Hands-On Learning
Photo by Todd Paris, UAF Marketing and Communications.
Working in the field and with fisheries professionals provides students the opportunity to integrate classroom instruction with ‘real world’ experience. That is why the fisheries students at UAF are required to earn experiential learning credit in their junior or senior years of study.
The internship program at UAF is the most common way that fisheries students will fulfill the experiential learning requirement (FISH 490 [225KB PDF]) for a Bachelor of Arts in Fisheries, or a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries Science. Freshman and sophomores are also encouraged to sign up to receive internship credit for occupational experience (FISH 290 [187KB PDF]), though it does not fulfill the experiential learning requirement for graduation.
Internships might be summer jobs, part-time positions during the year, and may take place in another city or state. The focus of an internship is the employment experience, but upper classman who wish to earn additional credit and a letter grade may add an independent study or senior thesis to their internship workload. This program provides flexibility to students and allows them to take advantage of the diverse opportunities found in Alaska's coastal and Interior communities.
- A Fisheries Student's Guide to Alaska Employers
contains all profiles (27MB) or view individual profiles: - Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game
- Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources
- Alaska SeaLife Center
- Bristol Bay Science & Research Institute
- Bureau of Land Management
- Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association
- Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conservation
- Icicle Seafoods
- International Pacific Halibut Commission
- Kawerak, Inc.
- Kuskokwim Native Association
- NOAA
- National Park Service
- Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp.
- Tanana Chiefs Conference
- UAF School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences
- US Forest Service
- US Fish & Wildlife Service
- US Geological Survey
- Structure and Guidelines (536KB PDF)
- Checklist (166KB PDF)
- FISH490 syllabus (226KB PDF)
- FISH290 syllabus (187KB PDF)
- Internship Agreement (119KB PDF)
- Student Evaluation Form (103KB PDF)
- Individual Study Form (89KB PDF)
For more information on the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, please contact Amy Voigt, SFOS Recruitment and Retention Coordinator at: amvoigt@alaska.edu, or 907- 474-6786.
