New degree requirement for 2019-2020 catalog
September 13, 2018
Beginning in fall 2019, the Alaska Native-themed requirement will be a degree requirement
for all incoming UAF baccalaureate, associate of arts and associate of science students.
This requirement will apply to students using catalogs for the 2019-2020 and subsequent
school years. Students on earlier catalogs will not have this requirement. Faculty
Senate voted to adopt the ANT requirement in spring 2018.
A student will be able to meet this requirement by taking at least 3 credits of ANT
coursework anywhere in the student’s course of study, including the General Education
Requirements, major requirements, minor requirements and electives. For example, if
a student successfully completes a GER course or an elective course in the social
sciences that also is designated as an ANT requirement course, the student will have
fulfilled both a social science GER (or an elective course) and the ANT requirement.
Similarly, a student in a program (major or minor) that includes among its requirements
a course with the ANT designator will be able to fulfill both the requirement for
the program and the ANT requirement upon successful completion of the course. The
3 ANT credits may be met through a single course of 3 or more credits or through a
combination of 1- and 2-credit courses.
The Faculty Senate Curricular Affairs Committee would like to address questions and
concerns from the university community. Questions and comments regarding the new
ANT Requirement may be sent to Eileen M. Harney, chair of the Curricular Affairs Committee,
at eharney@alaska.edu.
Faculty members who are interested in designing new ANT courses and/or updating existing
courses to meet the ANT rubric are asked to submit syllabi and course descriptions to the Curricular Affairs Committee
via email (eharney@alaska.edu) by Sunday, Sept. 30.