Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Academic Policy & Planning (CAPP) for a vote of the full Senate on February 19, 2020, a resolution supporting the proposal for a graduate certificate in sustainability and resilience education. Approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on February 19, 2020 with 42 votes in support of approval; 2 votes against; and 0 abstentions.
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL FOR A GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
IN SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE EDUCATION
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Resilience Education (SRE) is to prepare formal, school-based and informal, community-based preschool through graduate school (PreK-20) educators to integrate place-based, local, and indigenous knowledge, and 21st-century sustainability research and literacies into their curricula; and
WHEREAS, the educational focus of the proposed certificate and its placement in the College of Education differentiates it from other graduate certificates currently offered at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa; and
WHEREAS, the proposed certificate is aligned with the 麻豆传媒System鈥檚 goals of developing appropriate new courses and programs related to sustainability, as well as the goals of the College of Education and the Department of Curriculum Studies; and
WHEREAS, the proposed certificate is a 15-credit program including a 3-unit capstone project where students will apply primary and/or secondary research practices appropriate to their professions; and
WHEREAS, there are no additional resources or faculty required for this program; and
WHEREAS, the proposal for this program was reviewed by the Graduate Council program committee and approved by the Graduate Council on April 23, 2019 pending conditions being met; and
WHEREAS, the proposal was reviewed by the UHMFS Committee on Academic Policy and Planning, which determined conditions had been met; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate recommends approval of the proposal to establish a Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Resilience Education in the Curriculum Studies Department of the College of Education at the University of Hawai鈥榠 at M膩noa.