Our curriculum is one for the whole person, built upon the three pillars of Academics, Service & Labor, and Self-Governance.
Academics
Outer Coast offers a dynamic liberal arts education for students from diverse academic backgrounds. Through robust intellectual inquiry and critical thinking across a range of disciplines, students and faculty share accountability for a vibrant and collaborative learning environment. Courses are small, seminar-style, and place-based.
Students are responsible for maintaining consequential service partnerships with community organizations in Sitka and for carrying out much of the essential labor, such as cooking and cleaning, necessary to sustain Outer Coast’s day-to-day operations.
Students and staffulty together govern the Outer Coast community. Students legislate academic and student life policies and shape future student cohorts, academic course offerings, and the DNA of the college.
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Yeey aaní káx̱ g̱unéi x̱too.aat (May we walk on your land). Outer Coast is situated on Lingít Aaní, the ancestral home of the Tlingit peoples. We strive to build a community of safe, inclusive, and integrative learning for all. Learn more.
