Brigham Young University Hawaii is a private college in Laie, Hawaii, United States. It is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU Hawaii was founded in 1955 and it became a satellite campus of Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1974. In 2004, it was made a separate institution. The college's sole focus is on undergraduate education.
BYU–Hawaii offers 37 bachelor's degree programs, with a 16:1 student/faculty ratio. The school also offers a few unique majors, including Hawaiian Studies, International Business Management, Pacific Islands Studies, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
In Fall 2018, BYU–Hawaii restructured its academic organization from four colleges to seven faculty units. The programs under the former colleges were divided among the following seven faculty units:
- Arts & Letters: Communication, Media, and Culture, English, Film, Visual Arts
- Business & Government: Accounting, Business Management, Entrepreneurship, Political Science, Hospitality & Tourism Management
- Culture, Language & Performing Arts: Anthropology and Cultural Sustainability, Hawaiian Studies, History, Integrated Humanities, Intercultural Peacebuilding, Music, Pacific Island Studies, Theatre, World Languages
- Education & Social Work: English as an International Language, Social Work, Teacher Education, TESOL
- Math & Computing: Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics
- Religious Education
- Sciences: Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Exercise and Sport Science, Psychology, Physical Science, Physics
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