Program Overview

University of Alaska Fairbanks Programs

The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a wide range of programs for students to choose from. Below are the details of the programs offered:

Programs by Degree Type

• Occupational Endorsements
  • Advanced Emergency Medical Technician O.E.C.
  • Basic Carpentry O.E.C.
  • Bookkeeping and Finance O.E.C.
  • Computer Support Specialist O.E.C.
  • Content Creation O.E.C.
  • Cybersecurity Foundations O.E.C.
  • Dental Assistant O.E.C.
  • Drafting Technology O.E.C.
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation O.E.C.
  • Ethnobotany O.E.C.
  • Executive Assistant O.E.C.
  • Facility Maintenance O.E.C.
  • High Latitude Range Management O.E.C.
  • Homeland Security O.E.C.
  • Law Enforcement Academy O.E.C.
  • Marketing & Digital Design O.E.C.
  • Medical Assisting O.E.C.
  • Medical Billing O.E.C.
  • Medical Coding O.E.C.
  • Medical Office Reception O.E.C.
  • Medical Scribe O.E.C.
  • Mining Mill Operations O.E.C.
  • Nanny Caregiving O.E.C.
  • Nurse Aide O.E.C.
  • Rural Surface Water Quality Testing O.E.C.
  • Rural Waste Management and Spill Response O.E.C.
  • Strategic Leadership O.E.C.
  • Sustainable Energy O.E.C.
  • Tribal Justice O.E.C.
  • Tribal Stewardship O.E.C.
  • Unmanned Aircraft Operations O.E.C.
  • Welding, Entry-level O.E.C.
  • Wildland Fire Science O.E.C.
  • Yup'ik Language Competency O.E.C.
• Certificates
  • Airframe and Powerplant Certificate
  • Airframe Certificate
  • Applied Accounting Certificate
  • Applied Business Certificate
  • Automotive Technology Certificate
  • Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate
  • Culinary Arts Certificate
  • Dental Assistant Certificate
  • Diesel/Heavy Equipment Certificate
  • Drafting Technology Certificate
  • Early Childhood Education Certificate
  • Health Care Reimbursement Certificate
  • High Latitude Range Management Certificate
  • Information Technology Specialist Certificate
  • Instrumentation Technology Certificate
  • Licensed Practical Nurse Certificate
  • Local Knowledge Educator Certificate
  • Medical Assistant Certificate
  • Medical Scribe Specialist Certificate
  • Medical/Dental Reception Certificate
  • Native Language Education Certificate
  • Powerplant Certificate
  • Pre-nursing Qualifications Certificate
  • Rural Human Services Certificate
  • Tribal Governance Certificate
  • Yup'ik Language Proficiency Certificate
• Associates
  • Applied Accounting A.A.S.
  • Applied Business A.A.S.
  • Apprenticeship Technologies A.A.S.
  • Associate of Arts
  • Associate of Science
  • Aviation Maintenance A.A.S.
  • Construction Management A.A.S.
  • Culinary Arts and Hospitality A.A.S.
  • Dental Assistant A.A.S.
  • Early Childhood Education A.A.S.
  • Fire Science A.A.S.
  • Human Services A.A.S.
  • Industrial Process Operator A.A.S.
  • Information Technology Specialist A.A.S.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies A.A.S.
  • Medical Assistant A.A.S.
  • Native Language Education A.A.S.
  • Paralegal Studies A.A.S.
  • Paramedicine A.A.S.
  • Professional Piloting A.A.S.
  • Tribal Governance A.A.S.
  • Yup'ik Language Proficiency A.A.S.
• Bachelor's
  • Accounting B.B.A.
  • Aerospace Engineering B.S.
  • Alaska Native Languages B.A.
  • Alaska Native Studies B.A.
  • Anthropology B.A.
  • Applied Management B.A.M.
  • Art B.A.
  • Art B.F.A.
  • Biological Sciences B.A.
  • Biological Sciences B.S.
  • Business Administration B.B.A.
  • Chemistry B.S.
  • Child Development and Family Studies B.A.
  • Civil Engineering B.S.
  • Climate and Arctic Sustainability B.A.
  • Climate and Atmospheric Sciences B.S.
  • Climate and Environmental Change B.S.
  • Communication B.A.
  • Computer Engineering B.S.
  • Computer Science B.A.
  • Computer Science B.S.
  • Economics B.B.A.
  • Electrical Engineering B.S.
  • Elementary Education (K-8) B.A.
  • Energy Resource Engineering B.S.
  • English B.A.
  • Film and Performing Arts B.A.
  • Fisheries and Marine Sciences B.S.
  • Fisheries B.A.
  • Foreign Languages B.A.
  • Geological Engineering B.S.
  • Geoscience B.S.
  • History B.A.
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Management B.S.E.M.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies B.A.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies B.A.A.S.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies B.S.
  • Japanese Studies B.A.
  • Journalism: Science and the Environment B.A.
  • Justice B.A.
  • Linguistics B.A.
  • Mathematics B.A.
  • Mathematics B.S.
  • Mechanical Engineering B.S.
  • Mining Engineering B.S.
  • Music B.A.
  • Music Education B.M.
  • Music Performance B.M.
  • Natural Resources and Environment B.S.
  • Petroleum Engineering B.S.
  • Philosophy B.A.
  • Physics B.S.
  • Political Science B.A.
  • Pre-professional Preparation
  • Psychology B.A.
  • Psychology B.S.
  • Rural Development B.A.
  • Secondary Education (7-12) B.A.
  • Social Work B.A.
  • Wildlife Biology and Conservation B.S.
  • Wildlife Ecology and Society B.A.
  • Yup'ik Language and Culture B.A.
• Minors
  • Accounting Minor
  • Aerospace Engineering Minor
  • Agrometeorology Minor
  • Alaska Native Languages Minor
  • Alaska Native Studies Minor
  • American Sign Language Minor
  • Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Minor
  • Anthropology Minor
  • Applied Accounting Minor
  • Applied Business Minor
  • Applied Statistics Minor
  • Arctic and Northern Studies Minor
  • Arctic Skills Minor
  • Art History Minor
  • Art Minor
  • Asian Studies Minor
  • Aviation Technology Minor
  • Biochemistry Minor
  • Biological Sciences Minor
  • Chemistry Minor
  • Communication Minor
  • Computer Information Technology Specialist Minor
  • Computer Science Minor
  • Creative Writing Minor
  • Cybersecurity Minor
  • Early Childhood Education Minor
  • Elementary Education Minor
  • English Minor
  • Environmental Change Minor
  • Environmental Politics Minor
  • Ethnobotany Minor
  • Film Minor
  • Finance Minor
  • Fire Science Minor
  • Fisheries Minor
  • Foreign Languages Minor
  • General Business Minor
  • General Education Minor
  • Geology Minor
  • Geophysics Minor
  • Geospatial Sciences Minor
  • Global Studies Minor
  • Health Sciences for Pre-professionals Minor
  • History Minor
  • Homeland Security and Emergency Management Minor
  • Human Services Minor
  • Integrated Arts Minor
  • Interdisciplinary Studies Minor
  • Japanese Studies Minor
  • Journalism: Science and the Environment Minor
  • Justice Minor
  • Leadership Minor
  • Linguistics Minor
  • Management and Organizations Minor
  • Marine Science Minor
  • Marketing Minor
  • Mathematics Minor
  • Military Science and Leadership Minor
  • Military Security Studies Minor
  • Mining Engineering Minor
  • Music Minor
  • Natural Resources and Environment Minor
  • Paleontology Minor
  • Paralegal Studies Minor
  • Philosophy Minor
  • Physics Minor
  • Political Science Minor
  • Pre-law Minor
  • Psychology Minor
  • Recreation and Guiding Management Minor
  • Rural Development Minor
  • Science and Environmental Communication Minor
  • Secondary Education Minor
  • Social Work Minor
  • Space Operations Minor
  • Special Education Minor
  • Speech-Language Pathology Minor
  • Sport Management Minor
  • Statistics Minor
  • Sustainable Agriculture Minor
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Minor
  • Theatre Minor
  • Tribal Governance Minor
  • Unmanned Aircraft Operations Minor
  • Wildlife Biology and Conservation Minor
  • Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor
• Accelerated Programs
  • Chemistry B.S./M.S.
  • Civil Engineering B.S./M.S.
  • Communication B.A./Professional Communication M.A.
  • Computer Science B.S./M.S.
  • Linguistics B.A./Applied Linguistics M.A. Combined Degrees
  • Mathematics B.S./M.S.
  • Mathematics B.S./Secondary Education M.Ed.
  • Mathematics B.S./Statistics and Data Science M.S.
  • Mechanical Engineering B.S./M.S.
• Postbaccalaureate Certificates
  • Accounting P.B.C.T.
  • Art K-12 Licensure Program toward M.Ed., Secondary Education
  • Elementary (K-8) Postbaccalaureate Certificate and Licensure
  • K-12 Art Licensure Program
  • Secondary Postbaccalaureate Licensure Program
  • Secondary Postbaccalaureate Licensure Program toward M.Ed., Secondary Education
  • Special Education K-12 Postbaccalaureate Certificate of Completion
• Graduate Certificates
  • Aerospace Engineering Graduate Certificate
  • Applied and Computational Mathematics Graduate Certificate
  • Arctic and Northern Studies Graduate Certificate
  • Arctic Security Graduate Certificate
  • Business Continuity Graduate Certificate
  • Climate Security Graduate Certificate
  • Cybersecurity Management Graduate Certificate
  • Geospatial Science Graduate Certificate
  • Healthcare Management and Leadership Graduate Certificate
  • Justice Administration Graduate Certificate
  • Rural Development Graduate Certificate
  • School Counselor Certification Graduate Certificate
  • Science Teaching and Outreach Graduate Certificate
  • Statistics Graduate Certificate
  • Strategic Leadership Graduate Certificate
  • Systems Engineering/Program Management Graduate Certificate
• Master's
  • Anthropology M.A.
  • Arctic and Northern Studies M.A.
  • Art M.F.A.
  • Atmospheric Sciences M.S.
  • Biological Sciences M.S.
  • Business Administration MBA
  • Chemistry M.S.
  • Civil Engineering M.S.
  • Computer Science M.S.
  • Counseling M.Ed.
  • Creative Writing and Literature Combined M.F.A./M.A.
  • Creative Writing M.F.A.
  • Earth System Science M.S.
  • Electrical Engineering M.S.
  • Elementary Education M.Ed.
  • English M.A.
  • Fisheries M.S.
  • Geological Engineering M.S.
  • Geophysics M.S.
  • Geoscience M.S.
  • Healthcare Management and Leadership M.H.M.L.
  • Indigenous Studies M.A.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies M.A.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies M.S.
  • Justice Administration M.A.
  • Linguistics, Applied M.A.
  • Marine Biology M.S.
  • Marine Policy M.M.P.
  • Marine Studies M.M.S.
  • Mathematics M.S.
  • Mechanical Engineering M.S.
  • Mining Engineering M.S.
  • Music Performance M.Mu.
  • Natural Resources and Environment M.N.R.E.
  • Natural Resources and Environment M.S.
  • Oceanography M.S.
  • One Health O.H.M.
  • Petroleum Engineering M.S.
  • Physics M.S.
  • Physics with Computational Physics Concentration M.S.
  • Physics with Space Physics Concentration M.S.
  • Professional Communication M.A.
  • Rural Development M.A.
  • Secondary Education M.Ed.
  • Security and Disaster Management M.S.D.M.
  • Special Education M.Ed.
  • Statistics and Data Science M.S.
  • Wildlife Biology and Conservation M.S.
• Ph.D.
  • Anthropology Ph.D.
  • Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D.
  • Biochemistry and Neuroscience Ph.D.
  • Biological Sciences Ph.D.
  • Earth System Science Ph.D.
  • Engineering Ph.D.
  • Environmental Chemistry Ph.D.
  • Fisheries Ph.D.
  • Geophysics Ph.D.
  • Geoscience Ph.D.
  • Indigenous Studies Ph.D.
  • Interdisciplinary Studies Ph.D.
  • Marine Biology Ph.D.
  • Mathematics Ph.D.
  • Natural Resources and Sustainability Ph.D.
  • Oceanography Ph.D.
  • Physics Ph.D.
  • Space Physics Ph.D.

Energy Resource Engineering (ERE) Program

The Energy Resource Engineering (ERE) program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in energy resource engineering. The program covers a wide range of topics, including conventional and alternative energy systems, energy industry skills, and engineering principles.

ERE Courses

The following courses are offered as part of the ERE program:

• ERE F101: Introduction to Energy Resource Engineering
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Design, evaluation, and implementation of conventional and alternative energy systems for heat and electric power applications.
  • Prerequisites: (MATH F151X and MATH F152X) or MATH F156X (may be taken concurrently) or ES/MATH F186 (may be taken concurrently) or placement into MATH F251X.
• ERE F301: Petroleum and Geothermal Reservoir Rock and Fluid Properties
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Fall
  • Description: Overview of sedimentary, hot, and igneous rocks, including depositional environments, rock and fluid properties, and laboratory exercises.
  • Prerequisites: ES F346 (may be taken concurrently); MATH F252X.
• ERE F303: Electric Power Systems and Machines
  • Credits: 4
  • Offered: Fall
  • Description: Introduction to electromechanical energy conversion principles, phasors, and complex power.
  • Prerequisites: EE F203 or ES F307.
• ERE F407: Petroleum and Geothermal Production Engineering
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Fall
  • Description: Inflow and outflow performance, single and multi-phase flow in wellbores, and design and analysis of production systems.
  • Prerequisites: ERE F476; ES F341; ES F346.
• ERE F409: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Study of renewable energy systems, focusing on grid integration, wind turbine generators, solar photovoltaics, and energy storage.
  • Prerequisites: EE F303 or ERE F303.
• ERE F426: Energy Drilling Engineering
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Introduction to drilling engineering, using fundamental drilling engineering principles for drilling design and evaluating drilling operations.
  • Prerequisites: ES F331; ES F341.
• ERE F444: Data Analysis and Modeling for Energy Engineers
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Introduction to data analytics for energy resources, including probability distributions, data collection methods, and inferential statistics.
  • Prerequisites: ES F201; MATH F302; STAT F300.
• ERE F458: Energy and the Environment
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Fall
  • Description: Overview of basic concepts of energy supply, demand, production of heat and power, and impacts of energy use on the environment.
  • Prerequisites: CHEM F106X; ES F346 or equivalent; MATH F252X; PHYS F211X.
• ERE F469: Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Introduction to carbon capture technologies, CO2 conversion, and sequestration technologies.
  • Prerequisites: ERE F476 (may be taken concurrently).
• ERE F476: Petroleum and Geothermal Reservoir Engineering
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Similarities and differences in petroleum and geothermal reservoirs, fluid/heat flow in porous media, and quantitative study of reservoir behavior.
  • Prerequisites: ERE F301; ES F346; MATH F253X.
• ERE F486: Energy Resources Economics
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Economic appraisal methods for evaluating energy resource development projects, including risk analysis and probability.
  • Prerequisites: MATH F253X; STAT F300.
• ERE F490: Energy Resource Engineering Design I
  • Credits: 1
  • Offered: Fall
  • Description: Team-oriented design project with emphasis on practical energy resource engineering systems and components.
  • Prerequisites: COM F121X, COM F131X or COM F141X; WRTG F211X, WRTG F212X, WRTG F213X or WRTG F214X; ERE F426; ERE F469.
• ERE F491: Energy Resource Engineering Design II
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Spring
  • Description: Design teams continue to work towards completing their proposed design from the first semester using engineering design process techniques.
  • Prerequisites: ERE F490.
• ERE F658: Energy and the Environment
  • Credits: 3
  • Offered: Fall
  • Description: Overview of basic concepts of energy supply, demand, production of heat and power, and impacts of energy use on the environment.
  • Recommended: CHEM F106X; ES F346; MATH F252X; PHYS F211X; graduate standing.