Hawaiian Language Certificate
Program Coordinator:
Email: jasoncab@hawaii.edu
Website: https://olelo.hawaii.edu/
Certificate Description:
The Certificate of Hawaiian Language is designed for those who have already had considerable university study in the Hawaiian language or are fluent speakers. The coursework increases the knowledge of Hawaiian and offers a broad perspective of the Hawaiian language and its revitalization.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this certificate, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate oral and written comprehension and grammatically correct use of Hawaiian at the appropriate ACTFL levels in the respective language courses.
- Apply knowledge of the language to give an effective speech in Hawaiian and to write an effective academic paper in Hawaiian of at least two thousand words on pertinent topics that is organized succinctly with an introduction, body, and conclusion that includes footnotes and citations.
- Identify and explain aspects of the evolution of the Hawaiian language and its relationship to the current cultural, social, and/or political standing of Hawaiʻi.
Curriculum: (23 credits)
Required Courses (7)
- KHAW 204 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers II (4) or KHAW 233 Second Level Hawn for Speakers (4)
- LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics (3)
Electives (16)
- 16 credits taken from those below or others approved by the Hawaiian Studies Department Chair with no less than 6 credits through Hawaiian:
- KHAW/HAW 303-304 Third Level Hawaiian I (4), Third Level Hawaiian II (4)
- KHAW/HAW 403-404 Fourth Level Hawaiian I (4), Fourth Level Hawaiian II (4)
- KHAW/HAW 453 Hawaiian Phonetics & Phonology (3)
- KHAW/HAW 454 Hawaiian Morphology & Syntax (3)
- KHAW/HAW 494 Special Topics in Subject Matter (To Be Arranged)
- KHAW/HAW 499 Directed Studies (To Be Arranged)
- KHWS/HWST 462 Haku Mele (3)
- KHWS/HWST 463 Intro Hawn Narrative Lit (3)
- KHWS/HWST 465 Haʻiʻōlelo Kuʻuna (3)
- KIND 240 Culture Revitalization Movemnt (3)
- LING 351 Method Foreign Lang Tchg (3)
- LING 442 Languages in Hawaiʻi (3)
- 16 credits taken from those below or others approved by the Hawaiian Studies Department Chair with no less than 6 credits through Hawaiian:
Notes:
- Students pursuing a B.A. in Hawaiian Studies may also pursue the Certificate in Hawaiian Language provided they do not cross count KHAW/HAW 303-304 Third Level Hawaiian I (4), Third Level Hawaiian II (4) and KHAW/HAW 403-404 Fourth Level Hawaiian I (4), Fourth Level Hawaiian II (4) .
- The Certificate in Hawaiian Language may be pursued by Hawaiian Studies and other discipline majors and by those pursuing any other certificate or certificates at UH Hilo.
- Credits may be shared once or more than once between this certificate and other degrees and certificates on campus, but no more than 9 credits can be shared between the Certificate in Hawaiian Language and any single one of the following: the Hawaiian Studies B.A., the Certificate in Hawaiian Culture, the Certificate in Multidisciplinary Hawaiian Studies.