1997-98 UAF Catalog

Degrees and Programs


Course Description Index


Renewable Resources

College of Rural Alaska
Department of Alaska Native and
Rural Development (907) 474-6663
Bristol Bay Campus (907) 842-5109
Chukchi Campus (907) 442-3400
Interior-Aleutians Campus (907) 474-5439
Kuskokwim Campus (907) 543-4500
Northwest Campus (907) 443-2201

Degree: A.A.S.

Minimum Requirements for Degree: 60 Credits

Undergraduate Degree Requirements

Renewable Resources -- A.A.S. Degree

  1. Complete the following general university and A.A.S. requirements:
    Communications:
    ENGL 111X -- Methods of Written Communication (3 credits)
    ENGL 211X -- Intermediate Exposition with Modes of Literature
         or ENGL 212* -- Business, Grant and Report Writing
         or ENGL 213X -- Intermediate Exposition (3 credits)
    COMM 131X -- Fund. of Oral Communication: Group Context
         or COMM 141X -- Fund. of Oral
    Communication: Public Cntxt (3 credits)
    MATH 107X** -- Functions for Calculus
         or MATH 131X -- Concepts and Contemporary Applications of Mathematics (3 credits)
    CHEM 103X -- Basic General Chemistry
         or CHEM 105X -- General Chemistry (4 credits)
  2. Complete the following major degree requirements (30 credits minimum):
    ECON 235 -- Introduction to Natural Resources Economics (3 credits)
    NRM 101 -- Conservation of Natural Resources (3 credits)
    NRM 204 -- Natural Resources Legislation and Policy (3 credits)
    RD 255 -- Rural Alaska Land Issues (3 credits)
    RD 280*** -- Resource Management Research Techniques (3 credits)
    One course from each of the following groups:
    BIOL 104 -- Natural History of Alaska (3)
         or BIOL 104X -- Natural History of Alaska (4)
         or BIOL 105X -- Fundamentals of Biology I (4) 3-4
    GEOS 100X -- Introduction to Earth Science (4)
         or GEOG 205 -- Elements of Physical Geography (3 or 4)
         or NRM 380*** -- Soils and the Environment (3) 3-4
    NRM 102 -- Practicum in Natural Resources Management (1-2)
         or WLF 304 -- Wildlife Internships (1-3) 1-3
    Complete the following:
    CIOS 100 -- Introduction to Personal Computers (1)
         and CIOS 111 -- Computer Software for Beginners (2)
         or CIOS 150 -- Computer Business Applications (3) 3
    FISH 101 -- Introduction to Fisheries (3)
         and WLF 101 -- Survey of Wildlife Science (1)
         or ABUS 223 -- Real Estate Law (3)
         and RD 256*** -- Topics in Rural Land Management (3)
         or BIOL 271*** -- Principles of Ecology (4)
         and WLF 201*** -- Wildlife Management Principles (3) 4-7
  3. Electives:
    Complete 9-14 credits from the following courses:
    ANS 310*** -- Alaska Native Corporations (3)
    ANTH 242 -- Native Cultures of Alaska (3)
    BIOL 106X*** -- Fundamentals of Biology II (4)
    BIOL 239*** -- Introduction to Plant Biology (4)
    BIOL 271*** -- Principles of Ecology (3)
    BIOL 150 -- Introduction to Marine Biology (3)
    CE 112*** -- Elementary Survey (3)
    EMS 103 -- First Responder (3)
         or PE 246 -- First Aid (3)
    ENGL 314*** -- Technical Writing (3)
    FISH 101 -- Introduction to Fisheries (3)
    MIN 101 -- Minerals, Man and the Environment (3)
    NRM 251*** -- Silvics and Dendrology (3)
    NRM 304*** -- Perspectives on Natural Resources Management (3)
    NRM 340 -- Natural Resources Measurement and Inventory (3)
    RD 265 -- Perspectives on Subsistence in Alaska (3)
    RD 492 -- Rural Development Seminar (3)
    STAT 200*** -- Elementary Probability and Statistics (3)
    WLF 101 -- Survey of Wildlife Science (1)
    WLF 201*** -- Wildlife Management Principles (3)
    WLF 303*** -- Wildlife Management Techniques (3) 9-14
    Degree Total (60 credits)
  4. A maximum of 5 credits earned from the following list of one credit skills courses may be counted as electives for this program:
    SCIA 113 -- Map Reading and Orienteering (1)
    SCIA 130 -- Moose Ecology (1)
    SCIA 157 -- Alaskan Plants (1)
    SCIA 161 -- Birds of Alaska (1)
    SCIA 162 -- Mammals of Alaska (1)

Note: Other electives may be accepted upon approval of student's advisor.

*ENGL 212 does not fulfill the second half of the written communication requirement for the baccalaureate degree.

**MATH 161 -- Algebra for Business & Economics will not be an equivalent course for MATH 107X in the core.

***Prerequisites required.