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Hawaiian, BA/Teaching, MEd


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Effective Fall 2021, in collaboration with the College of Education, Kawaihuelani offers a combined Bachelor of Arts in Hawaiian (HAW) and Master of Education in Teaching (MEdT) pathway that helps students earn both degrees in five years, including teacher certification leading to licensure. For more information contact Academic Advisor Pōhai Bell (bell7@hawaii.edu) or Curriculum Specialist, Dr. Maya Saffery (msaffery@hawaii.edu).

5-Year Plan


This is a sample academic plan. Students should meet with an academic advisor prior to registration to formulate their own plan.

Year 1


Fall


Credits 17

Spring


Credits 16

Total Credits 33


Year 2


Fall


Credits 17

Spring


Credits 16

Total Credits 66


Year 3


Fall


Credits 15

Spring


Credits 15

Total Credits 96


Apply for MEdT (Spring/Summer)

Year 4


Total Credits 127


HAW BA Degree Awarded (120 credits)

MEdT Year 1


Total Credits 166


MEdT Degree awarded (46 credits)**

Notes:

Courses in bold font are pre-requisites and requirements for the BA major in Hawaiian and/or MEdT. See below for a listing of the undergraduate HAW requirement and additional information about the two teaching methods courses required for the MEdT (STE 404G  or STE 401  in Spring, year 4 and STE 404  (Alpha) in Fall, Year 5.)

HAW 331  & HAW 452  are the gateway courses for the pathway, which requires a grade “A” or better.
*Courses are double counted for both the BA and MEdT (9 credits): HAW 601 , HAW 604 , and STE 604B . For all three double-counted courses, the student must earn grades of “B” or better. Total credits for the BAM Pathway is 166, including these 9 double-counted credits. These courses are offered every year in the semesters identified above. See bullet below for additional about STE 604B . See page 2 on how these courses will be counted for the BA and MEdT.
†Courses are excess credits (7 total), which are part of the required course work for the MEdT: STE 600 , STE 602B , and a Research Methods course.
These courses are offered every year in the semesters identified above. Given the cohort nature of the MEdT, these three excess credit courses need to be taken together, in sequence during the first year of the graduate program.
**BAM students will take SPED 444  or SPED 445  and STE 404G  or STE 401  as undergraduate electives and the MEdT program will waive these 6 credits as long as they pass
with a B or better. Therefore, there are 46 credits for the MEdT, but 40 of them will be take as a graduate student.
Students are highly encouraged to maintain regular communication with their academic advisor throughout the BAM pathway.

Hawaiian Language Undergraduate Requirements


1 course from mele courses

1 course (3 credits) from this list of mele (poetry, song, dance, and chant) courses:

9 electives credits:

Double Counted Courses


FALL, Senior Year

SPRING, Senior Year

Teaching Methods courses (2 total):


Depending on their chosen track (elementary or secondary), students will take the following 2 courses to fulfill their  Teaching Methods requirements for the MEdT.

Elementary Teacher Candidates:

  • STE 404G  - Mathematics
  • STE 404  (Alpha) - (B) art; (C) business and marketing; (D) language arts; (E) physical education; (F) industrial arts/agriculture; (G) mathematics; (H) science; (I) social studies; (J) foreign languages; (K) music; (M) home economics; (N) interdisciplinary; (P) English as a Second Language.
    Repeatable five times for different alphas. 
Secondary Teacher Candidates:

  • STE 401  - Principles & Methods of Literacies Within and Across the Disciplines
  • STE 404  (Alpha): (B) art; (C) business and marketing; (D) language arts; (E) physical education; (F) industrial arts/agriculture; (G) mathematics; (H) science; (I) social studies; (J) foreign languages; (K) music; (M) home economics; (N) interdisciplinary; (P) English as a Second Language.
    Repeatable five times for different alphas.

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