| Administration
Krauss 101
2500 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8866
Fax: (808) 956-3752
Web: www.outreach.hawaii.edu
Dean: Victor N.
Kobayashi
Interim Associate Dean: Peter Tanaka
General
Information
The Board of Regents
established Outreach College on June 1, 1998, by the consolidation of
two formerly separate units: the College of Continuing Education and
Community Service and the Office of Summer Session. Outreach College
programs include credit and noncredit courses, concerts, lectures, and
educational experiences designed for special groups. Programs and
courses are offered both on and off campus. Outreach College is the
administrative unit charged with coordinating and administering distance
learning programs of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, including
programs delivered to university centers situated on neighbor
islands.
Mission
Outreach College
provides:
1. Opportunities for
adult nontraditional and part-time college students to pursue degrees
and certificates, and acts as an advocate for nontraditional
learners;
2. Programs to help
professionals keep abreast of their fields, advance in their careers, or
explore new career fields;
3. Programs for lifelong
learning, including education for citizenship responsibility, cultural
enrichment, personal growth;
4. Consultative services
that help solve community, state, national, and international problems;
5. Opportunities for
both degree and non-degree students to advance towards degrees by
studying on campus during the summer and other extra-sessional periods.
Such periods provide unique opportunities for full devotion in such
study areas as archaeological and historic preservation field work;
and
6. Cultural and arts
programs across the state with an emphasis on underserved
communities.
Affiliations
Outreach College is
affiliated with the National University Continuing Education
Association, the Association of University Summer Sessions, the North
American Association of Summer Sessions, the Western Association of
Summer Session Administrators, Western Alliance of Arts Administrators,
and Association of Performing Arts Presenters.
Degrees and Certificates
Outreach College is a
non-degree granting academic unit, and delivers, in collaboration with
the faculties and colleges credit courses that may apply towards UH
Manoa degrees. Summer Sessions offer courses in the day as well as
evening, primarily to serve degree students at UH Manoa, but are open to
UH system campus students, qualified visitors from the state and abroad,
and select high school students.
Outreach
College Delivery of Credit and Degree Programs
The on-campus evening
and weekend program for adult learners provides opportunities to earn a
bachelor of arts degree in psychology or liberal studies (with
specialization in human relations in organizations). Through the Manoa
Outreach Program, Maui students can earn a degree, including a bachelor
of arts degree in liberal studies, and a masters degree in business
administration. On the island of Kaua'i, students may earn credits for
the basic elementary teacher certification program by the Department of
Education and graduate credits towards a master of education
degree.
Students may also earn
certificates and degrees in such areas as public administration,
educational administration, social work, nursing, and business
administration. Individuals should contact the appropriate office for
more information about these programs.
Distance
Learning
Sakamaki C-403
2530 Dole St.
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8547
Fax: (808) 956-3364
Web: www.aln.hawaii.edu
www.hawaii.edu/dl
The distance delivery of
Manoa non-credit and credit courses is coordinated by Outreach College.
Over two dozen certificates and baccalaureate and master's degrees from
Manoa colleges of education, liberal studies, computer sciences,
business administration, and nursing are offered.
Courses are delivered
using cable television, interactive television, Web-based asynchronous
learning, or faculty traveling to other sites. Outreach College and the
Department of Information and Computer Sciences inaugurates a complete
on-line (Web-based) MA degree in computer sciences, supported by a Sloan
Foundation Grant in Fall 2000. See the Web sites for details.
Advising
Student Services
Krauss Hall 101
2500 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8400
Fax: (808) 956-3752
E-mail: advise@outreach.hawaii.edu
Web: www.outreach.hawaii.edu
Office of Student
Services provides support services to non-degree undergraduate or
post-baccalaureate students, visiting and other students who enroll in
courses delivered through Outreach College, including the summer
sessions. Services include orientation for evening programs; advisement
on University admissions procedures and policies, general University
policies, degree programs, course selection, and UH system offerings;
and enrollment and registration for courses delivered by Outreach
College. To meet the needs of working adults, advising services are
available by appointment in the evening and on Saturday. New students
are encouraged to attend an orientation and to see an advisor for
general information about University offerings, policies, and
procedures, as well as for assistance in selecting appropriate courses.
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