The Certificate in Basic Hawaiian Culture

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26 semester hours

1. Required Courses (8 semester hours)
   • HAW 101–102 Elementary Hawaiian (8) (2 semesters) or HAW 107 Accelerated Elementary Hawaiian (8)
2. Core Electives (9 semester hours). 9 semester hours taken from:
   • HWST 111 The Hawaiian ʻOhana (3)
   • HWST 176 The History and Development of Hawaiian Music (3)
   • HWST 211 Hawaiian Ethnobotany (3)
   • HWST 213 Hawaiian Ethnozoology (3)
3. Related Electives (9 semester hours). 9 semester hours taken from:
   • ANTH 385 Hawaiian and Pacific Prehistory (3)
   • ANTH 386 Hawaiian Culture (before 1819) (3)
   • ANTH 387 Modern Hawaiian Culture (1819 to present) (3)
   • BIOL 156 Natural History and Conservation of the Hawaiian Islands (3)
   • ECON 330 Hawaiian Economy (3)
   • GEOG 120 Weather and Climate of Hawaiʻi (3)
   • GEOG 332 Geography of the Hawaiian Islands (3)
   • GEOL 205 Geology of the Hawaiian Islands (3)
   • HAW 100 Hawaiian Language in Action (2)
   • HAW 201–202 Intermediate Hawaiian (8) (2 semesters) or HAW 207 Accelerated Intermediate Hawaiian (8)
   • HWST 205 Hawaiian Music in Action (2)
   • HIST 274 History of Hawaiʻi (3)
   • or a fourth course from the core elective list.

Conditions: No more than two courses may be counted in the fulfillment of all three of the following: (1) Hawaiian Studies minor, (2) the Certificate in Hawaiian Language, (3) the Certificate in Basic Hawaiian Culture. No more than three courses may be counted in the fulfillment of two of the above. Students in the B.A. in Hawaiian Studies program are not eligible to pursue the above certificates nor the minor, since these programs are designed for students in other degree programs.