| Graduate Study
Master’s Degree
The master’s degree consists of a core year, an
individuated concentration, a practicum experience, and a capstone. The
core year and capstone must be taken first and last in the program,
respectively. Once the program begins in the fall, new admissions are
not made until the following year.
The core year consists of an integrated,
collaboratively taught curriculum offered in a format that balances
lecture and discussion sessions. The curriculum is highly
interdisciplinary and integrates a series of topics deemed essential to
effective work in public service roles. These include communications,
the political-economic context of public institutions, economic
processes, public ethics, policy processes, administrative law,
bureaucratic structure and organizational change, and the role of
personal and organizational culture.
The individuated concentration is intended to balance
the common work of the core year. It allows each student to design a
program of study built around a theme of special personal and
professional interest. The concentration is satisfied by completion of 9
credit hours in course work, directed reading, or directed research.
Themes are created by the student working in conjunction with a faculty
adviser. Anyone electing the thesis (Plan A) option may substitute
concentration credits for thesis work with approval of the faculty
adviser.
The practicum is designed to place individuals in a
setting where they may compare organizational structure and processes.
The length and specific nature of the practicum varies according to the
students' experience in public organizations. In some cases placement in
one organization may be modified to become work on a project that takes
place across several organizations.
The capstone consists of a 1-credit planning seminar
during the semester preceding that in which graduation will occur and
the concluding 3-credit seminar itself. The focus of the capstone is on
group analysis of a public issue of importance in Hawai‘i and the
Pacific.
The degree program is of interest to individuals with
some experience in public service institutions, such as government and
nonprofit organizations, or in positions with a public service component
in other institutions. Spaces also are available for people with no
experience who wish to enter public service. The program is compatible
with the schedules of people working full-time and can be completed in
two to three years.
Requirements
MPA candidates must complete 14 credit hours of core
requirements, 9 credit hours of individual concentration, 3 credit hours
of practicum, and 4 credit hours of capstone. The thesis option may be
selected to replace some or all of the concentration credits.
Certificate
Certificate in Public Administration
The certificate is designed for people with experience
in public service work who do not wish to obtain a degree.
Those enrolled in the certificate program participate
in the core year, at the end of which they create a professional
development seminar series. The seminar allows a deeper focus on issues
of special interest. There is also the option of arranging a practicum
as an additional learning experience, something encouraged by the
program.
Requirements
The program is composed of 15 credit hours, 14 of
which are taken in the core year and 1 in the professional development
seminar series.
Religion
College of Arts and Humanities
Sakamaki A-311
2530 Dole Street
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8299
Fax: (808) 956-9894
Faculty
*G. Tanabe, PhD
(Chair)--Buddhism, Japanese religions
*H. J. Baroni, PhD--Japanese and East Asian religions
*D. W. Chappell, PhD--Buddhism, Chinese religions
*J. P. Charlot, DTh--Polynesian/Hawaiian religions
*S. C. Crawford, ThD--Asian and Christian ethics, Indian religion
*R. Lamb, PhD--methodology, South Asian religions
*L. A. Siegel, PhD--Indian religions
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
G. D. Panisnick, PhD--Western religions
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees and Certificate Offered: BA in
religion, MA in religion, Graduate Certificate in Religion
The Academic Program
In keeping with the purposes and ideals of the
University, the Department of Religion (REL) endeavors to take advantage
of Hawai‘i’s social and cultural ties with Asia and the Pacific and,
simultaneously, to contribute to the enhancement of those ties. We in
Hawai‘i are the beneficiaries of a rich confluence of diverse ethnic,
linguistic, aesthetic, political, and religious traditions. Within this
extraordinary polycultural and multireligious milieu, the department
serves as a link between the academic community and the many Asian and
Pacific religious communities that flourish in the islands: Buddhism,
Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Hinduism, and Hawaiian and Polynesian
religions. Given these resources, Hawai‘i is an ideal site and context
for a direct study of Asian and Pacific religious phenomena. The
Department of Religion is dedicated to the cultivation of a broad
humanistic appreciation of a wide range of religious traditions, diverse
mythologies, ritual practices, philosophical speculations, ethical
imperatives, and institutional histories.
Undergraduate Study
Bachelor’s Degree
Undergraduate education in religion includes survey
courses in Western, Asian, and Pacific religions. There are also
thematic courses dealing with such issues as sexuality and death,
politics and ethics, and the relationship between religion and other
disciplines, such as anthropology, political science, and sociology.
Requirements
Students must complete 27 credit hours at the 200
level and above, including at least 9 credit hours in 300- and 400-level
courses. Required course: REL 300. |