The University of Hawai?i-West O?ahu (UHWO), is a public university and one of ten branches of the University of Hawai?i system. It offers baccalaureate degrees in liberal arts and professional studies. Hawaii-West Oahu opened in January 1976, and since 1981 has been fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Until 2007 the school offered only third- and fourth-year courses, and became a four-year university in that year.
A new campus opened in August 2012 for the 2012-2013 school year. The school was formerly near Leeward Community College, and moved just over 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west-southwest, to East Kapolei.
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Academics
Bachelor of Arts degrees are offered in accounting, anthropology, emergency management, early childhood education, economics, English, business administration, public administration, Hawaiian-Pacific studies, health administration, history, justice administration, marketing, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. The university also offers a bachelor of education in primary education and bachelor of applied science degrees in respiratory care, computer networking technology and culinary management. Certificate programs are offered in forensic anthropology, disaster preparedness & emergency management, health administration and substance abuse & addictions studies. The university offers baccalaureate degrees through distance learning programs in collaboration with University and Education Centers located on every Hawaiian island.
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Campus overview
The student to faculty ratio is 24:1.
The tuition is among the lowest university tuition in the nation. The campus houses 1140 undergraduate students, consisting of 72.2% of women and 27.8% of men.
Recognitions and awards
The University of Hawaii-West Oahu was included on the 2010 List of Military Friendly Schools.
In 2009 the school was awarded a federal grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to create a recovery center and service learning programs in the Leeward community of Wai?anae.
In the same year UHWO faculty received a grant from the National Park Service to conduct research on the World War II-era Honouliuli internment site in west O?ahu.
References
External links
- Media related to University of Hawaii-West Oahu at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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