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 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa – Five-Year Academic Plan 2024-2025
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College of Arts, Languages & Letters
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Bachelor of Arts (BA)/Master of Arts (MA) in Pacific Islands Studies
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This is a sample academic plan. Students should meet with an academic advisor prior to registration to formulate their own plan.
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Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Grad Year 2
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FallFallFallFallFall
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HSL1014HSL 2014PACS 30113PACS 60123PACS 695/7003
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PACS 108 (DS)3PACS 2023PACS Elective (300+)3PACS 60223Grad Elective3
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FW (or FQ)3DB (or DP)3Elective 300+3PACS Concentration3Grad Elective3
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FG (A/B/C)3DA/DL3Elective 300+3(300+)Grad Focus3
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Elective3DY1Elective3Elective 300+3
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Elective2
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Credits16Credits14Credits15Credits14Credits12
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SpringSpringSpringSpringSpring
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HSL 1024HSL 2024PACS 3033PACS 60323PACS 695/7003
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PACS 2013PACS 3023
PACS Concentration
3PACS 4013Grad Elective3
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FQ (or FW)3DP (or DB)3(300+)Elective 300+3Grad Focus3
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FG (A/B/C)3DS3Elective 300+3Elective 300+3
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DH3Elective3Elective 300+3
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Credits16Credits16Credits12Credits12Credits9
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Total Credits32Total Credits62Total Credits89Total Credits115Total Credits136
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Notes:
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This is a plan to finish both a BA and MA in five years and assumes that students start their studies in a Fall semester.
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During BA period, students must incorporate all focus requirements into this plan. Minimum 45 upper division (300+ course) credits are required.
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During BA, students may progress more quickly throught their foreign language sequence by taking a placement exam and/or summer courses.
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Second language must be in one of the following: Chamorro, Hawaiian, Maori, Samoan, Tahitian, or Tongan.
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Speakers of any indigenous Pacific Islands language may test out.
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Under this program, students applying for the combined degree will have already satisfied the PACS MA language requirements as part of the BA portion of the
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combined pathway.
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The pathway anticipates that, in general, student would apply to the Master's program during their "second-semester Junior" semester and "first-semester Senior"
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semester, they would be admitted to the Master's program via the pathway and would be allowed to begin taking double-counted 600-level courses.
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The pathway indicates that students should be able to complete a Plan A Thesis in a one-year timeframe.
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1Course is the proposed gateway course for the pathway, which requires a grade of 'B' or better.
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2Courses are those that are double-counted for both the BA and MA. All three double-counted courses are at the 600-level and are the core courses
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for the MA program allowing pathway students to 'combine' with that year's MA cohort.
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For the BA degree, these will serve as "elective" courses. For all three courses double-counted toward the MA, the student must earn grades of 'B' or better.
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An overall GPA of 3.0 is also required.
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