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Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (Minor)

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Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (Minor)

The Hawaiian and Pacific Studies minor isn’t simply a course of study, it’s a transformative scholarly community. Students seek to contextualize contemporary Hawaiian and Pacific cultural, political and environmental issues across a wide range of disciplines, taking advantage of Chaminade’s diversity and location in the Pacific.

Upon completion of the Hawaiian and Pacific Studies minor, students will be able to:

  1. Compare and contrast the diversity and value of the different cultures found here in Hawaii, and throughout the Pacific 
  2. Contextualize the influence and importance of the student’s own culture in relationship to the importance of the other cultures found in the region
  3.  Analyze the growing economic, political, and social influence of this region in an increasing global community 
  4. Apply the Marianist characteristic of service, justice, and peace through service-oriented activities in the courses and in extracurricular activities.
Pre-Minor Requirements
  • HA 102 Basic Hawaiian Conversation and Grammar II or fluency in a Pacific Islander language other than English
Minor Requirements
  • AN 340 Contemporary Peoples of Hawaii
  • AN 350 Cultures of Oceania
  • EN 422 Modern Pacific Literature
  • GE 324 Geography of Tourism
  • HI 450 Pre-Modern Hawaii
  • HI/POL 451 Modern Hawaii
  • HI 452 Pacific Islands in the Pre-Modern Era
  • HI/POL 453 Pacific islands in the Modern Era
  • RE 450 Hawaiian Oral and Religious Traditions

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