Courses and programs

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 CIS's schedule, which includes the Bering Strait region. These are listed in the College of Indigenous Studies'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.
  • 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.

View NWC Distance Delivery Courses on the eCampus Website
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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.

 

Upcoming Courses

 

Writing Across Contexts

with Marie Tozier

3 Credit Course
CRN: 75853, WRTG F111X, Web and Nome Based
Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00am - 12:00pm, Sep 16 - Dec 14

An introduction to writing strategies and processes for reading and responding to rhetorical situations across a variety of public and academic contexts.

 

Boiler Troubleshooting and Burner Repair

with Bradley Fleener

2 Credit Course
CRN: 75907, CTT F135, Nome Based
Monday - Saturday, 8:00am - 12:30pm, Sep 23 - 28

Focuses on the basic components of boilers and burners used for heating residential and commercial properties. Key concepts and strategies related to the process and safety operations of combustion, boiler thermodynamics, control systems, fuel pumps, ignition systems, draft, venting principles and boiler operation according to hydronic principals and Alaska code.

 

Residential Heating Controls

with Bradley Fleener

2 Credit Course
CRN: 75908, CTT F138, Nome Based
Monday - Saturday, 1:30pm - 6:00pm, Sep 23 - 28

Provides conceptual and practical applications for students wishing to become a residential heating control technician. Topics will explore diagnosis of equipment problems in operation, testing and adjusting conventional and electronic thermostats. Students will receive instruction on the operation of common electrical and electronic circuits used to control residential heating systems.

 

Plumbing and Piping Tools

with Ryan Ford

2 Credit Course
CRN: 75825, CTT F153, Nome Based
Monday - Saturday, 10:00am - 3:00pm, Oct 7 - 12

Introduction to basic hand and power tools and various types of piping used in the plumbing industry. Methods of joining various types of pipe and fittings commonly found in commercial and residential dwellings. Basics of reading plumbing blueprints and drawings, including specific drawings such as isometrics and oblique pictorial.

 

Business English

with Hallie Nelson

3 Credit Course
CRN: 75615, ABUS F170, Distance/Web
Mondays, 5:15-6:45pm, Oct 7 - Dec 14

This course is a comprehensive review of grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling, with an emphasis on communication in professional settings. Satisfies the communication requirement at the certificate level.

 

Administrative Procedures

with Hallie Nelson

3 Credit Course
CRN: 75616, ABUS F182, Distance/Web
Wednesdays, 5:15-6:45pm, Oct 7 - Dec 14

This course covers general administrative duties for professional settings including document management, professional communications, customer service and client support, financial and expense management and human resource support.

 

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).