UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE

Take a good look around you. What do you see? If you were standing here, in our shoes, you’d see Alaska, one of the world’s last great places. Alaska, where wilderness, wildlife, traditional cultures and the electronic age all play a big part in the way we live. We’ve got extreme skiing. World class theatre and dance. Ocean kayaking. An exciting new Native Heritage Center. Big nature, big weather; big adventure, big opportunity. It’s all here, and it could all be part of your experience at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

UAA is a young university, with the advantages of youthful energy, attitudes, and independence of spirit. We’re open to new ideas and new ways of thinking. We’re creating new courses, new programs, new ways of teaching, and new services all the time in response to a world that never sits still. Just in the last five years we’ve added new residence halls, a new Honors program, and new degree programs.

Living on campus can be a whole college experience of its own. Each room in the new residence halls comes with its own telephone line, voice mail, cable TV, and computer network connection. All students receive free e-mail accounts and Internet access. Computer labs are equipped with both Macintosh and PC platform computers and printers. The UAA Consortium Library is networked with local, statewide and national library systems to provide access to thousands of electronic journals and more than 100 million citations.

To find out more about UAA and to register online for our summer and fall programs, visit our website, www.uaa.alaska.edu. Or contact Sarah Hurst, ansnh@uaa.alaska.edu, with any questions you have about UAA.

UAA offers a wide variety of graduate programs leading to master’s degrees in arts, science, education, engineering, business administration, public administration and social work. Our alumni testify to the value of the programs:

Tom Anderson, owner, Alaska Strategic Consultants
Master’s, Public Administration

“The professors were outstanding… Greg Protasel, Steve Aufrecht. They have a stellar background, they know public administration, they’re top-notch professors. I’m excited to think I got a degree here. The master’s fits the whole gamut, it could be taken by health administrators, legislative aides, anybody in government, and even the legal field, like the office manager of a district attorney’s office.

”I would say to people outside Alaska, hey, come to a program in a newer state with newer evolving programs that are unique, like the Permanent Fund Dividend, new law-enforcement officers, the new Native hospital – you’ll likely get employed. A nurse in LA with low pay who wants to go to the next step could come to the Native hospital.”

Dale Martens, president & chief executive officer, Denali Foods Inc., DBA Taco Bell of Alaska
Master’s, Business Administration

“[My degree] was extremely important. I use a lot of the things I learned on an ongoing basis, primarily economics, statistics and accounting, which are fundamental to running a small business.”

Tomo’o Enomoto, director, DeWalt Asia, a US industrial tools manufacturer, in Tokyo
Master’s, Business Administration

“I was looking for schools to start my MBA, and for the ones which offered small classes… In order to learn more about the program, I called Dr. Geistauts, who impressed me with his vision of offering classes for international students and businesses with UAA’s logistical advantage, Pacific Rim.”

The Department of Psychology is one of the largest departments on the UAA campus. Among our remarkable faculty members are:

Dr. Suzanne Strisik, whose primary interests are in brief and long-term psychotherapies, the development of therapists, multi-cultural diversity, and the link between creativity and emotion.

Dr. Bruno Kappes, who has received six excellence in teaching awards and is a leader in statewide televised and video distance education as well as internet instruction. This summer he will be teaching a highly topical course entitled Psychological Reactions to Catastrophic Events.

Dr. Claudia Lampman, whose specialty is in social psychology. Her current research interests involve the way images of male and female sexuality are portrayed in the media. An article written by Dr. Lampman and her students was recently accepted for publication in a prestigious academic journal. 

The Department of English

One of our current MA English students, Gina Marolf, completed her undergraduate degree in her home state of Kansas. The UAA Department of English was “warm and very encouraging,” she says. They sent notification of her acceptance early and were explicit and helpful about her financial obligations. She was also attracted to Alaska because it was so far away and she would be so immersed in new ideas. She has switched from Nature Writing to Literature with an emphasis on modernism and post-modernism. She says the teaching is “outstanding”.

AHAINA stands for African American, Hispanic, Asian, International, and Native American students, and is a center of cultural activity and support for all students of color. Services include peer advisors and support groups, individualized counseling and referrals, a Multicultural Student Center, and social activities throughout the year. 

Anchorage is the state’s largest city, home to about 41% of Alaska’s population. Major industries include oil and gas, aviation, air cargo handling, and tourism, with large health care and retail sectors also contributing to growth in recent years. Style-wise, we’re casual, active, and outdoorsy much of the time, but we can dress up when we want to.

Our master’s degrees:

• Adult Education (MED)

• Anthropology (MA)

• Arctic Engineering (MS)

• Biological Sciences (MS)

• Business Administration (MBA)

• Civil Engineering (MCE, MS)

• Clinical Psychology (MS)

• Counseling and Guidance (MED)

• Creative Writing and Literary Arts (MFA)

• Educational Leadership (MED)

• Engineering Management (MS)

• English (MA)

• Environmental Quality Engineering (MS)

• Environmental Quality Science (MS)

• Global Supply Chain Management (MS)

• Interdisciplinary Studies (MA, MS)

• Master Teacher (MED)

• Nursing Science (MS)

• Public Administration (MPA)

• Science Management (MS)

• Social Work (MSW)

• Special Education (MED)

• Vocational Education (MS)

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