Fisheries undergrduate student Jessica Johnson holds a salmon while working on a project in western Alaska during the summer. Photo courtesy of Jessica Johnson.
Rasmuson Fisheries Expansion
Bachelor of Arts Degree
The new Bachelor of Arts in fisheries, and the elevation of our existing Bachelor of Science will be based on the following principles:
- Experiential learning
- hands-on field experiences in formal courses
- internship experience (required)
- undergraduate research opportunities
- undergraduate thesis (optional)
- Multidisciplinary classes
- ecosystem-based fisheries management
- fisheries economics
- the seafood business
- subsistence in Alaska
- traditional and ecological knowledge
- fishing dependent community social science
- Alaska’s fishing industry
- ecosystem-based fisheries management
- ecosystem-based fisheries management
- Broad geographic availability for all Alaskans
- distance delivered courses
- first two years at any major University of Alaska campus (UAF, UAA or UAS) and completion of final two years through UAF in either Fairbanks or Juneau
- linking other programs, including a certificate, Associate of Arts, or other programs when possible with the undergraduate degree
- minor in fisheries available to other degree majors
- partnership with the Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) to support rural and Alaska Native students
- distance delivered courses
- Partnerships with public agencies, the fishing and seafood industry, nonprofit
organizations, non-governmental organizations, and other related groups
- scholarships
- internship opportunities
- classes developed in response to projected employment needs
- classes with speakers drawn from the seafood industry and regulatory agencies
- scholarships
For more information about the Rasmuson Fisheries Expansion, please contact Dr. Trent Sutton, Undergraduate Fisheries Coordinator, e-mail: tsutton@sfos.uaf.edu, (907) 474-7285.
If you are a student interested in studying at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, please contact Katie Murra, Recruitment and Retention Coordinator, e-mail murra@sfos.uaf.edu or 907-474-6786.