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LS 20200 - Liberal Studies Seminar II: Introduction to Humanities
(4) This seminar studies how the various disciplines which constitute the humanities relate to one another and larger issues of human concern, along with critical theories that affect how we regard these areas. Direct experience with elements of cultures, including music, art, literature, drama; reflection on the relevance of such direct knowledge in relation to problems that humans continue to face. Satisfies CH Creative Endeavors for Foundational Studies. Offered every third semester.
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LS 20300 - Liberal Studies Seminar III: Introduction to Social Sciences
(4) Survey of the history, development, and relationships between the social sciences, including anthropology, communication, linguistics, history, political science, and psychology. Methodologies of social science research. Exploration of at least one discipline in greater depth. Satisfies SI Social/Behavior Scientific Inquiry for Foundational Studies. Offered every third semester.
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LS 20400 - Summer Classics Seminar
(4) Students read and debate the significance of classic texts, as well as defining what constitutes a ‘classic’. Each seminar is focused around a theme or genre, such as historical fiction, the journey quest, representation, utopia, tragedy, etc. Readings are identified before the seminar commences, chosen by students and instructors. Students are expected to keep a reading journal, develop comparative analysis that draw from close readings of the texts, and focus on a strand of thought that grows cultural and historical perspective in relation to intellectual traditions, creative endeavors, and intercultural understandings. Satisfies: any one of the CH Foundational Studies. Offered Summer
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LS 20500 - Documenting Experiential Learning for Assessment
(1) Through this course, students document experiential learning in order to petition for credit based on that learning. Students describe their prior learning, inclusive of knowledge and skills gained through both formal education and experiential settings. Students reflect on that learning and produce documentation that can be assessed by evaluators in particular curricular fields. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies. Offered Fall/Spring.
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LS 28000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study under the guidance of a faculty member (by permission only). Offered as needed.
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LS 28500 - Practicum
(1-4) Practical work experience or internship in an area related to the field of study under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Internship or practicum involves entry-level responsibilities for career readiness. Practicum/internship contract required. Offered as needed.
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LS 28501 - Media Practicum
(1-4) Practical work experience related to media and communications under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Students work within APU on the development of content or media for one of the school’s communications initiatives. Faculty permission required. Offered as needed.
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LS 29200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Appropriate descriptions published when offered. Offered as needed.
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LS 38000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study under the guidance of a faculty member (by permission only). Offered as needed.
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LS 38500 - Advanced Practicum
(1-12) Practical work experience in an area related to the concentration under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Offered as needed.
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LS 38501 - Advanced Media Practicum
(1-12) Practical work experience related to media and communications under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Students may work with APU communications operations or with businesses and organizations in the Anchorage area. Practicum involves pre-professional placement for career development and networking. Faculty permission required for APU placement. Practicum/internship contract required for placement beyond APU. Junior status required. Offered as needed.
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LS 39200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Appropriate descriptions published when offered. Offered as needed.
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LS 48000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study under the guidance of a faculty member (by permission only). Offered as needed.
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LS 49200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Appropriate descriptions published when offered. Offered as needed.
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LS 49800 - Senior Project Proposal
(2-4) Students prepare to undertake their major capstone project (LS 49900 ) by preparing a proposal which includes: the rationale for, learning objectives, methods and outcomes of the senior project, an appropriate literature review, and a timeline for completing the project. The proposal will be presented orally and in writing for approval by a senior project committee (the project coordinator/faculty advisor, 2 additional faculty members, once of whom must be a member of the Liberal Studies Department) prior to beginning the project itself. This proposal and a written self assessment of learning will constitute the written component of all LS senior projects, to be completed after the student has presented the project to the APU community. Offered as needed.
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LS 49900 - Senior Project
(2-10) Students draw on interest and previous learning to create a product that caps their APU experience. May range from an academic paper to a film, collection of creative writings, etc. Students will work with one or more Liberal Studies faculty members, as well as others inside or outside the university community. Offered as needed.
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MAP - Master of Arts Program |
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MAP 60000 - Graduate Seminar for Master of Arts
(3) The initial course taken by all MAP students. Concepts and issues covered include discussions and activities dealing with critical thinking, research development concepts, and other issues involved in self-directed learning models and methods. Students who need additional background in research methods, quantitative or qualitative methods, writing methods, or other advanced skills needed to complete the program may be advised to enroll in such courses or develop the skills through independent study. Since the range of interests and skills in the MAP may be broad and diverse, this course concentrates on the development of the cohort and the critical analytical skills and abilities needed. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAP 62000 - Contract Learning Experiences: Research
(3-12) Under the supervision of the faculty mentor, students acquaint themselves with the best that has been (or is being) thought, said, or done in their subject area. They will articulate the ways in which their particular topic is embedded within at least one comprehensive area of thought. Students may take, as an option and with their academic advisor’s approval, courses from the existing graduate curriculum that are relevant to their study plan or complete separate directed study courses. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.
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MAP 64000 - Contract Learning Experiences: Practicum
(3-12) Under the supervision of the faculty advisor, students engage in a practicum experience in which they put into practice what they have discovered and articulated during the MAP 62000 Research Phase. Students may take, as an option and with the advisor’s approval, courses from the existing graduate curriculum that are relevant to the study plan or complete separate directed study courses. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.
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MAP 68000 - Directed Study
(1-3) Designed for students who wish to pursue topics not available in regularly scheduled classes. A plan of study is developed with the assistance of an appropriate regular or adjunct faculty member. Approval of advisor, Program Director, Department Chair, and Academic Dean required. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.
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MAP 68100 - Contract Learning Experiences: Project Demonstrating Mastery
(3-12) Under the supervision of the faculty advisor, students write or otherwise complete a thesis or major product, in which they make an original, significant contribution to the area of study. Students may take, as an option and with the advisor’s approval, courses from the existing graduate curriculum that are relevant to the study plan or complete separate directed study courses. Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.
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MAR - Marine Biology |
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MAR 11000 - Recreational Diving
(2) This course introduces entry level skills for SCUBA diving and snorkeling in cold water. Course meets Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) standards for Open Water Diver certification and a Dry Suit Specialty. Emphasis is on student skill development and safety. This is a performance based course, and students must pass the performance requirements to pass the class. Topics covered include proper planning, use of recreational dive tables, hyperbaric theory, and cold water diving. Course fee includes PADI certification fees, transportation to the ocean dive sites, and all student gear rental for the session. Students must provide their own mask, snorkel, fins and gloves; wetsuits and footwear are suggested for pool sessions. Satisfies: EE Personal Responsibility Foundational Studies. Prerequisites: Swim 400 yards in less than 12 minutes. Tread water for 10 minutes. Offered Fall.
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MAR 24000 - Scientific Diving I
(4) This course, in combination with MAR 32800, meets the American Academy of Underwater Scientists (AAUS) training and performance standards for AAUS Scientific Divers, and includes theoretical aspects and practical training for a minimum cumulative time of 100 hours. Topics include diving emergency care training (including CPR, Basic First Aid, recognition of DCS and AGE, accident management, field neurological exam, oxygen administration), dive rescue, dive physics, dive physiology, dive environments, decompression theory and its application, AAUS Scientific Diving regulations and history, scientific method, and data gathering techniques. This course includes all the theory, pool training sessions and a Confined Water evaluation. Students will gain Diver-In-Training (DIT) status in the APU Scientific Diving Program. Satisfies EE Personal Responsibility for Foundational Studies.
Prerequisite – entry-level diver certification through an internationally recognized diver training agency (such as PADI, NAUI etc.), a dive medical examination, and a swimming evaluation: swim 400 yards in less than 12 minutes, swim underwater for a distance of 25 yards, tread water for 10 minutes, or 2 minutes without the use of hands, and transport another person of equal size a distance of 25 yards in the water. Course fees cover: pool sessions, gear rental, tanks, O2, CPR and First Aid certifications. Course fees do not cover the dive medical – students should consult with a qualified dive physician regarding fees. Offered Spring.
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MAR 28000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 29200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 31000 - Aquarium Biology
(4) Fundamentals of aquarium science for the hobbyist or professional. Topics include basic lab techniques, chemistry of seawater, cell function and biological filtration, aquarium design, engineering, theory and practice, and culture of marine life. Laboratory work includes water quality monitoring, care and maintenance of cold-water and tropical systems and organisms, and an aquarium systems project. Lab included. Lab fee required. Offered Fall.
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MAR 31500 - Invertebrate Zoology
(4) A survey of invertebrate animal diversity and functional biology in the class and laboratory. Animal phyla are examined with respect to anatomy, systematics and evolutionary relationships, geographic distribution, ecology, and behavior. Lab fee required. Prerequisite: or equivalent. Offered Spring.
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MAR 32000 - Ichthyology
(4) A field-oriented block course designed to give students an in-depth understanding of the biology of the major groups of fishes. Emphasis is placed on fauna of the Eastern North Pacific, but taxonomic groups from all over the world will be considered. Topics include evolution, taxonomy, behavior, anatomy and physiology, field identification, ecology, and fisheries conservation. Lab included. Lab fee required. Prerequisite: SC 25000 or equivalent. Offered: Summer
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MAR 32500 - Ecological Physiology of Marine Organisms
(4) An in-depth examination of the major physiological adaptations of marine organisms, including thermoregulation, respiration, circulation, water balance, acid-base balance, metabolism and energetics. Emphasis will be placed on how organisms are adapted to optimize physiological function under a variety of environmental conditions. Prerequisite: or equivalent. Offered: Spring (even years).
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MAR 32800 - Scientific Diving II
(2) This course, in combination with MAR 24000, meets the American Academy of Underwater Scientists (AAUS) training and performance standards for AAUS Scientific Divers, and includes theoretical aspects and practical training for a minimum cumulative time of 100 hours. Topics include diving emergency care training, dive rescue, data gathering techniques specific to sub-tidal environments, small-boat operation, and the following dive environments: cold water/dry suit diving, kelp diving and night diving. This course involves a two week field trip, where the practical aspects of training shall be completed, including a dive rescue scenario, an Open Water Evaluation and an Open Water checkout dive, followed by at least 11 ocean or open water dives in a variety of dive sites and diving conditions for a cumulative bottom time of 6 hours. Students will become active status divers in the APU Scientific Diving Program. PADI certification cards for Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver Specialty and Dry Suit Specialty can be issued for additional fees. Course fees cover: gear rental, tanks, transportation, lodging and food during field trip. Prerequisite - MAR 24000. Offered: Summer.
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MAR 33000 - Human Impacts in Marine Systems
(4) This course introduces the physical processes that drive marine productivity and the major human impacts on these systems (overfishing, climate change, invasive species, pollution, disturbance and coastal zone development) at local, regional, national and international scales. Students learn the current state of impacts through readings of the scientific literature and public policy documents, are updated on current mitigation, management, conservation and policy actions from local experts working in the field, and examine the challenges of balancing ecological impacts with economic impacts and conflicts among stakeholders and policymakers through the completion of an in-depth dilemma based case study. Prerequisite: Offered: Fall.
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MAR 33500 - Seabirds and Marine Mammals
(4) Students in this course will learn the foundations of taxonomy, evolution, physiology, behavior, ecology and conservation of marine mammals. Mandatory Saturday field trip in April; course fee required. Prerequisite: A grade of C or better in SC 25000 , or graduate standing. Offered: Spring (odd years)
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MAR 35000 - Applied Research
(2) This course is intended to facilitate active learning and research across the curriculum in marine science. Admitted students will already be involved in ongoing marine research. Each student will work with faculty and student-colleagues to refine their research and communication skills. The course context is current trends in international and national marine science with a focus on North Pacific and Alaska marine systems. Emphasis will be placed on collaborative databases, the preparation of professional manuscripts, and interdisciplinary application of research results. Prerequisite: Offered Fall and Spring.
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| MAR 35003 Fisheries |
| MAR 35004 Marine Mammal Monitoring |
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MAR 38000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 38500 - Practicum
(4) Practical work experience in a given area of concentration under the cooperative guidance of a faculty member and an on-the-job supervisor. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 39200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 41000 - Coral Reef Ecology
(4) A field-oriented block course that examines the ecology of coral reefs and associated organisms, including reef building organisms, organisms that live on or in the reef, and coral reef ecosystems. Topics include coral taxonomy, reproduction, morphology and ecology, reef structure and zonation, coral identification, symbionts on coral reefs, and coral reef ecosystems. Students will spend substantial time in or on the water (snorkeling). No SCUBA certification required. Lab included. Lab fee required. Additional costs of travel to and within the tropics are required of the student. Prerequisites: SC 25000 and SC 33000 . Offered: Spring.
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MAR 42000 - Coastal Ecosystems
(4) Selected Topics: So. CA Bight, Gulf of AK, Bimini, Bahamas, Hawaii, Galapagos. A field-oriented block course that explores the physical and biological characteristics and processes of coastal ecosystems. Focus will be on understanding the influence of bathymetry, climate and currents on primary productivity and community composition and diversity. Landocean interfaces and human dimensions will also be examined, including marsh and estuari ne dynamics and coastal development, land use and conservation. May require international travel (passport, inoculations required) and exposure to harsh weather and rugged conditions. Travel costs are expected to range between $1000 and $2000. Prerequisites: SC 25000 and SC 33000 or equivalent. Offered: Spring.
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MAR 43700 - Environmental Policy and Assessment
(4) This course introduces students to the National Ocean Policy and its associated initiatives. Students will learn about the history of marine policy in the US, the contents of major legislative acts and how they intersect for management of living marine resources, and examine both historical case studies and current issues in marine policy in Alaska, the US and internationally. Students will have the opportunity to interact with marine policy professionals and their initiatives in Alaska through local agencies and NGOs. Prerequisite: MAR33000. Offered Fall.
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MAR 44000 - Fisheries Ecology
(4) Fisheries Ecology provides the foundational theory and techniques for research and management careers in fisheries science. Students will examine and employ the theories and techniques of biology, ecology, oceanography and population dynamics applied to fisheries. The course is designed to train students to “have the ability to conduct high-quality scientific research in stock assessment, fishery population dynamics and related fields” (U.S. Dept. Commerce and U.S. Dept. Education 2008 NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-F/SPO-91). Prerequisite: MT 22000 , MT 24000 , SC 25000 , and SC 33000 . Offered: Annually
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MAR 48000 - Directed Study
(1-4) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a regular faculty member and by permission only. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 49000 - Seminar
(4) Small groups which meet with faculty members for in-depth study and discussion of particular topics, for example Top-down Control of Marine Populations, Cephalopod Biology and Ecology, Ecology of Modular Organisms, or Marine Research Methods. Appropriate course descriptions are published as seminars are offered; student-initiated topics welcome. Prerequisite: Offered: Fall.
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MAR 49200 - Special Topics
(1-4) Special topics in various fields are offered as needed. Appropriate course descriptions are published as topics are developed. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MAR 49900 - Senior Project
(8) The senior project is the capstone of the student’s undergraduate career. The goal of the course is to identify, plan, implement, and evaluate a project that focuses the student’s skills and knowledge on his or her professional interests. Projects may be planned individually or in small groups. Students may register in increments of 4 or more credit hours. Prerequisite: . Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA - Master of Business Administration |
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MBA 55000 - Tools for Success
(0) A mental boot camp geared towards supporting success throughout the Alyeska U modules. Students will establish or refresh their abilities to read critically, manage their time, conduct research, and write cogent and compelling documents. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA 60100 - Designs and Principles of Research
(3) A specific review of quantitative and qualitative research methods will be conducted in preparation of a thesis research proposal. Current literature review and investigative techniques will be practiced to secure relevant information for a proposed thesis topic. The written and oral presentation of both the research proposal and final thesis will be practiced for the effective communication of issues. A formal oral Thesis Proposal Presentation is a deliverable. This course entails the development of the student’s Thesis research proposal and positions the work of the investigation to begin at the completion of this course. Offered Spring.
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MBA 60203 - Effective Communication
(1) The ability to communicate clearly is critical. This class will focus on interpersonal communication in dyads, small groups, and between groups. Students will learn how to organize points, summarize, support and present information and utilize visual tools. Meeting management, individual and group dynamics, virtual/distance communication and different communication styles will be addressed. The ground work for writing case analyses will be established. Due to the similar content between MBA 60920 and MBA 60203, only one course can be applied towards fulfilling MBA course requirements. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA 60300 - Metrics and Risk Management
(1) Supporting a call for action, managing change, or implementing and measuring strategic goals requires a sound understanding of business metrics. Students will learn the fundamentals of basic financial reporting, accountability and financial stewardship. Capital and operational finance will be introduced. Day-to-day budget management will be examined and linked to broader organizational metrics. Students will examine organizational/divisional/departmental metrics for monitoring and improving performance as part of case analysis. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA 60501 - Leading Effective Organizations
(1) Making change happen requires leadership at all levels of an organization. Students will learn about the fundamentals of leadership and teamwork. Team and group leaders must be able to communicate the need for change based on known metrics linked to organizational goals. Leaders at all levels need to effectively engage teams and individuals for ideas and decisions. Students will consider plans for communicating, deploying and evaluating change as part of their case analysis. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA 60601 - Decision Making and Risk Analysis
(1) Strategy communicates organizational direction and coordinates divisional and departmental operations. Students will learn about planning at an organizational level including modeling uncertainty and forecasting for decision making. This will be linked to department level planning, management and operations. Identifying and analyzing risk will be introduced. Offered Fall.
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MBA 60710 - Innovation Strategies for Business
(1) Innovation in organizations is the foundation of internal improvement, external opportunities, and competitive advantage. This course explores Design Thinking, marketing research and quality improvement strategies used to identify new opportunities and solutions, manage innovation, and consider when to persist and when to pivot in new directions given market conditions, customer feedback and internal goals or constraints. These principles can be applied to all organizations, including existing corporations, new startups, and social entrepreneurship. Students will explore these concepts, analyze innovation management strategies, submit an idea in the Arctic Innovations Competition or alternative idea competition, and assess the competition’s results. This course is designed for students interested in both entrepreneurship and corporate innovation. Offered Fall.
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MBA 60720 - Lean Startup and Business Model Creation
(2) Lean business management principles have revolutionized many areas of business management including new venture creation and social entrepreneurship. Students will explore and apply lean startup strategies, including the business model canvas, that iteratively translate innovations in to a customer validated business model and preliminary financial projections. Students will participate in a Startup Weekend or alternative public pitch event such as a Business Model Competition. Students will be expected to critically access research in the area of lean management and synthesize information about lean startup strategies in Alaska.
(Students should be advised, but not required, to complete the prior 1 credit Innovation course, and follow this course with the Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship courses in the spring and new venture financing course to be developed for the summer.) Offered Fall.
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MBA 60730 - Business Strategy for Competitive Advantage
(1) Business strategy frames business concepts, innovation opportunities, organizational design and capacities, market analysis, and investment resources to create and capture value. Typically more than one strategy exists for a given opportunity. This course will help students learn to choose what resources will best align with desired results and funding, and how to change business strategies over time as needs evolve. Strategy must be adjusted to fit the situation and leverage key resources and core competencies while taking in to account internal and external risks. Using innovative strategies in new ventures, existing business, or social entrepreneurship students will be prepare to face changes and opportunities over the next decade.
(Students should be advised, but not required, to continue on to the 2 credit business entrepreneurship, and follow this course with the new venture financing course to be developed for the summer.)
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MBA 60750 - New Venture Financing
(1) The financing strategy for a new business a creative and risky area for entrepreneurs and investors, and in most cases diverges from the original business plan. This class explores the financing options to support a company’s startup or expansion, and the terms and conditions typically available for new ventures or for existing businesses to make strategic investments in startups. Students will examine and assess strategies for negotiating financing, ownership and control terms, and how these terms affect the venture’s business model, operating plans, future capital requirements and exit strategy. Offered Summer.
(Students should be advised, but not required, to complete the prior 2 credit New Venture Planning course).
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MBA 60760 - New Venture Launch
(2) New venture launch and company building is the transition from a proposed business plan to an operating enterprise with stable but flexible business processes and culture while meeting early financing constraints and remaining able to adapt to lessons learned during early market introduction. The dynamic shift from an original business plan and financing objectives to funded expectations, early team building or conflicts, and cash management are early challenges that may be more challenging than actual delivery of the innovations that the new enterprise are based on. Students will explore the challenges of new venture launches and examine successful strategies that can reduce the risk of failure. Offered Summer.
(Students should be advised, but not required, to complete the prior 2 credit Entrepreneurship course).
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MBA 60910 - ANCSA History and Context
(1) The Alaska Native land claims movement of the 1960s, the resulting legislation, and how Alaska Natives have implemented the legislation will be examined. The unique roles and responsibilities of Alaska Native Corporations and their shareholders will be analyzed. Firsthand accounts from Native leaders will be featured.
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MBA 60920 - Leadership Styles and Effective Communication
(1) Leadership of Alaska Native Corporations depends on the development and succession of talented future leaders. This course examines various dimensions associated with leadership, awareness and development of personal leadership style, the role of communication in successful leadership, and the application of leadership theory and communication in the challenges of leading diverse organizations
*Due to the similar content between MBA 60920 and MBA 60203, only one course can be applied towards fulfilling MBA course requirements.
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MBA 60930 - Leading Your Human Resources
(1) Growth and sustainability of Alaska Native Corporations depends on the recruitment and retention of talented employees and appropriate planning for generational replacement of key personnel. Employees need to be managed in an ethical and effective manner in order to promote the interests of the organization. This course examines various dimensions associated with recruiting, managing, retaining, and compensating employees – including legal, ethical, and strategic issues. (Due to similar content between MBA 63100 and MBA 60903, only one course may be applied towards fulfilling EMBA-SL)
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MBA 60940 - Developing High Performing Organizations
(1) High performing organizations require building and maintaining an appropriate organizational culture. This course presents models for accomplishing this and explores issues associated with subcultures, divergent or parallel cultures of owner/parent organizations, decision making, conflict, and collaboration. These lessons will be applied to the context in which Alaska Native Corporations operate.
*Due to the similar content between MBA 60940 and 60404, only one course can be applied towards fulfilling MBA course requirements.
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MBA 60950 - Budgeting and Planning for Sustainability and Growth
(1) Financial accounts record critical information about past organizational performance as well as forming the basis for future expectations. This course explores the basic financial statements – income statements, balance sheets, and budgets. It explains the relationships between these and their appropriate uses for reporting information and forming and implementing strategic plans.
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MBA 60960 - Federal Government Contracting
(1) Rights afforded to Alaska Native Corporations through the SBA 8(a) program will be analyzed. The Federal Acquisition Regulations, Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Acts, and other laws and regulations governing Alaska Native Corporation’s in Federal Government Contracting will be examined. Current Alaska Native Corporation Executives will be featured.
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MBA 60970 - Evaluating Options: Valuation, Risk Management & Diversification
(1) Corporations are continually involved in undertaking or terminating a variety of projects. Some may be individual new business opportunities, while others may mergers or acquisitions of new businesses. Underlying the financial impact of any such endeavor requires methods to value businesses or business opportunities. This course presents a number of valuation methodologies and illustrates how they may be used in the development and implementation of corporate strategies.
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MBA 60980 - Strategy Development and Implementation
(1) Strategic planning requires the ability to understand the corporation’s current state within its present environment to help prepare a course for the future. This course will introduce the concepts of strategy development and implementation with a focus on planning for future possibilities, managing risk and developing organizational capabilities for change.
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MBA 60990 - Working Effectively with Boards of Directors
(1) Boards of Directors have critical roles. From the hiring of corporation leaders to the approval of strategic direction and disbursement of dividends. Leaders of Alaska Native Corporations (ANC) must understand the complex and often nuanced relationships between boards, themselves, and the corporations they lead. This course examines those relationships and provides ANC leaders with the information and skills to work successfully with their boards.
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MBA 61000 - Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting
(3) Governmental and not-for-profit entities utilize special accounting rules and procedures. This course involves the study and research of these special accounting rules and reporting practices set forth by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board and other professional accounting organizations. Prerequisite: Advanced undergraduate accounting course or equivalent. Offered as needed.
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MBA 61100 - Accounting for Executive Action
(3) Systems and procedures for budgeting and control, including cost and profit planning, responsibility accounting, cost behavior patterns, operating and capital budgeting, and accounting data for decision making. Prerequisite: Introductory course(s) in accounting or equivalent. Offered as needed.
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MBA 61600 - Fundamentals of Financial Instruments & Institutions
(1) This course will familiarize students with the fundamental concepts, models and theories of financial markets, instruments and institutions. Students will be provided a basic survey of (a) the nature and forms of financial markets; (b) the financial instruments available for investing, financing operations and managing various kinds of financial risk and the markets which trade these instruments; and (c) the role and operation of financial institutions and regulatory bodies. Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 61700 - Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC/LEAD)
(3) This course is limited to those individuals within the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium’s LEAD program. By permission of instructor only. Prerequisite: LEAD Program Participation. Offered as needed.
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MBA 61800 - Financial Statement Analysis
(3) This course will introduce students to the financial statements, accounting concepts and principles used in the measurement and reporting of results, and analysis of financial statements using ratios. Comprehensive study of the 10K statement, analysis of 10-year trend of financial results, benchmarking and industry comparisons, Altman’s Z score, transparency, and indications of earnings manipulations using real life case studies are included. Prerequisite: Basic competency in excel, foundational knowledge in accounting (undergraduate), or advisor/instructor permission. Offered Summer/Fall.
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MBA 62100 - Organizational Behavior
(3) Focus on individuals and groups within organizational systems including organizational dynamics, behavior, design, and other factors impacting organizational success. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 62300 - Valuation
(2) This course will examine a variety of valuation methodologies, including income approaches, asset-based approaches, and market approaches. Specific focus will be on the discounted cash flow analysis and selection of appropriate discount rates. Students will examine concrete valuation cases to put valuation theory into practice. The course will address both public and privately held companies. Prerequisite: MBA 61800 . Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 62400 - Managerial Economics
(3) This course will familiarize students with the fundamental concepts, models and theories of economics with a focus on their relevance to business decision making. The interaction of information, economic incentives and market competition and how these interact to determine prices, products available, profits, and patterns of trade and organization will be explored. At the end of this course, students should be able to understand how basic economic reasoning can lead to improved managerial decisions. Offered Summer.
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MBA 62500 - Organization Development
(3) An examination of the theory and practice of change processes in organizations, this course will pay special attention to the planning and management of change. Globalization, technological advances and community expectations all impact the nature of work and how organizations are designed. Students will examine the constraints and opportunities of sustainability in organizations and the roles leaders play in fostering innovation, and determining the timing and rate of growth. Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 62700 - Entrepreneurship
(2) This course tackles traditional business plan development. Given innovative ideas, a business model, and operational strategy, students will refine the external market conditions and internal operational and financial revenue models. to develop a sound execution plan. Students will complete a business plan appropriate for pursuing financing and enter the Alaska Business Plan Competition. This course is designed for students interested in new ventures within existing organizations, startups and social entrepreneurships. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 62800 - E-Business
(3) The subject of E-Business is an exciting and cutting edge component of entrepreneurial studies. This course is designed to educate the student to the level whereby he or she will be able to plan for and implement an e-business start-up or be able to lead the transition team of a traditional bricks and mortar business that is expanding to include e-business solutions in its business strategy. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 63100 - Human Resource Management
(3) Strategic planning, development, and management of human resource capital focusing on both human and regulatory issues within the organization. Title VII, labor relations, task and work analysis, performance management, compensation, and other HRM topics examined as they affect supervisors and managers. (Due to similar content between MBA 60930 and MBA 63100, only one course may be applied towards fulfilling EMBA-SL) Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 63200 - The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Telecommunications
(3) This course exams the business economics, financing, development, and marketing of technology-driven content. Internet content pervades all types of business and lifestyles. Students explore how ideas, technology and bandwidth converge as key drivers of profit and non-profit businesses, and how money and policy influence content, entertainment, bandwidth, advertising, marketing, social media, mass media and information technology. In this fast moving and constantly expanding global environment, this course provides a business framework to evaluate how past and current trends can be leveraged in the future. Offered Summer or as needed.
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MBA 63500 - Health Services Finances
(3) An examination will be offered of the challenges of how the US health service systems function financially including private, insurance coverage, and publicly funded programs that interface with non-profit, private, and governmental service organizations. Contractual negotiations that build the relationships among doctors, laboratories, clinics, and hospitals, utilization review, coding, and billing will be discussed. The Stark law and Anti-kickback Safe Harbors legislation will be brought into the discussion of the financial limitations placed on some health service entities. Prerequisites: MBA 61600 and MBA 61800 . Offered Summer or as needed.
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MBA 63600 - Health Service Systems & Policies
(3) Examines the structures, functioning, and financing of the US Health services system. Emphasizes foundational concepts of health and illness; health care cost; quality, access, and utilization; workforce; competition in health care markets; and supplier, provider, and payer effectiveness and efficiency. Investigates consumer behavior, determinants of demand for health services, determinates of costs in health care organizations, the roles of competition and regulation, insurance, financing, and looks at alternative approaches applied in other nations. Reviews the current information management systems that are used to coordinate services and administrate the various components of health services systems. Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 63800 - Health Services Current Topics
(3) Analyzes current information and management systems including workforce planning and productivity, financial planning and monitoring, quality assurance, staffing and scheduling, administrative information systems, patient care systems, and legal/regulatory requirements for security and confidentiality. Evaluates alternative uses of computer technology in health services including telehealth and electronic patient records. Tracks and provides supportive materials to address dynamic shifts in contemporary health service administration and in such requirements as the Stark Law, Anti-kickback Safe Harbor, Medicare, and Medicaid legislation. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 63900 - Health Services Evaluation & Outcomes
(3) Offers quantitative methods in health services management to allow the administrator to evaluate programs and services for their effectiveness and efficiencies. Topics include: cost-benefit analysis, activity analysis, outcome assessment, designing of program evaluations, and reporting results. Tools will be provided to measure the magnitude of problems posed by different diseases, determine what health services are affected by the problems, and identify ways to eliminate or mediate the conditions while improving prevention and treatment. Prerequisites: MBA 61800 , MBA 62400 , and MBA 65200 . Offered Summer or as needed.
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MBA 64000 - Quality Management Practices
(3) Practical applications of major quality management systems and models focusing on the integration of a number of models and approaches in order to ensure successful implementation.
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MBA 64200 - Marketing and Social Media
(3) This course develops the techniques and strategies for marketing in a global and technologically changing environment. It examines the traditional areas of planning, pricing, promotion, and product and brand management. It also includes the impacts of social media and globalization on the development of marketing strategy. Included are understanding the possibilities and challenges raised by new distribution channels, customer feedback loops, customer/employee/owner loyality mechanisms, and overall strategy development and communications processes with increasingly technologically mediated organizations. Offered Fall/Spring.
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MBA 64400 - Health Services Ethical & Legal Issues
(3) Explores the laws that govern US health services systems and the inherent ethical issues involved in its delivery and development. Opportunities to gain certification for Institutional Review Board membership. Review of key laws governing health services practices including ERISA, COBRA, ADA, HIPAA, Medicare, Medicaid, Stark, antitrust, fraud, and abuse. Offered Fall.
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MBA 65200 - Business Analytics
(3) This course develops a number of tools for analyzing business data, including classical statistical approaches as well as more recent data mining and machine learning methods. Students will learn how to identify and verify important relationships within large data sets and build models useful for decision making. Statistical software will be used that permit data visualization and which automates much of the technical analysis required for these methods. The focus is on evaluating various models, using them to improve decision-making, and effectively communicating data analysis. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 65300 - Spreadsheet Modeling and Simulation
(3) This is a spreadsheet-based course in building decision models and simulating the uncertainty inherent in decision-making. It will build on basic statistical concepts in developing random simulations. Spreadsheet tools for conducting simulation analyses will be covered. Integration of data, modeling, and presentation of results will be stressed. Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 66300 - Business Ethics
(3) This course explores the ethical traditions of business including: the relationship between capitalism, corporations, and ethics; issues of justice and economic distribution; the relationship between business ethics and the environment; and ethical issues and current challenges in the workplace. Students will learn how to spot potential ethical issues before they become problems. Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 66400 - Leadership
(3) An experiential course that enables the student to examine several leadership styles, traits, and behaviors. The student will also discover a variety of group creative problem-solving techniques and processes. The students will examine their leadership role within a team-building environment. Students participate in class exercises and in an outdoor experiential lab environment. Offered Summer.
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MBA 66500 - Negotiation and Decision Making
(2) Introduces the theory and practice of negotiations. The course also covers major topics in decision making, including the psychological biases and factors relevant to decision-making under uncertainty. This course covers various types of negotiations, the negotiation process, and decision processes. Students will participate in several simulations and learn how to prepare for both negotiations and decisions, and assess the outcomes. Offered Fall or as needed.
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MBA 67000 - Corporate Finance
(3) Students will gain knowledge of financial and economic needs and processes within the organization, including financial needs and sources of funds, behavior of the economy, institutional structures and markets, internal financial decision making, performance and risk management and measurement. Prerequisite: Offered Fall.
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MBA 67500 - Investments
(3) Course will cover return concepts, policy statements, investment alternatives and historic returns, efficient markets theory, Markowitz mean/variance portfolio theory, the capital asset pricing model and extensions, asset pricing theory, portfolio strategies, and performance evaluation. Management of the student fund is an integral part of the class. Prerequisite: MBA 65200 , MBA 61800 , requires lab, MBA 68300 Fund Management Practicum, to be taken concurrently or permission of instructor. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 67600 - Risk Management & Derivatives
(2) This course will serve as an introduction to risk management using financial tools. Students will learn about the derivative instruments available, how they are traded and valued, and techniques for using these instruments to manage different kinds of balance sheet and corporate risk. . Prerequisites: MBA 65300 is suggested, but not required. Offered Spring or as needed.
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MBA 68000 - Directed Study
(1-3) Individual study in a given field under the guidance of a faculty member. Offered as needed.
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MBA 68300 - Fund Management Practicum
(1) Students in this class will be tasked exclusively with managing APU’s live, fully funded, real-time growth equity endowment portfolio, established October 2001. Students will employ active-management quantitative stock screening and selection methods, sound portfolio construction principles, and portfolio attribution and characteristics analysis, while following the prescribed investment policy and discipline.
This portfolio management course is fast-paced with an emphasis on leveraging APU’s industry-leading Bloomberg Professional service, providing a comprehensive array of market and portfolio data, news, and analytics. Students will be required to achieve their Bloomberg Certification during the course.
This course may be taken up to 3 times for credit. Prerequisite: MBA 61800 Offered Spring.
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MBA 68500 - Internship
(1-6) Practical work experience or experiential opportunity in a given area of concentration under the guidance of a faculty member and on-site supervisor. Completion of a written report or document. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69000 - Seminar
(1-3) Small group meets with faculty member for in-depth study and discussion of particular topics. Appropriate course descriptions published when offered. Offered as needed.
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MBA 69001 - Nonprofits: Creating Sustainability via Focus
(1) Successful nonprofits have focus—clarity of purpose. They build on that with excellent people, external relationships, an ability to raise funds, and a sense of entrepreneurialism that enables them to adapt. This course focuses on leading edge thinking about the factors that create a sustainable organization and that build organizational resilience. Students will gain experience by analyzing current practices of a nonprofit and implement a strategy for improvement. Offered annually
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MBA 69002 - Nonprofits: Building Stability via Resilience
(1) Creating organizational stability requires perceptiveness and nimbleness to navigate change and weather crisis. This class will focus on how to sustainably strengthen an organization’s impact and enhance its stability by guiding board, staff, funders and other constituents. Students will build skills to assess and navigate stakeholders’ needs and priorities in order to effectively bring resources to the nonprofit—human, monetary, and physical. Offered annually.
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MBA 69200 - Special Topics
(1-3) Examination or study of a special topic or area. Course description published when offered. Offered as needed.
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