Department of Second Language Studies
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
STUDENT HANDBOOK:
M.A., Advanced Certificate, and Ph.D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
STUDENT HANDBOOK:
M.A., Advanced Certificate, and Ph.D.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Dedication
- Preface
- To SLS Students
Degree Programs- Program Descriptions and Goals
Faculty
Orientation
Courses- Course Descriptions (core and elective)
- Course Loads
- Directed Reading/Research (SLS 699V)
- Directed Studies (SLS 500)
- Electives
- Summer Session
- Teaching Practicum (SLS 690)
Progress in Programs- Advancement to Candidacy
- Language Experience Requirement (MA)
- Foreign Languages Requirement (PhD)
- Scholarly Paper Requirement (MA Plans B and C; Advanced Graduate Certificate)
- MA Theses
- PhD Dissertation Information
Financial Support- Financial Support Policies and Procedures
- Graduate Assistantships (GA-ships)
- Scholarships and Funds
- Ruth Crymes Scholarship Fund
- Charlene J. Sato Fund
- Rickard Fellowships
- Elizabeth Holmes-Carr Scholarship Fund
- Achievement Scholarship Tuition Awards
Employment Opportunities
ESL Programs
Policies- Academic Honesty
- Auditing Courses
- Changing Degree Plans
- Concurrent/Consecutive Master‘s Degrees (“Double Degrees”)
- Continuing Enrollment Policy and Leaves of Absence
- Credit-No Credit Option
- Exemptions
- Grades
- Grade Point Ratio (GPR=GPA)
- Human Studies Guidelines
- Incompletes
- Observing Classes
- Residence Requirements
- Transfer of Credits
Forms
Organizations- At UHM
- GSO (Graduate Student Organization)
- HATESL (Hawai‘i Association for Teachers of English as a Second Language)
- Hawai‘i TESOL
- HALT (Hawai‘i Association of Language Teachers)
- National/International
Research in the Department of SLS- Research Centers
- Center for Second Language Research (CSLR)
- National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)
- Charlene J. Sato Center for Pidgin, Creole and Dialect Studies (Sato Center)
- Pilot Korean Flagship Program (KFP)
- Research on ESL Instruction on Campus (Classes for Experimentation)
- Research in the DSLS
- Human Studies Guidelines (see "Policies" section of this Handbook)
Resources- Audio/Visual Equipment and Supplies
- Career Placement Services, UH-M
- Department Office
- Departmental Supplies
- Language Analysis and Experimentation Labs (LAE Labs)
- Libraries
- SLS-Linguistics Reading Room
Department Publications
Further Information