational opportunity and success possible for each UAF student
    • Develop the student skills and attitudes necessary for academic, career, and life goals
    • Assess students’ levels of preparedness and recommend appropriate classes
    • Enable student competencies for success in college courses, thus maintaining academic standards
    • Enhance retention of students
    • Promote cognitive and affective learning theory in all UAF course offerings

  • Distance Education & Independent Learning ~ 1.800.277.8060 or 1.907.479.3444
    The Center for Distance Education offers over 130 courses either by correspondence or online. See http://distance.uaf.edu for more details.

  • Drum Beats - United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
    Drum Beats is a USDA grant that funds a consortium of five rural, Alaska Native-serving extended campuses of the College of Rural and Community Development (CRCD) and the Cooperative Extension Service of the University of Alaska Fairbanks . The overall goal of the Drum Beats grant is geared toward helping Alaska Natives earn degrees in the USDA disciplines of plant sciences, animal sciences, veterinary medicine and environmental sciences.

  • Early Childhood Education—Distance Delivered ~ 1.866.560.5860
    Offering an Associates Degree in Early Childhood Development, this is your best resource for pursuing an Early Education program.

  • Rural Alaska Honors Institute ~ 907.474.6886
    RAHI is a bridging program that assists students in Rural Alaska in making the academic and social transition between high school and college. RAHI is for college-bound students who are willing to work hard and who are dedicated to excellence.

  • Rural Student Services ~ 1.888.478.1452
    Rural Student Services is committed to responding to student needs by providing quality services to Native and rural students who expend positive effort in the pursuit of higher education and its opportunities.

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