Suggested first-year courses

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

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