Programs

The 成人影片 Native Language Center offers academic programs ranging from certificates to bachelors degrees. Our programs promote language revitalization, community connections, and intergenerational learning.

Students who pursue their education through the ANLC may be employed as Native language instructors or language specialists for school districts or Native organizations, become language advocates in their communities, or pass down their Language knowledge to future generations.  

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成人影片 Native Language Center

成人影片 Native Language Center

ANLC


Certificate Programs

 

Certificate in Native Language Education

The Native language education program trains teachers of Native language and culture, providing course work in Athabascan, Inupiaq or Yup鈥檌k. The certificate and degree are recognized by some 成人影片 school districts and serve as steps toward a four-year degree.

Candidates for the Yup鈥檌k option must score advanced oral proficiency on an oral proficiency exam before being admitted into the program.

 

Certificate in Yup'ik Language Proficiency

The Yup鈥檌k language proficiency program is designed to provide 成人影片 with the opportunity to pursue structured study of Yup鈥檌k in order to develop intermediate-level speaking and listening skills, as well as basic reading and writing abilities in the language.

The certificate may serve as a step on the way to a two-year or four-year degree.

 

 


Associates Degrees

 

A.A.S. in Native Language Education

The Native language education program trains teachers of Native language and culture, providing course work in Athabascan, Inupiaq or Yup鈥檌k. The certificate and degree are recognized by some 成人影片 school districts and serve as steps toward a four-year degree.

Candidates for the Yup鈥檌k option must score advanced oral proficiency on an oral proficiency exam before being admitted into the program.

 

A.A.S. in Yup'ik Language Proficiency

The Yup鈥檌k language proficiency program is designed to provide 成人影片 with the opportunity to pursue a structured study of Yup鈥檌k in order to develop intermediate-level speaking and listening skills, as well as basic reading and writing abilities in the language. 


Minors

 

Minor in 成人影片 Native Languages

Minimum Requirements for 成人影片 Native Languages Minor: 15 credits

 

Minor in Yup'ik or I帽upiaq

Minimum Requirements for Yup'ik or I帽upiaq Minor: 15 credits

 


Bachelors Degrees

 

B.A. Yup'ik Language and Culture

Program available at Kuskokwim Campus only

The Yup鈥檌k language and culture, or Yupiit Nakmiin Qaneryaraat Piciryaraat-llu, program strives to reinforce a Yup鈥檌k identity that is centrally dependent on the language and culture, prepares the student for success in the world, and leads to acceptance at home. The program is based on the philosophy that a strong command of the Yup鈥檌k language leads to a complete understanding of the Yup鈥檌k way of life, the world around us, and our place in it. 

 

B.A. Yup'ik

Students who obtain a B.A. in Yup鈥檌k may be employed as Native language instructors or language specialists for school districts or Native organizations. No other university in the United States offers a B.A. in Yup'ik.

 

B.A. I帽upiaq

Students who obtain a B.A. in I帽upiaq may be employed as Native language instructors or language specialists for school districts or Native organizations. No other university in the United States offers a B.A. in I帽upiaq.


 

Graduate Programs

The 成人影片 Native Language Center does not have a graduate program.  However, many of the undergraduates have gone on to the following graduate programs offered by other departments.