UAA Department of English

UAA Department of English The UAA English Department also strives to familiarize students with a full range of literacies so that they may become active and well-equipped citizens.

The programs offered by the Department of English provide an opportunity for a truly liberal education, one that encourages both self-discovery and an exploration of enduring ideas. The curriculum includes courses in composition, rhetoric, literature, linguistics, and critical-thinking strategies. The Department also supervises the First-Year Composition Program, which fulfills the university's Ge

neral Education Requirement in written communication.The English Department's mission is to prepare students to succeed in an increasingly diverse world. The Department is devoted to an innovative curriculum that encourages lifelong learning, critical thinking, and effective writing. We teach students to see textual work as an engagement with history, convention, culture, and place so that they can participate responsibly in a changing regional and challenging global environment. In particular, the Department is concerned with Alaskan cultures, the North Pacific Rim environment, and the intersection of networked technologies and forms of textuality. Photo credits:
Avatar photo: "Books 6" by Brenda Clarke (http://www.flickr.com/photos/brenda-starr/4421990486/)
Cover photo: "A book that is shut is but a block (Thomas Fuller)" by Kate Ter Haar (http://www.flickr.com/photos/katerha/5020407401/)

As nears its close, the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Sigma Tau Delta chapter and Department of English want to enc...
09/24/2022

As nears its close, the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Sigma Tau Delta chapter and Department of English want to encourage you to participate in Sigma Tau Delta’s Banned Books Week Social Media Challenge. To participate you must tag the following social media accounts:

Facebook: National English Honor Society
Twitter:
Facebook: Sigma Tau Delta
Twitter:
Instagram:
or snap us at englishmatters on Snapchat

The following information about the contest is provided by Sigma Tau Delta:

Books are banned for a variety of reasons. Take your own original photo of your favorite banned book and share with us (on one social media platform) one of the reasons it has been contested. If you wish to post on a second platform, please choose a second banned book to post about. The contest will run from Sunday, September 18-Saturday, September 24. Everyone who participates during this time frame will be entered in a drawing to win one of three $25 Amazon gift cards. A $45 Amazon gift card also will be awarded for the best overall post. Select submissions will be shared across our social media platforms.

Yes, we have late start courses this semester! Dr. Kline said of his class "We're going to spice up the normal British L...
09/02/2021

Yes, we have late start courses this semester!

Dr. Kline said of his class "We're going to spice up the normal British Literature survey that features Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton by "gamifying" it! This late-start course will take advantage of the shorter span but longer class periods by adding an RPG (Role-Playing Game) element to our class discussion and assignments. Who will you be? Beowulf? Chaucer's Miller? Margery Kempe? The Ghost of Hamlet's Father? Milton's Satan? There's only one way to find out! Join us and get creative in ENGL A203: BritLit I."

Dr. Widdicomb of his "a 3 credit, asynchronous course, ENGL A309B 802 from October 18 through December 11th entitled "The Triumph of Hope (in Just Eight Weeks)." Professor Widdicombe welcomes students to enroll now for this Late Start course. As he says: "Life has been hellish. The literature of social change offers hope and answers."

Interested? We hope so!

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