Overview

Department of English / Department of English is located in Fairbanks, AK, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration	Sub-concentration
Master of Arts/Master of Fine Arts (MA/MFA)
Master of Arts (MA)	Literature
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)	Creative writing

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	7

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?	No

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam bachelor's degree from accredited institution with minimum cumulative undergraduate and major GPA of 3.0, creative writing sample and scholarly writing sample. Comp Exam Required Thesis Required Oral defense of project or thesis
Other Advanced Degrees	Oral defense of project or thesis

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

46

Applied

19

Accepted

11

Enrolled

Applying

75

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	January 15th	January 15th	No
Spring deadline	October 15th	October 15th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	Bachelor's degree from accredited institution with minimum cumulative undergraduate and major GPA of 3.0, creative writing sample and scholarly writing sample.
Master's Degree Requirements	Bachelor's degree from accredited institution with minimum cumulative undergraduate and major GPA of 3.0, creative writing sample (MFA), scholarly to critical writing sample (MA), creative writing sample and scholarly writing sample (MFA/MA)
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 79
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Tuition & Fees

$18,587

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	July 1
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Federal Work-Study Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

22

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	4.55%
Black or African American	0%
White or Caucasian	72%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0%
Asian	4.55%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	13.64%
Unknown	4.55%

Gender

Male (40%)

Female (59%)

Faculty

11

Total faculty

Full-time - 11

Part-time - 0

Male (5)

Female (6)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Modernist literary and visual culture, second language acquisition, acquisition of tense-based morphology, australian efforts to develop a confident literary identity
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address PO Box 755720
Fairbanks, AK  99775-5720
United States

Contact Dr. Chris Coffman
Department Chair
Email: uaf-english-dept@alaska.edu
Phone: 907-474-5233

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