Program Overview

University of Alaska Fairbanks Catalog

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Global Studies

Minor Only

This interdisciplinary program enhances students' understanding of issues resulting from an increasingly interdependent world and gives students an opportunity to broaden their horizons beyond their chosen major and achieve a more integrated vision of contemporary global problems, alternative concepts of global society, and strategies for moving toward a more just and humane world order.

The program's flexibility allows students, in consultation with their advisor, to select an array of courses and co-curricular experiences that best complement their majors as well as their goals for their careers and/or postbaccalaureate education.

Global studies students are encouraged to pursue opportunities for study abroad and foreign language acquisition as part of their minor requirements. Working with their advisor and the UAF Office of International Programs and Initiatives, global studies students may discover ways to build on their UAF course work and satisfy a significant portion of their global studies minor requirements at a foreign college or university.

Minor

• Minor, Global Studies

Colleges and Schools

The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a wide range of programs through its various colleges and schools, including:

• College of Liberal Arts

Research Institutes, Centers and Consortia

The University of Alaska Fairbanks is home to numerous research institutes, centers, and consortia, including:

• Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
• Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Alaska Native Language Center
• Alaska Quaternary Center
• Alaska Sea Grant
• Center for Cross-Cultural Studies
• Center for Global Change and Arctic System Research
• Geophysical Institute
• Institute of Arctic Biology
• Institute of Marine Science
• Institute of Northern Engineering
• International Arctic Research Center
• Juneau Center, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
• Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center
• UArctic
• University of Alaska Museum of the North

Academic Programs

The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a wide range of academic programs, including:

Bachelor's Degrees

• Accounting
• Aerospace Engineering
• Alaska Native Languages
• Alaska Native Studies
• American Sign Language
• Anthropology
• Applied Arts and Sciences
• Arctic and Northern Studies
• Arctic Skills
• Art
• Asian Studies
• Biological Sciences
• Business Administration
• Chemistry
• Child Development and Family Studies
• Civil Engineering
• Communication
• Computer Engineering
• Computer Information Technology Specialist
• Computer Science
• Digital Journalism
• Early Childhood Education
• Earth Science
• Education
• Electrical Engineering
• English
• Environmental Politics
• Eskimo
• Ethnobotany
• Film and Performing Arts
• Fisheries
• Foreign Languages
• General Science
• Geography
• Geological Engineering
• Geoscience
• Global Studies
• History
• Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Japanese Studies
• Justice
• Law and Society
• Leadership
• Linguistics
• Marine Science
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Military Science and Leadership
• Mining Engineering
• Music
• Natural Resources Management
• Petroleum Engineering
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Rural Development
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Tribal Management
• Wildlife Biology and Conservation
• Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Yup'ik Language and Culture

Graduate Degrees

• Anthropology
• Arctic and Northern Studies
• Art
• Atmospheric Sciences
• Biochemistry and Neuroscience
• Biological Sciences
• Business Administration
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Communication, Professional
• Computer Science
• Counseling
• Cross-Cultural Studies
• Design and Construction Management
• Economics, Resource and Applied
• Education
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering
• English
• Environmental Chemistry
• Fisheries
• Geological Engineering
• Geophysics
• Geoscience
• Indigenous Studies
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Justice, Administration of
• Linguistics, Applied
• Marine Biology
• Marine Studies
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Natural Resources Management
• Natural Resources and Sustainability
• Oceanography
• Petroleum Engineering
• Physics
• Physics, Space
• Psychology, Clinical-Community
• Rural Development
• Science Teaching and Outreach
• Security and Disaster Management
• Special Education
• Statistics
• Water and Environmental Science
• Wildlife Biology and Conservation

Course Descriptions

The University of Alaska Fairbanks offers a wide range of courses, including:

• Accounting (ACCT)
• Accounting and Information Systems (AIS)
• Airframe and Powerplant (AFPM)
• Alaska Native Languages (ANL)
• Alaska Native Studies (ANS)
• American Sign Language (ASLG)
• Anthropology (ANTH)
• Applied Arts (APAR)
• Applied Business (ABUS)
• Applied Photography (APHO)
• Arabic (ARAB)
• Arctic and Northern Studies (ACNS)
• Arctic Skills (ARSK)
• Art (ART)
• Atmospheric Sciences (ATM)
• Automotive Technology (AUTO)
• Aviation Technology (AVTY)
• Biology (BIOL)
• Biomedical Science (BMSC)
• Business Administration (BA)
• Chemistry (CHEM)
• Chinese (CHNS)
• Civil Engineering (CE)
• Communication and Journalism (COJO)
• Community Health (CHP)
• Computer Information and Office Systems (CIOS)
• Computer Science (CS)
• Computer and Information Technology Systems (CITS)
• Construction Management (CM)
• Construction Trades Technology (CTT)
• Counseling (COUN)
• Cross-Cultural Studies (CCS)
• Culinary Arts and Hospitality (CAH)
• Dental Assisting (DA)
• Dental Hygiene (DH)
• Developmental Math (DEVM)
• Developmental Studies (DEVS)
• Diesel Technology (DSLT)
• Drafting Technology (DRT)
• Early Childhood Education (ECE)
• Economics (ECON)
• Education (ED)
• Education: Secondary Education (EDSC)
• Education: Special Education (EDSE)
• Educator: Para-professional (EDPA)
• Electrical Engineering (EE)
• Electronics Technology (ELT)
• Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
• Engineering Science (ES)
• Engineering and Science Management (ESM)
• English (ENGL)
• English as a Second Language (ESLG)
• Environmental Engineering (ENVE)
• Environmental Quality Engr (EQE)
• Environmental Quality Science (EQS)
• Environmental Studies (ENVI)
• Ethnobotany (EBOT)
• Film and Performing Arts (FLPA)
• Fire Science (FIRE)
• First Year Experience (FYE)
• Fisheries (FISH)
• Foreign Languages (FL)
• French (FREN)
• General Studies (GENR)
• Geography (GEOG)
• Geological Engineering (GE)
• Geology and Geophysics (GEOS)
• German (GER)
• Health (HLTH)
• High Latitude Range Management (HLRM)
• History (HIST)
• Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM)
• Honors Program (HONR)
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• Human Services (HUMS)
• Humanities (HUM)
• Interdisciplinary Studies (INDS)
• Inupiaq (INU)
• Italian (ITAL)
• Japanese (JPN)
• Justice (JUST)
• Latin (LAT)
• Law Enforcement (LE)
• Leadership (LEAD)
• Liberal Arts and Science (LAS)
• Library Science (LS)
• Linguistics (LING)
• Marine Science and Limnology (MSL)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Mathematics (MATH)
• Mechanical Engineering (ME)
• Mechanics-Diesel/Heavy Equipment (MECN)
• Medical Assisting (MA)
• Military Science (MILS)
• Mineral Preparation Engineering (MPR)
• Mining Applications and Technologies (AMIT)
• Mining Engineering (MIN)
• Museum Research Apprenticeship Program (MRAP)
• Museum Studies (MSM)
• Music (MUS)
• Music Education (MUED)
• Natural Resources Management (NRM)
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
• Paralegal Studies (PLS)
• Petroleum Engineering (PETE)
• Philosophy (PHIL)
• Physics (PHYS)
• Political Science (PS)
• Power Generation (PGEN)
• Process Technology (PRT)
• Psychology (PSY)
• Recreation (RECR)
• Religion (RELG)
• Rural Development (RD)
• Rural Human Services (RHS)
• Rural Nutrition Services (RNS)
• Russian (RUSS)
• Science Applications (SCIA)
• Science Teaching and Outreach (STO)
• Social Work (SWK)
• Sociology (SOC)
• Spanish (SPAN)
• Statistics (STAT)
• Sport Management (SPRT)
• Trades And Technology (TTCH)
• Tribal Management (TM)
• Undergraduate Research and Scholarly Activity (URSA)
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
• Welding and Materials Technology (WMT)
• Wildlife (WLF)
• Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGS)
• Writing (WRTG)
• Yup'ik (YUP)