| Graduate Study
Complete details on the graduate programs are
available from the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Graduates of the programs have obtained jobs as
instructors in private schools, two- and four-year colleges and
universities; as translators; and in various capacities in private firms
and government service.
The MA and PhD are recognized Western Interstate
Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) regional graduate programs.
Residents of Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New
Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and
Wyoming are eligible, upon admission, to enroll at Hawai‘i-resident
tuition rates. See the “Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid” section of
this Catalog for more information on WICHE programs.
The MA degree is offered in the fields of Chinese
language, Chinese literature, Japanese language, Japanese literature,
Korean language, and Korean literature. The PhD degree is offered with
concentrations in the same fields. All applicants for the MA or PhD
program must have a BA in the language of their concentration or
equivalent preparation and must submit three letters of recommendation
and GRE General Test scores; sample scholarly writing in English is
required of PhD applicants. Admission to the PhD program also requires
evidence of the MA earned with distinction or its equivalent. Normally,
all students are required to pass a qualifying exam before advancement
to candidacy.
The MA candidate may select either the Plan A (thesis)
or Plan B (non-thesis) program; Plan A must have the approval of the
graduate chair.
Master’s Degree
Requirements
For Plan A, students must complete a minimum of 30
credit hours, including at least 18 credit hours in the major field and
6 credit hours of thesis research. A minimum of 12 credit hours in the
major field must be earned in courses numbered 600 or higher, including
a 700-level seminar and excluding 699V.
For Plan B, students must complete a minimum of 30
credit hours, including at least 21 credit hours in the major field. A
minimum of 18 credit hours in the major field must be earned in courses
numbered 600 or higher, including a 700-level seminar and excluding
699V.
Doctoral Degree
Requirements
PhD candidates are expected to master four fields, at
least one of which will be outside the students’ areas of
specialization. They must pass a comprehensive examination covering the
four fields, complete an original dissertation, and pass a final oral
examination in defense of the dissertation. Apart from having a command
of English and their concentration language, candidates must have
knowledge of a second East Asian language equivalent to two years of
study; in some cases a third East Asian language or an additional
European language may be required.
Economics
College of Social Sciences
Social Science 542
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8496
Fax: (808) 956-4347
E-mail: econ@hawaii.edu
Web: www2.soc.hawaii.edu/econ
Faculty
*A. Mason, PhD
(Chair)--population economics, macroeconomics
*C. Bonham, PhD--applied macroeconomics, monetary
theory
K. Cheong, PhD--public finance, corporate finance, industrial
organization
*B. Gangnes, PhD--international macroeconomic modeling, U.S.-Japan trade
relations
*D. E. Konan, PhD--international trade
*S. La Croix, PhD--industrial organization, law and economics, economic
history
*C. Lee, PhD--international economics, development economics
*J. Mak, PhD--economics of tourism, health economics, economic history
*J. Moncur, PhD--water resource economics, economic statistics,
microeconomics
*S. Naya, PhD (on leave)--international economics, development economics
*L. Rose, PhD--land economics, urban economics
*J. Roumasset, PhD--development economics, public resource allocation,
resource economics
*J. Russo, PhD--health economics, applied microeconomics
*M. Snow, PhD--applied microeconomics, mathematical economics,
telecommunications economics
*Y. Yeh, PhD--international economics, macroeconomics
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
U. Chakravorty, PhD--resource economics
P. Garrod, PhD--marketing and production economics
E. Im, PhD--econometrics, statistical theory
P. S. Leung, PhD--production economics, quantitative methods
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
R. Blair, PhD--industrial organization antitrust economics
L. Cho, PhD--population economics
L. Endress, PhD--growth theory
F. Fesharaki, PhD--energy economics
M. Jussawalla, PhD--telecommunication economics
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: BA in economics, MA in
economics, PhD in economics
The Academic Program
Economics (ECON) is the social science that deals with
the allocation and use of human and material resources under conditions
of scarcity and uncertainty. It examines this subject matter at the
micro level (the consumer, the household, the firm, and the industry)
and the macro level (the region, the labor force, the government, the
nation, and the world). Courses in these topics are complemented by
instruction in the statistical and mathematical tools necessary for
modeling, data collection and analysis, and hypothesis testing. Students
of economics will learn a body of knowledge that is essential to
understanding many aspects of the modern world and contemporary public
policy issues, including such vital matters as international trade,
economic development, the environment, the budget deficit, Hawai‘i’s
economic challenges, deregulation, business cycles, and consumer
behavior. A BA in economics is an excellent background for demanding
analytical and policy positions in the public and private sectors; it is
also a highly regarded preparation for graduate work in law, business,
and political science, as well as economics.
Economics at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa is
consciously directed toward policy challenges in the Asia Pacific
region, which comprises the nations of the Pacific rim and the Pacific
Islands, as well as Hawai‘i. Many of the department’s undergraduate
and graduate students come from this part of the world. Geographic and
subject matter interests of students and faculty contribute to a
regional specialization in accord with the University of Hawai‘i’s
overall mission. Theses and dissertations are thus well grounded in
recent theory and methodology but deal insightfully with crucial policy
issues of the region. |