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Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues (HAP)

HAP DESIGNATION:

The Academic Senate initiated and oversees the HAP Committee, made up
of faculty from various disciplines and student support services
representation, which considers for approval courses appropriate for HAP
designation for the AA degree.

Complete the HAP proposal form now

HAWAIʻICC HAP MISSION:

  • To advocate for Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific studies as integral to education at Hawaiʻi CC
  • To promote the development and adaptation of intersecting Asian and/or Pacific studies with Native Hawaiian studies
  • To satisfy transfer requirements for AA Liberal Arts degree and assist with increasing transfer to other UH system campuses
  • To strengthen and be in alignment with the UH system Hawaiʻi Papa o Ke Ao initiative and Hawaiʻi CC's Institutional Learning Outcome #3:
    Kōkua i ke kaiaulu, me ka 'ike a me ka mākau, a me ka mahalo ho'I i nā kānaka 'ōiwi a me nā mo'omeheu 'ōiwi o Hawai'i nei, a me nā mo'omeheu
    'ē a'e o ka honua. (Apply knowledge and skills to make contributions to community that are respectful of the indigenous people and culture of Hawaiʻi island, as well as other cultures of the world.)

HALLMARKS & BENCHMARKS

hap hallmarks