Courses and programs

Courses

Courses are available to you as:

  • Local and regional courses taught by Northwest Campus faculty. NWC offers community interest courses, such as painting, ceramics, and computer applications that are taught face-to-face in a traditional classroom setting. NWC faculty also teach distance delivered courses as part of CIS's schedule, which includes the Bering Strait region. These are listed in the College of Indigenous Studies's Fall and Spring Schedule, but they can also be viewed through at the Class Schedule link on the front page. As additional courses become available, NWC will advertise through local media, its , and this website.
  • Semester-based distance delivered courses offered by other UA campuses. These can also be most easily found at the or . This is an online schedule that is searchable by course, meeting time, delivery type, and semester.
  • ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· eCampus offers online courses and fully online degrees. You can find these courses and degrees, and register online through

These various schedules of courses offer instruction through audioconferences, paper-based correspondence, web-based correspondence, and Internet-based class meetings.

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Please contact Northwest Campus by phone 800-478-2202 or 907-443-2201, fax 907-443-5602, or email nwc.info@alaska.edu for current course offerings.

2025-2026 Tuition

Course levels Alaska resident Non-resident WUE 3 Military4
ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· CTC1 $241/credit $841/credit $361/credit $241/credit
Troth Yeddha' (Fairbanks) — Undergraduate 2 $298/credit $898/credit $447/credit $250/credit
Troth Yeddha' (Fairbanks) — Graduate $555/credit $1155/credit    
Note: Audited credits are charged at the same rate as other credits.
ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· students enrolled in upper-level (300 or 400) or higher CBSM courses have an additional 25% tuition surcharge and CEM enrolled students have an additional 20% tuition surcharge.
1 â€”  Applies to Community and Technical College (CTC), Bristol Bay, Chukchi, Interior Alaska, Kuskokwim, Northwest Campuses (all offerings are 100-200 lower division).
2 â€” Applies to academic programs offer through the College of Indigenous Studies and Troth Yeddha' Fairbanks Campus.
4&²Ô²ú²õ±è;—&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Military pricing may not include all special materials fees or college or school surcharges.

Upcoming Courses

Intro to Climate Change Science Flyer
Intro to Climate Change Science

with Claudia Ihl

ENVI F102X, 4 Credits, CRN: 75933

Meeting Dates/Time:

Aug 24 - Dec 13, 2025
Asynchronous course (does not meet)
 
100% Remote - Learn from anywhere!: An introductory course intended primarily for non-science majors that explores interdisciplinary aspect of climate change and how it affects our lives.

 

Ceramics Wheel Throwing and Hand Building Flyer
Ceramics: Wheel Throwing & Hand Building

with Kevin Busk

APAR F150P, 1 Credit, CRN: 76493

Meeting Dates/Time:

Oct 20 - Dec 1, 2025
Mondays: 6-8pm
Saturdays: 12-2pm
 
CLASSROOM COURSE (NOME): Learn and practice the basics of ceramics in this course that is open to beginners and those with ceramics experience. Explore techniques of hand-building (slab, coil, pinch) and wheel-throwing, glazing, and firing.

 

Dual credit courses:

The dual credit process allows secondary school students to register for ºÚÁϺÚÀúÊ· classes and concurrently earn high school and college credit, if approved. Any high school student meeting course prerequisites may enroll in university classes. Students must consult their appropriate school district officials and school counselors for approval prior to registration if they wish to use university courses to meet high school graduation requirements. Northwest Campus has direct partnership with the Northwestern Alaska Career and Technical Center (), the Bering Strait School District (),  and Nome Public Schools ().