Courses
Courses are available to you as:
- Local and regional courses taught by Northwest Campus faculty. NWC offers community interest courses, such as painting, ceramics, and computer applications that are taught face-to-face in a traditional classroom setting. NWC faculty also teach distance delivered courses as part of CRCD's schedule, which includes the Bering Strait region. These are listed in the College of Rural and Community Development's Fall and Spring Schedule, but they can also be viewed through UAOnline at the Class Schedule link on the front page. As additional courses become available, NWC will advertise through local media, its NWC News Group, and this website.
- Semester-based distance delivered courses offered by other UA campuses. These can also be most easily found at the University of Alaska Distance Education Gateway or UAF eCampus. This is an online schedule that is searchable by course, meeting time, delivery type, and semester.
- UAF eCampus offers online courses and fully online degrees. You can find these courses and degrees, and register online through UAF eCampus website
These various schedules of courses offer instruction through audioconferences, paper-based correspondence, web-based correspondence, and Internet-based class meetings.
Please contact Northwest Campus by phone 800-478-2202 or 907-443-2201, fax 907-443-5602,
or email nwc.info@alaska.edu for current course offerings.
The NWC Spring 2023 schedule (pdf, 9.6 MB) is available for download!
Looking for an advisor? Find assistance from the NWC Student Support Services Team!
Upcoming Courses
with Josie Tatauq Bourdon
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday / 3:00-5:00pm / Apr 24-May 8 / REGISTER BY: Apr 19
Seven 2-hour classes / 1 credit / INU F115 / CRN: 38445
Cost: $270 Tuition support by SNC!
CLASSROOM COURSE(NOME) & VIA ZOOM: Develop your language skills in Inupiaq and learn
the basics on how to share with new speakers! Josie will help introduce key beginning
concepts in Inupiaq language. Reinforce what you know and start to learn how to share
what you know with new language learners.
"Tatauq” Josie Bourdon taught elementary school for 30 years. She enjoyed teaching
in the regular classroom and Inupiaq culture. Her 92-year-old mother, Esther, was
Josie’s best linguistic influence and greatest teacher.
with Sheri Skelton
Distance & Face-to-Face / Monday & Wednesday / 5:30-7:00pm / May 8-May 24 / REGISTER
BY: Apr 28
- Face-to-Face intensive / Wed-Sun / 9:00am-5:00pm / May 31-June 4 / CRN: 52750
Six 2-hr distance sessions & Five 7-hr face-to-face sessions / 3 credits / ED F111
Cost: $60 (discount made possible by support from Bering Strait School District)
DISTANCE & F2F IN NOME: Get an intro to teaching! Learn five core practices in place-based
teaching and classroom management. If you’re interested in pursuing a teaching certification
program, this course provides an introduction to the profession and an overview of
pathways to teaching in Alaska.
Sheri Skelton lived and taught in rural Alaska for 25 years in the villages of Shishmaref
and White Mountain and has been teaching for NWC for the past ten years.
with UAF Staff
Mon-Fri / 8:00am-5:30pm (PLUS 7-9pm study lab) / May 22-June 2, 2023 / APPLY BY: Apr
10
2 weeks (hours vary) / 4 credits / HLTH F111 & DEVS F108 / CRN: TBA
Cost: Funding Available! Space is Limited!
TWO PROGRAMS. ONE APPLICATION.
APPLY ONLINE by April 10
CLASSROOM COURSE (NOME): Become a Personal Care Attendant and live and work in your
community. Work to care for friends and relatives or get assigned to community members
that need your valuable services for care and comfort. Eighty-eight (88hr) hour class,
lab, and clinical practice included. Requires criminal background check and immunizations.
with UAF Staff
Mon to Fri / 8:00am-5:30pm (PLUS 7-9pm study lab) / May 15-June 9, 2023 / APPLY BY:
Apr 10
10 credits / HLTH F107 & DEVS F108 / CRN: TBA
Cost: Funding Available! Space is Limited!
TWO PROGRAMS. ONE APPLICATION.
APPLY ONLINE by April 10
Learn to assist nurses as part of the healthcare team! Learn positive communication
skills and how to care for physical and emotional needs of patients or residents in
health care settings. Potential job opportunities at Norton Sound Health Corporation
to start your career in health care!
with Jackie Hrabok
Mon-Sat / May 22-May 27 / REGISTER BY: May 16
Four 6-hr sessions & Two 3-hr sessions / 2 credits / CRN: TBA
- Mon, May 22: 1pm-4pm
- Tues-Fri, May 23-May 26: 9am-4pm
- Sat, May 27: 9am-12pm
Cost: $540 (funding available for HLRM program students. Find out more! Call: 907-443-8410)
CLASSROOM COURSE (NOME): Ruminant anatomy and physiology specific to high latitude
ungulates. Overall health issues and problem solving techniques for domesticated ungulates,
including a review of indicators for disease or parasitic infections. Vaccinations
and Rx treatments; including use in food animals. Field necropsy techniques and blood
and tissue collection procedures. State monitoring and identification policies.
Jackie Hrabok is faculty for the UAF Northwest Campus High Latitude Range Management
program and UAF's Cooperative Extension program.
with Carol Gales
Sat / 7:00am - 7:00pm / May 27 / REGISTER BY: May 19
Sat / 7:00am - 7:00pm / June 3 / REGISTER BY: May 26
Sat / 7:00am - 7:00pm / June 10 / REGISTER BY: June 2
One 12-hour day workshop / non-credit workshop / CRN: TBA
Cost: $60 per trip
FIELD TRIPS (NOME): Travel the roads of Nome to view the spring bird migration. Each
trip will take participants along a different route (Council, Kougarok, and Teller
roads) depending on road conditions and migration progress. These are day-long trips
with no facilities or amenities along the way, so be prepared for all manner of weather
and bring plenty of food and water.
Carol Gales started birding after taking a Birds of Alaska course at Northwest Campus
15 years ago. She has been guiding visiting birders through her business, Roam Nome.
with Brian Marvin
Tues & Wed / 7:30pm-9:30pm / May 30-Jun 1 / REGISTER BY: May 27
Two 2-hour sessions / non-credit / NONC 001 / CRN: TBA
Cost:$40*
*NSEDC/NWC spring 2023 price rollback! Regular price $40
CLASSROOM WORKSHOP (NOME): Get ready for fishing season by learning to mend nets in
this workshop! Bring a net in need of repair or work on a net provided in class. Supplies
are provided for use during class.
Brian Marvin has taught vocational courses at Shishmaref and Brevig Mission, and science
at Nome-Beltz High School. He currently teaches at NACTEC.
Dual credit courses:
The dual credit process allows secondary school students to register for UAF classes and concurrently earn high school and college credit, if approved. Any high school student meeting course prerequisites may enroll in university classes. Students must consult their appropriate school district officials and school counselors for approval prior to registration if they wish to use university courses to meet high school graduation requirements. Northwest Campus has direct partnership with the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center (NACTEC), the Bering Strait School District (BSSD), and Nome Public Schools (NPS).