Hawaiian Studies, BA/Urban and Regional Planning, MURP

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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

HAW 100 - Language in Hawaiʻi: A Microcosm of Global Language Issues Credits: 3 (FGB)
HAW 101 - Elementary Hawaiian I Credits: 4
HWST 107 - Hawaiʻi: Center of the Pacific Credits: 3 (DH)
FW (or FQ) Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Credits 16

Spring

HAW 102 - Elementary Hawaiian II Credits: 4
HWST 270 - Hawaiian Mythology Credits: 3 (DL)
OR
HWST 285 - Lāʻau Lapaʻau: Hawaiian Medicinal Herbs Credits: 4
OR
HWST 307 - Mālama ʻĀina Resource Management Visual Technologies Credits: 3
OR
HWST 356 - Aloha Kanaloa-Marine Resources and Abundance Credits: 3
FQ (or FW) Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Credits 16

Total Credits 32

Year 2

Fall

HAW 201 - Intermediate Hawaiian I Credits: 4
HWST 222 - Introduction to Hawaiian Fiber Arts Studio-Hana Noʻeau Maʻawe Credits: 4
OR
HWST 224 - Introduction to Hawaiian Painting and Drawing Studio Credits: 3 (DA)
OR
HWST 225 - Introduction to Hawaiian Printmaking Studio Credits: 4
OR
HWST 314 - Kū Ka Pūnohu: Intermediate Oli Credits: 3
OR
HWST 478 - Mele Au Hou: Music and Native Identity Credits: 3
HWST 270 - Hawaiian Mythology Credits: 3 (DL)
DB (or DP) Credits: 3
DY Credits: 1
Elective Credits: 3

Credits 17

Spring

HAW 202 - Intermediate Hawaiian II Credits: 4
Area Concentration Credits: 3
FG (A/C) Credits: 3
DP (or DB) Credits: 3
DS Credits: 3

Credits 16

Total Credits 65

Year 3

Fall

HAW 301 - Third-Level Hawaiian I Credits: 3
HWST 341 - Hawaiian Genealogies Credits: 3
HWST 343 - Myths of Hawaiian History Credits: 3 (DL)
OR
HWST 390 - Issues in Modern Hawaiʻi Credits: 3 (DH)
OR
HWST 490 - Senior Seminar in Hawaiian Studies Credits: 3
PLAN 310 - Introduction to Planning Credits: 3 (DS)*
Elective 300+ Credits: 3

Credits 15

Spring

Submit Graduate Application
Admission to MURP Projected

HAW 302 - Third-Level Hawaiian II Credits: 3
HWST 342 - Chiefs of Post-Contact Hawaiʻi Credits: 3
Area Concentration 300+ Credits: 3
Area Concentration 300+ Credits: 3
Elective 300+ Credits: 3

Credits 15

Total Credits 95

Year 4

Fall

(Undergrad Tuition)

HWST 491 - Senior Capstone Project in Hawaiian Studies Credits: 2
PLAN 600 - Public Policy and Planning Theory Credits: 3 **
PLAN 473 - GIS for Community Planning Credits: 3 ***
Area Concentration 300+ Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 2

Credits 16

Spring

(Undergrad Tuition)
BA Degree Projected

PLAN 620 - Environmental Planning and Policy Credits: 3 **
PLAN 640 - Land Use Policies and Programs Credits: 3 ***
HWST 6XX (Plan Elective 1) Credits: 3 ***
Elective 300+ Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 3

Credits 15

Total Credits 126

Graduate (Year 5)

Fall

PLAN 601 - Planning Methods Credits: 3
PLAN 650 - Research Design Seminar Credits: 3
PLAN 678 - Site Planning Credits: 3
PLAN Methods 2 Credits: 3

Credits 12

Spring

MURP Degree Projected

PLAN 603 - Urban Economics Credits: 3
PLAN 751 - Planning Practicum Credits: 6
PLAN Methods 2 Credits: 3
PLAN Elective 2 Credits: 3

Credits 15

Total Credits 162

Notes:

Minimum 45 upper division (300+ course) credits are required.
Students must incorporate all focus requirements into this plan. Focus designations (i.e. W, E, O, H) are CRN specific & semester specific.
Check with your academic advisor for assistance with appropriate course selections:
BA degree requirements advised by HWST academic advisor and MURP degree requirements advised by DURP chair/advisor.
*PLAN 310 is the gateway course for this pathway. A grade of B or better is required.
**Six excess credits (PLAN 600 and PLAN 620 ) are not used for the 120 credit HWST BA degree, but instead used for the MURP degree.
***Nine double-counted credits (PLAN 473 , PLAN 640 , and HWST 6XX) are used for both HWST BA degree and MURP degree.

HWST 6XX Course Options:

HWST 650 - Hawaiian Geography and Resource Management Credits: 3
HWST 651 - ʻĀina Waiwai: Water, Food Sovereignty, and Ancestral Abundance Credits: 3
HWST 652 - Kānāwai Lawaiʻa: Hawaiʻi’s Ocean and Fisheries Laws Credits: 3
HWST 659 - He Aliʻi Ka ʻĀina; Land, Resources, and Leadership Credits: 3