Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 24, Number 1, 1 Ianuali 2007 — Hawaiian studies master's degree [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian studies master's degree

April 15 is the deadline to apply for admission to UH Mānoa's Hawaiian studies master's degree program for the fall semester. Since the Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies' M.A. program started in the fall of 2005, enrollment in the program has doubled to 30 students. This past semester, the program introduced distance learning for the first time, with several courses being broadcast live via closed-circuit TV to students on Kaua'i and Hawai'i Island. The program features an interdisciplinary curriculum that draws from faculty strengths in indigenous traditions as well as western academic fields. In addition to required core courses, M.A. candidates in the program choose from five areas of concentration to focus their research on. The areas of eoncentration are: Kūkulu Aupuni (Envisioning the Nation); Hālau o Laka (Academy of Visual & Performing Arts); Mo'olelo 'Ōiwi (Hawaiian History and Literature); Mālama 'Āina (Living in Harmony with the Land Resource Management); and Kumu Kahiki (Comparative Polynesian and Indigenous Studies). To find out more about the Hawaiian studies master's program, visit kchs.hawaii.edu online, or eall 973-0989.