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Certificate Program

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Requirements

Students must complete a total of 18 credits from categories A (3 credits), B (6 credits) and C (9 credits) completed with a "B" average and no less than a "C" grade in any course selected from the Ethnic Studies Curriculum.

Categories

A. Introductory Course (3 credits) (Mandatory for all majors):
ES 101 Intro to Ethnic Studies (3)
B. History and social dynamics of the various major ethnic group (6 credits):
ES 221 Hawaiians (3)	ES 305 The African American Experience I (3)
ES 306 The African American Experience II (3)	ES 330 Japanese in Hawai‘i (3)
ES 331 Chinese in Hawai`i(3)	ES 332 Caucasians in Hawai`i (3)
ES 333 Filipinos in Hawai`i (3)	ES 335 Koreans in Hawai`i (3)
ES 338 The Original Americans: Indians (3)	ES 339 South Asian Migrants: Culture and Politics (3)
C. History, theories and problems of ethnic groups and ethnicity on the framework of social, economic and political change (9 credits):
ES 301 Ethnic Identity (3)	ES 310 Ethnicity & Community in Hawai`i (3)
ES 320 Hawai`i & the Pacific (3)	ES 340 Land Tenure & Use in Hawai`i (3)
ES 348 Teaching Ethnic Studies in Higher Education (3)	ES 350 Economic Change & Hawai`i's People (3)
ES 360 Immigration to Hawai`i (3)	ES 365 Pacific/Asian Women in Hawai`i (3) (**WS 360)
ES 370 Ethnic Literature of Hawai`i (3) (**ENG 370)	ES 372 Diasporic Literature (3) (**ENG 372)
ES 373 Contemporary Filipino American Experience (3) (**AmSt 373)	ES 380 Field Work in Ethnic Studies (3-6)
ES 381 Social Movements in Hawai`i (3)	ES 390 Gender and Race in the U.S. (3) (**WS 390)
ES 392 Change in Pacific --Polynesia (3) (**PACS 392)	ES 399 Directed Reading /Research (3-6)
ES 410 Race, Class, & the Law (3)	ES 418 Women and Work (3) (**WS 418/ SOC 418)
ES 420 American Ethnic Relations: Politics & Economy (3)	ES 440 Contemporary African Diaspora and Black Communities Beyond the United States (3)
ES 455 Topics in Comparative Ethnic Conflict (3)	ES 456 Racism and Ethnicity in Hawai`i (3) (**SOC 456)
ES 492 Politics of Multiculturalism (3)	ES 493 Oral History: Theory & Practice (3)
ES 495 Hawaiian Labor History (3)

 

Students interested in the Ethnic Studies Certificate Program should contact and set an appointment with the Ethnic Studies Department Certificate Advisor. Students who complete all the courses required for the Certificate must request UH Manoa Admissions and Records to send a copy of their official transcript to the Ethnic Studies Department to verify courses and grades.

 

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