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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Holistic introduction to the history, culture, arts, politics, and contemporary issues in the Alutiiq/Sugpiaq region. Designed for professionals and educators working with Native community members and families. Enhances cross-cultural perspectives.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces Alaska Native art forms, past and present. Topics include the uses of art in Alaska Native cultures, materials and methods used in creating arts, differences between Native and Western approaches to art, and contemporary approaches to customary art forms. Fosters appreciation of Alaska Native arts and cultures exposing students to world-class artists and collections here in Alaska as well as introducing them to the epistemological underpinnings of Alaska Native art forms.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Examines contemporary issues in Alaska Native studies at an introductory level. Course can include political, social and historical aspects of Alaska Native peoples and culture. Special Note: Subtitle varies. May be repeated for credit up to three times with a different subtitle.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Introductory language learning through apprenticeship with a fluent speaker of a specific Alaska Native language in an individual or small-group workshop format. Students will learn strategies and techniques of the master-apprentice method and study intensively with a fluent speaker to increase oral fluency. Enhances cross-cultural perspectives. Registration Restrictions: Instructor permission
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Intensive study of conversational speech in an Alaska Native language. Designed to maximize fluency development for students with previous coursework or life experience with an Alaska Native language. Registration Restrictions: Course prerequisite or instructor permission
Prerequisite:
AKNS A101A UA C OR AKNS A101B UA C OR AKNS A101C UA C OR AKNS A101E UA C
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3.00 Credits
Analyzes and evaluates the history of expansion, invasion, contemporary questions, and issues that confront indigenous tribes, nations and peoples, including their political, social, economic, and cultural activities. Investigates corresponding relations with non-indigenous governments and private entities as well as international developments concerning indigenous human rights. Crosslisted with PS A313
Prerequisite:
AKNS A201 UA C OR PS A102 UA C
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to historical relationships among federal, territorial, state and local laws and policies as they affect Alaska Natives and Native/non-Native relations. Includes contemporary issues and comparative case studies. Special Note: May be used to fulfill the Alaska studies requirement for teacher certification. Registration Restrictions: Upper-division standing Crosslisted with PS A346
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2.00 Credits
Ensemble course in Central Yup'ik Alaska Native music and dance. Teaches movement, singing, drumming and the cultural contextual aspects of Alaska Native dance, including history, culture and connection to language. Designed for students who are interested in learning about Alaska Native creative expression. Special Note: May be repeated twice for credit. Crosslisted with MUS A356
Prerequisite:
AKNS A201 UA C (OR AKNS A215 UA C OR MUS A215 UA C ) (OR AKNS A216 UA C OR MUS A216 UA C )
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2.00 Credits
Ensemble course in Inupiaq Alaska Native music and dance. Teaches movement, singing, drumming and the cultural contextual aspects of Alaska Native dance, including history, culture and connection to language. Designed for students who are interested in learning about Alaska Native creative expression. Special Note: May be repeated twice for credit. Crosslisted with MUS A357
Prerequisite:
AKNS A201 UA C (OR AKNS A215 UA C OR MUS A215 UA C ) (OR AKNS A216 UA C OR MUS A216 UA C )
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3.00 Credits
Examines psychological and cultural perspectives of human development and well-being of indigenous peoples. Designed to promote, nurture, explore and understand the influence of culture on the indigenous person. Of special interest to educators in schools serving indigenous students and individuals working with indigenous communities regarding cultural understandings, and change in historical and contemporary contexts. Special Note: Course is co-organized as a multi-site international videoconference seminar - collaborating institutions include the University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Arizona, Dine College, University of British Columbia, University of Montana, University of Hawai'i Hilo, and Te Whare Wanaga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand.
Prerequisite:
AKNS A201 UA C OR AKNS A346 UA C OR ANTH A200 UA C OR PS A346 UA C
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