UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEAST | SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Alaska Native Languages

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“The Alaska Native Lan- guages courses are the reason I chose to attend UAS. I have noticed my ear is better tuned for hearing specific sounds and words. I have improved drastically in my transcrip- tions.” --Amanda Bremner UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE

We will open again this container of wisdom left in our care. —George Davis he University of Alaska Southeast Alaska, including the Tlingit and Haida students of Alaska Native ancestry, this is a is looking for a few good students! languages, and keep them alive for future way to connect with the heritage language T If you want to do something real, if generations. of your ancestors. For non-Native learn- you want to help make a difference, check The rewards are spiritual and also ers, it is a way to connect to the land and out the UAS Alaska Native Languages pro- financial. First of all, it feels good. The people of Southeast Alaska. The program gram! Students can learn and help docu- languages are challenging, exciting and can lead to jobs in teaching and research. ment endangered languages of Southeast different. It feels good to learn them. For

Pathways to a successful career with the UAS Alaska Native Languages program Recommended High School Preparation UAS Degrees Potential Careers Potential Salaries

English, 4 years Associate of Arts Anthropologist $33,550 to $69,320 per year with a Math, 4 years Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Archeologist bachelor’s degree Science, 4 years General Studies Historian History, 2-3 years Bachelor of Social Science in Language Specialist Foreign Language, 2-4 years Anthropology Researcher Minor in Alaska Native Studies As well as courses in: Teacher Minor in University or College Professor Tlingit Haida Computing Public Speaking UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST | SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES Alaska Native Languages

Degree Requirements Sample Courses Students must complete General Education Requirements (GERs) as well as specific pro- gram requirements. Occupational Endorse- Elementary Tlingit I AKL 105 ments are under 30 credit hours, Certificates Elementary Haida I AKL 107 are a minimum of 30 credit hours, Associate degrees are a minimum of 60 credit hours Advanced Tlingit II AKL 306 and Bachelor degrees are a minimum of Alaska Native Lang. Apprentice. AKL 401 120 credit hours. 12 credits (typically 3-4 Take 15 credits Tlingit Culture & History ANTH 428 classes) per semester is considered full time a semester, status, 6 credits (typically 2 classes) per finish in semester is considered part time status. For four years! more detailed information on specific degree requirements, check out the most current University of Alaska Southeast academic catalog online at: www.uas.alaska.edu/catalog Faculty There is an excellent faculty to student Important Dates ratio in the program, with small classes and Application Deadlines: opportunity to work with senior faculty on research projects. Spring Semester Faculty include: Richard L. Dauenhauer, December 1st Ph.D., President’s Professor of Alaska Native Languages; Alice Taff, Ph.D., Research As- Summer Semester sistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages; April 1st Nora Marks Dauenhauer, BA, Hon. Doctor —George Davis Fall Semester of Humanities, Affiliate Professor of English; August 1st Lance Twitchell, MFA, Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Languages; Florence Sheakley, BA, Certificate in Native Language Educa- tion, UAF, Adjunct Instructor of Tlingit; Scholarship Deadlines: Hans Chester, BA, MAT, Adjunct Instructor February 15th of Tlingit. Jordan Lachler, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor of Haida

For more information about University of Alaska Southeast this program, please contact: Office of Admissions 11120 Glacier Highway Juneau, AK 99801 UAS School of Arts and Sciences (907) 796-6090 Tel: (907) 796-6100 Toll Free: 1-877-465-4827 www.uas.alaska.edu/future Fax: (907) 796-6365 E-mail: [email protected] www.uas.alaska.edu

Program information is subject to change. Please visit our Web site UAS is an AA/EO employer at www.uas.alaska.edu for the most current program information. and educational institution

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