Multicultural Education/Cross-Cultural Communication Coursework Requirement

Approved Courses Effective Date: April 14, 2023

The multicultural education/cross-cultural communication courses listed below meet the initial teacher certification requirements of AS 14.20.020(h) and 4 AAC 12.075(b). If a course offered by an Alaska college or university does not appear on this list, it is not approved to satisfy the certification requirements. Courses are subject to availability and may be offered at branch campuses or by distance delivery (correspondence). Please contact the institution directly with questions about availability, content, or enrollment.

Courses taken to satisfy the Alaska Multicultural coursework requirement can also be used to satisfy the recency credit requirement for certification.

Multicultural Education: The study of the meaning of culture, and the relationship and influences between culture and education, with specific study of the teaching, administration, and effectiveness of schooling as they relate to multicultural student populations in Alaska.

Cross-Cultural Communications: An interdisciplinary examination of communication and language in a cross-cultural education situation, with specific study of the language, literacy, and interethnic communications of children and cultures of Alaska.

Approved Courses

Alaska Pacific University

alaskapacific.edu
(907) 564-8210

Course Number	Course Title	Semester Credit
ED 45300/ ED 65300	Multicultural Education	3
ED 49200	Creating Culturally Responsive Schools	3
ED 59200	Communicating Across Cultures	3
ED 59600	Creating Culturally Responsive Schools	3
ED 65300	Multicultural Education	3
PY 64600	Social Cultural Foundations of Counseling (Type C Only)	4
ED 55500/ ED 65500	Indigenous Awareness and Culturally Responsive Teaching	3
ANS 31000	Indigenous Well-Being and Education	3

University of Alaska Anchorage

uaa.alaska.edu
(907) 786-1480

Course Number	Course Title	Semester Credit
AKNS A482	Indigenous Knowledge(s) and the Sciences in Global Contexts	3
ED A545D	Cultural and History/Social Studies Institute	3
ED A550K**	Culturally Responsive Teaching and Alaska Studies: An Induction into Teaching in Alaska Communities	6
ED A555B	Multicultural Studies for Alaska's Teachers	3
ED A555K	Culturally Responsive Teaching: Framework for Teaching and Learning in Alaska	3
ED A572Y	APTE Cultural and English/Language Arts Institute	3
ED/EDFN A300 (old/current prefix)	Philosophical and Social Context of American Education	3
ED/EDFN A621 (old/current prefix)	Culture, Language and Literacy	3
EDFN A304	Comparative Education	3
EDFN A641	Place, Culture and Responsibility	3
EDL A620	Multicultural Education (old name)/Cross-Cultural Communication: CCG (old name)/Leadership in Alaska Culture and Social Justice Issues (current name)	3
EDTL A651	Curriculum Theory and Design	3
EDTL A692	Early Career Teaching Seminar: Culturally Responsive Education (old name)/Seminar in Culturally Responsive Education (current name)	3
NS A623	Trans-Cultural Nursing in a Multicultural World (old name)/Transcultural Nursing (current name) (Type C Only)	3
SWK A343	Human Diversity in Social Work Practice (old name)/Human Behavior: Diversity and Discrimination (current name) (Type C Only)	3
NS A623	Trans-Cultural Nursing in a Multicultural World (Type C Only)	3
SWK A343	Human Diversity in Social Work Practice (Type C Only)	3
	K-12 Music Certification Program
** The following course may be used to satisfy both the Alaska Studies and Alaska Multicultural requirement.

University of Alaska Southeast

uas.alaska.edu
(907) 796-6076

Course Number	Course Title	Semester Credit
ED S380	Multicultural Education	3
ED S680	Perspectives in Multicultural Education	3
COMM S330	Intercultural Communications	3

University of Alaska Fairbanks

uaf.edu
(907) 474-7341
Distance Delivery: 1-800-277-8060

Course Number	Course Title	Semester Credit
ANL 151	Interpretive Communications	3
ANS 350	Cross Cultural Communication: Alaskan Perspectives	3
ANS/ANTH 242*	Native Cultures of Alaska	3
ANS/ED 420/606	Alaska Native Education	3
ANS/ED 461	Native Ways of Knowing	3
ANS/RD 401	Cultural Knowledge of Native Elders	3
CCS/ED 610	Education and Cultural Processes	3
CCS/ED 611	Culture, Cognition and Knowledge Acquisition	3
CCS/RD 612*	Traditional Ecological Knowledge	3
CCS/ED 619	Cultural Atlases
CCS/ED 631	Culture, Community and the Curriculum	3
COJO 330	Intercultural Communication	3
COUN/PSY 660/661	Cross-Cultural Counseling	3
ED 456	Orientation to Teaching in Rural Alaska	3
ED 593	Core Practices in Place-based and Arts Integrated Teaching	3
ED 624	Foundations of Education in Alaska: From Segregation to Standards	3
ED 660	Educational Administration in Cultural Perspective	3
ED 681*	Place Based Education	3
ED 682	Rethinking Multicultural Education	3
ED F206	Core Practices in Places and Arts-Based Teaching	3
EDSC 457/657	Multicultural Education and School-Community Relations	4
LING 450/650	Language Policy and Planning	3
* The following are courses from University of Alaska Fairbanks may be used to satisfy either the Alaska Multicultural or Alaska Studies requirement: (ANS/ANTH 242, CCS/RD 612, or ED 681). Please note: If you use a course to fulfill the Alaska Multicultural requirement, you cannot use it to satisfy the Alaska Studies requirement as well.

Ilisagvik College

ilisagvik.edu
(907) 852-1816

Course Number	Course Title	Semester Credit
ANS 239	Native American/Alaska Native Children's Literature	3
ANS 240	Alaska Native Film	3
ANTH 242	Native Cultures of Alaska	3

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Multicultural Education/Cross-Cultural Communication Coursework Requirement

Approved Courses

Alaska Pacific University

University of Alaska Anchorage

University of Alaska Southeast

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Ilisagvik College

Alaska Bible College

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