Hawaiian

K. Ka‘eo

Course Descriptions

HAW 100: Language in Hawaiʻi: A Microcosm of Global Language Issues

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 45
Teaching Equivalent
3.00

Introduces students to essential linguistic features of Hawaiian and language related issues enhancing communicative experience in Hawaiʻi. Analyzes social, cultural, political, and linguistic cross-cultural interaction locally and globally.

Designation
FGB
HI

HAW 101: Elementary Hawaiian I

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 4 Lecture Hours 45
Lecture/Lab Credits
30
Teaching Equivalent
4.17
Introduces speaking, reading, and writing elementary Hawaiian. Treats structural points inductively. Devotes four out of five hours to drill and practice. Daily lab work determined by individual need.
Designation
HI

HAW 102: Elementary Hawaiian II

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 4 Lecture Hours 45
Lecture/Lab Credits
30
Teaching Equivalent
4.17
Continues HAW 101 instruction to write, speak, and read Hawaiian. Devotes four out of five hours to drill and practice. Daily lab work determined by individual need.
Designation
HI
Prerequisites

HAW 101, or consent.

HAW 104: Hawai‘i: Language Through Hula

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 45
Teaching Equivalent
3.00

Introduces conversational Hawaiian language through the medium of dance (hula) and song. Requires study, memorization, and close examination of Hawaiian vocabulary and simple sentence structure.

Designation
HI
DA

HAW 201: Intermediate Hawaiian I

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 4 Lecture Hours 45
Lecture/Lab Credits
30
Teaching Equivalent
4.17
Continues HAW 102. Uses advanced Hawaiian grammatical structure with emphasis placed on speaking Hawaiian. Practices translation of materials from classical Hawaiian literature. Devotes two out of five hours to drill and practice. Daily lab work determined by individual need.
Designation
HI
Prerequisites

HAW 102, or consent.

HAW 202: Intermediate Hawaiian II

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 4 Lecture Hours 45
Lecture/Lab Credits
30
Teaching Equivalent
4.17
Introduces further advanced Hawaiian grammatical structures with emphasis placed on speaking Hawaiian. Drills translating materials from classical Hawaiian literature. Devotes two of five hours to drill and practice. Daily lab work determined by individual needs.
Designation
HI
Prerequisites

HAW 201, or consent.

HAW 221: Hawaiian Conversation

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 45
Teaching Equivalent
3.00
Practices systematic control of spoken Hawaiian. Further develops vocabulary for accurate, mature expression.
Designation
HI
Prerequisites

HAW 202, or consent.

HAW 261: Hawaiian Literature in Translation

Subject
Hawaiian
Credits 3 Lecture Hours 45
Teaching Equivalent
3.00

Surveys Hawaiian literature, including prose narration and poetry with reference to Polynesian and world themes and forms from pre-contact to discovery. Introduces a full range of Hawaiian stories, chants, poems, songs, and sayings which have been translated into English.

Designation
HI
DL
Prerequisites

ENG 100 with grade C or better, or consent.