Social Sciences

Designed for working adults, this accelerated online BA degree completion program is offered in five week segments. This program is flexible and focused. If you have prior college credits equivalent to an AA degree, you will earn this online Bachelor of Arts degree in less than two-and-a-half years.    

This certificate, which may be taken in conjunction with the MPA degree, provides the tools and framework necessary to meet the increasing challenges facing the nonprofit sector. The distinctive and interdisciplinary coursework draws students from diverse departments including social work, law, and business.

This certificate is designed for individuals looking to better understand their public service organization. The certificate is also appropriate for those wishing to explore public administration prior to committing to the full MPA degree program.  

This course developed in partnership with community organizations will explore the different pathways by which community organizations add value and how evaluation frameworks need to understand and measure the diverse contributions of community organizations to improving health and social outcomes.…

This course will provide a hands-on experience in data-driven evaluation for evaluators working in Community Organizations, Local, State, and Federal Policy Organizations, and also in International Development Organizations. The participants will learn:  (i) how to formulate evaluation questions; (ii) the…

Evaluation is a formal method of assigning worth. In our daily lives, we engage in both formal and informal valuation processes to make countless decisions: what to eat for a meal, whether to walk or drive to which grocery store,…

The online BA degree completion program in Economics provides students with an intensive knowledge of the theory and practice of economics, with an emphasis on the analysis of contemporary policy challenges of Hawaiʻi and the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region.   Students study a wide range of current economic policy issues and learn theoretical and […]

The online BA degree completion program in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies provides students a thorough background in contemporary interdisciplinary scholarship in feminist and gender studies.   Classes are held in a 16-week semester format. Qualifying students can have dual admissions and dual enrollment with UHM through the UH Kaʻieʻie Program.   Women, Gender & […]

This course will focus on the uses of statistical methods to improve health and human services systems.  The substantive focus of the course will be understanding how methods can be used to study: Changes in drivers of trajectories in individuals' health outcomes…