{"id":6608,"date":"2012-05-17T15:58:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T01:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=6608"},"modified":"2021-04-15T11:29:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T21:29:13","slug":"hawaiian-studies-associate-degree-established","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/17\/hawaiian-studies-associate-degree-established\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian studies associate degree established"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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A new associate degree in Hawaiian studies will offer a curriculum focused on Hawaiian culture and knowledge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new associate in arts degree in Hawaiian studies to be offered by the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s seven community colleges<\/a> received unanimous approval as a provisional degree by the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Board of Regents<\/a> at its monthly meeting held May 17.<\/p>\n

The degree was collaboratively developed by the community college campuses as an option to prepare students to transfer to a Hawaiian studies baccalaureate degree path at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa<\/a> or UH<\/abbr> Hilo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also provides students with the option to earn an associate degree that provides the qualifications that would be beneficial in the workforce or or other areas of study where a knowledge of the host culture are desired.<\/p>\n

“One of the things we see at the community colleges is that not everyone comes to us intending to transfer to a BA<\/abbr> program,” said Keala Losch<\/strong>, assistant professor at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a>. “For these students, they will now have an opportunity to follow a path of Hawaiian knowledge that, once they graduate, will allow them to take that knowledge into the workforce and back to their communities.”<\/p>\n

All of the colleges currently offer well-established and diverse Hawaiian studies courses based on the expertise of its faculty and existing academic subject certificate programs in Hawaiian studies.<\/p>\n

Establishing the associate degree program is also one way of preserving the Hawaiian culture, values and language, according to Losch.<\/p>\n

The degree proposal grew out of a desire to strengthen the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s goal of being a leading indigenous-serving institution and to support the advancement of Hawaiian culture and knowledge. It is also a product of the close collaboration of faculty at the community college campuses interested in offering a single program of study that addresses the university’s strategic goals with a shared focus.<\/p>\n

The degree will be offered beginning in the fall 2012 semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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