Kūʻokoʻa Informational Session Recording
Application Deadline- February 1

(site updated- 12/4/2024)

Kūʻokoʻa, meaning independence, refers to the ability of communities to care for resources at the local level. This certificate name references two key ancestors, sustaining like the ʻai okoʻa (cooked kalo), and providing a space of shelter like the koʻa (coral), seeding abundance across the pae ʻāina and inspiring ideas and collaboration within the university.


The Kū‘oko‘a ‘Āina Based Leadership graduate certificate is a 16-credit program designed to cultivate aloha ‘āina leaders connected to and caring for Hawai‘i’s ‘āina (land and resources) using interdisciplinary skills grounded in a strong foundation of ‘ike kūpuna (ancestral knowledge). This graduate certificate is designed for individuals interested in or professionals already working in mālama ʻāina fields.

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