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Enhancing the Baccalaureate Experience

Recommendation

Create a single, interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts degree program in the School of Arts and Sciences. 

Benefits

A single, interdisciplinary B.A. degree program would:

  • Establish a distinctive baccalaureate identity for UAS within the UA system.
  • Facilitate a truly interdisciplinary (methodologically & theoretically) and transdisciplinary (holistic) curriculum.
  • Provide yet another opportunity to integrate decolonization and indigenous knowledge into our academic programs. 
  • Increase clarity about how an interdisciplinary course of study works.
  • Strengthen innovative approaches to social issues and community engagement.
  • Provide more opportunities for students to draw directly upon faculty academic and research expertise.
  • Provide more flexibility for students to craft a program of study.
  • Provide a clear pathway to high impact learning.
  • Better incorporate experiential learning and fieldwork opportunities into a student’s degree program.

Committee Members

Kevin Krein, Ph.D.

Kevin Krein, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy

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Ali Ziegler, Ph.D.

Ali Ziegler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Psychology

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Glenn D. Wright, Ph.D.

Glenn D. Wright, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science; Statewide Coordinator, Senator Ted Stevens State Legislative Internship Program

For Glenn, the study of politics is a vocation as well as a pastime, though he also enjoys skiing and sea kayaking. He writes on environmental issues, resource governance, and Alaska state politics and spends about 150 days a year on skis or in a kayak.

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