Pursue your passion and learn in dynamic places on Hawai‘i Island, ranging from lo‘i kalo to science labs, as you earn an Academic Subject Certificate in Sustainability.
The Certificate:
- Requires 12 credits of Sustainability (SF) Designated classes, including at least 3 credits from Natural Science, Social Science, and Hawaiian Studies, plus one more 3-credit SF class of your choice.
- Can be earned alongside any degree program.
- Encompasses Hawai‘i’s geography and traditional sustainable practices, climate change and mitigation science, aloha ‘āina, and more.
Our future lies in Sustainability.
Be part of the solution!
For more information, please contact Drew Kapp at dkapp@hawaii.edu.
The Sustainability Academic Subject Certificate (ASC-LBRT-SUSI) supports efforts to improve environmental stewardship and sustainability. It is interdisciplinary and integrates sustainability themes and practices across the Hawai‘i Community College curriculum, drawing from Hawaiian Studies, Natural Science, Social Science and other disciplines.
The ASC encompasses Hawaiʻiʻs geography, traditional sustainable practices, climate change mitigation and science, aloha ʻāina, and more. It provides students with the equivalent of a minor in Sustainability while meeting their general education requirements, and can be earned alongside any degree program.
Achieving the Academic Subject Certificate in Sustainability can connect students to community-oriented and green career opportunities and research. It can also prepare them for four-year degree programs related to sustainability at UH and beyond.
Requirements:
12 S-designated credits total
- 3 S-designated credits required in Hawaiian Studies
- 3 S-designated credits required in Natural Science
- 3 S-designated credits required in Social Science
- 3 S-designated credits in any discipline
View list of S-designated classes
View Advising Sheet, 2023-24
View HawCC Class Availability
- Sustainability Designated (S-designated): Courses that are considered part of the sustainability curriculum. Includes SF and SR designations.
- Sustainability Focused (SF-designated): A course taught through a lens of sustainability, with sustainability as a primary or thematic focus and/or one examining sustainability issues.
- Sustainability Related (SR-designated): A course that is related to sustainability. We currently do not have SR-designated courses at Hawaiʻi Community College, but students can petition to have SR-designated credits from another UH campus to be considered towards our ASC in Sustainability.
- Hawaiʻi CC can accept up to 6 S-designated credits from any other UH campus toward the ASC in Sustainability. SR-designated credits may be accepted subject to a student petitioning process.
- If transferring to another UH campus, S-designated credits from our campus may be accepted toward their sustainability program. Refer to each campus for their transfer acceptance policy.
To indicate your interest in and intention to pursue an Academic Subject Certificate in Sustainability:
- Review the ASC Program Requirements
- Contact Drew Kapp (dkapp@hawaii.edu) and Grace Funai (gfunai@hawaii.edu) for information and advising
- Navigate to the Hawaiʻi CC Admissions and Records Applications & Forms webpage
- Scroll down to Application to Add a Secondary Curriculum, and simply complete and submit that form.