Academics University of Alaska Fairbanks




1 academics

1.1 schools , colleges
1.2 honors program
1.3 libraries
1.4 research units





academics

schools , colleges

uaf has 9 academic schools , colleges:



college of engineering , mines (cem)
college of liberal arts (cla)
college of natural science , mathematics (cnsm)
college of rural , community development (crcd)
graduate school
school of education
school of fisheries , ocean sciences (sfos)
school of management (som)
school of natural resources , extension (snre)

there 190 different degree , certificate programs available in more 120 disciplines.


honors program

the uaf honors program created in 1983 , provides additional opportunities students prepare professional school admission. students complete core curriculum courses degrees in honors program, maintain @ least 3.25 grade-point average in courses, , complete thesis project.


libraries

elmer e. rasmuson library

the alaska film archives, housed in alaska , polar regions section of rasmuson library, hold largest collection of film-related material alaska
biosciences library (permanently closed of june 2014)


keith b. mather library (housed in international arctic research center)

research units

uaf alaska s primary research university, conducting more 90% of ua system research. research activities organized several institutes , centers:



the geophysical institute, established in 1946 act of congress, specializes in seismological, volcanologic , aeronomy research, among other fields.
the international arctic research center, researches circumpolar north , causes , effects of climate change.
the institute of northern engineering, arm of college of engineering , mines, conducts research in many different areas of engineering.
the arctic region supercomputing center, located within geophysical institute, high-performance computing unit of uaf.
the alaska agricultural , forestry experiment station conducts research focused on solving problems related agriculture , forest sciences.
the institute of arctic biology conducts research focused on high-latitude biological systems.




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^ http://library.uaf.edu/120-biosciences-library






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