Graduate Certificate
E lawe i ke aʻo a mālama, a e ʻoi mau ka naʻauao. He who takes his teachings and applies them increases his knowledge. – Pukui, ʻNo. 328
He aliʻi ka ʻāina; He kauā ke kanaka. The land is chief; People are its servant. – Pukui, No. 531
“In the end we will conserve only what we love, and we will love only what we understand, and we will understand only what we are taught.” – Baba Dioum, Senegalese environmentalist, 1968
The Sustainability & Resilience Education (SRE) Graduate Certificate prepares formal (school-based) and informal (community-based) educators from any field to integrate place-based, local, global, Indigenous knowledge, and 21st Century sustainability research into their curriculum and instruction. It provides a set of sustainability-designated education courses spanning STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine), eco-literacies, and cultural diversity. The program is grounded in research on place-based, culturally sustaining professional development that prepares educators to write and teach real-world, personally meaningful, interdisciplinary curricula culminating in actions for more sustainable, resilient social ecosystems. The SRE Graduate Certificate is aligned with the University of Hawai‘iʻs mission to “achieve global impact by … engagement in world-class research, scholarship and service that promotes the welfare and sustainability of Hawai‘i’s people and environment. Woven through all it does is an appreciation of and commitment to indigenous Hawaiian people, culture, values and wisdom.”
The certificate may be earned with the MEd-CS or any other degree program, or as a certificate-only program.
Who should consider this program
PK-20 formal and informal educators and graduates from any field interested in developing place-based, interdisciplinary, culturally sustaining curricula oriented to sustainable, resilient communities and ecosystems.
Common Careers
Graduates are prepared to be educational leaders in school and community settings. Community and curricular mapping strategies that develop partnerships and identify community-based resources and issues support high context curriculum development. Finally, research skills support ongoing planning, evaluation and refining of programs to reflect changes in their communities and ecosystems.
Admission Requirements
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Must have graduated from an accredited, four-year institution of higher education recognized by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), prior to beginning the Sustainability & Resilience, Graduate Certificate program.
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An Undergraduate Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
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A transcript from each post-secondary institution attended.
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A written statement of objectives as part of your application.
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Your resumé or CV.
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Two (2) letters of recommendation
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Application Deadlines
| STARTING SEMESTER |
GENERAL ADMISSION |
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ADMISSION |
| Fall |
March 31 |
* |
| Spring |
October 1 |
N/A |
| Summer |
N/A |
N/A |
Applications for Fall semester will be reviewed beginning March 31. Applications for Spring semester will be reviewed beginning October 1.
International applicants not residing in the U.S., and with no plans of entering the U.S. are ineligible to apply. If you are an international applicant, please contact Pauline Chinn, program coordinator, chinn@hawaii.edu to verify eligibility before you begin preparing your application.
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Tuition & Funding
Courses are offered through Outreach College and regular day school. Depending on how the course is offered, participants pay either the UHM regular or Outreach College per-credit course rate and fees.
For the most current information, always refer to the Graduate Division website, UHM regular Tuition & Fees or UHM Outreach College Tuition & Fees.
Financial assistance may be found at:
Department
- Department of Curriculum Studies Merit-based Giving Tree Scholarship (Notices come out in March)
College of Education
University of Hawaiʻi
Community/State
Federal
Coursework
The Sustainability and Resilience Education Graduate Certificate is a 15-credit graduate program consisting of the following courses:
- EDCS 640P: Seminar in Place-based Education (SUST)
- EDCS 623: Science & Science Curriculum (SUST)
- EDCS 608: Literacy Across the Disciplines (S): (SUST) or EDCS 645 Seminar in Multicultural Literacy or EDCS/SLS 644 Multilingual/EL Pedagogy or SLS 664 Introduction to Multilingual & Multicultural Perspectives on Hawaiʻi
- Content course: Students select a course inside or outside the College of Education with advisor consent to build content expertise in an area related to sustainability and resilience (Elective)
- EDCS 696: Graduate Certificate Capstone (3)
Note: EDCS 640P, EDCS 623, EDCS 608 are designated SUST courses by the UH Mānoa Institute for Sustainability and Resilience Education (ISR) and underwent rigorous review by an interdisciplinary committee of faculty currently representing six units across the UHM campus. SUST courses are “multidisciplinary and designed to ground students in understanding natural systems in relationship to society.”
International Students
General Information
Please see Graduate Division website for International Students regarding enrollment regulations, admission requirements and English proficiency.
Support Services
The International Student Services (ISS) provides assistance to international students and their dependents. See enrollment requirements regarding full-time/part-time enrollment and online class and program restrictions, concurrent degrees and health insurance requirements.
Most applicants whose native language is not English are required to take an English Language Proficiency test. Applicants must score a minimum TOEFL score of 61 iBT and IELTS of 6.0 for overall band score. See Graduate Division English proficiency and minimum required score.
All students who have English as their second language must clear the English Language Institute (ELI) unless they meet the exemption criteria. Students must score 100 to waive English placement test. Please see ELI website for ELI requirements, placement tests and courses.
Sample Schedule (pending approval)
The sample schedules will show the sequence of courses you would be taking for Sustainability and Resilience graduate certificate if you take ELI courses or not.
Advising & Faculty
Our faculty and staff will provide you with guidance and resources to support your success from beginning to end. You will receive a dedicated faculty advisor to partner with you on your journey.
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