College Resources: Campus Profiles
UH Community Colleges
Windward Community College
As the University’s youngest community college, Windward is a primarily liberal arts transfer institution offering concentrations in business, art, Hawaiian studies, psycho-social development, plant biotechnology and bio-resource management, plant landscaping and agricultural technology. Students benefit from major new facilities, including a new science complex with a state-of-the-art Imaginarium, a humanities and arts complex and the new campus center, which hosues the cafeteria, bookstore, student government and other student services.
Admissions Office
45-720 Keaahala Road
Kaneohe, HI 96744
Phone: (808) 235-7432
Email: wccinfo@hawaii.edu
Website: Windward Campus Home Page
Programs Offered
Arts and Communications
- Art
- If you’re planning on a career in the art world, then the Academic Subject Certificate in Art is designed to provide you with pre-professional training for students planning careers in the fine arts…
- Communication Arts
- The Communication Arts program embraces three areas of study, which are all interrelated: design (visual solutions), print (production skills for print media) and multimedia (online publishing)…
Business
- Business
- The Business, Business Careers or Business Administration programs offered at various community colleges provide education, training and skills upgrading in the field of business…
- Business Technology
- The Business Technology program is designed to prepare you for a wide range of jobs in office settings in business, government and other related industries.
- Hospitality and Tourism
- The Hospitality and Tourism program focuses on developing the skills, knowledge, and attitude needed for success in the hospitality industry, one of the fastest growing industries in Hawai‘i.
Health Services
- Nurse Aide
- The nursing career-laddered program provides preparation for students to become a nurse’s aide, an adult residential care home operator
Industrial & Engineering Technology
- Facilities Engineering Technology or Facilities Management
- The Facilities Engineering Technology and the Facilities Maintenance programs are specifically designed to prepare students with the basic entry-level skills necessary to enter the building maintenance occupation for employment…
Public & Human Services
- Education
- Want to become a teacher? Pre-education programs at the community colleges prepare you either for employment as an educational assistant or for transfer to a baccalaureate teacher education program degree programs at four-year universities.
- Food Service - Culinary Arts, Baking and Patisserie
- If you’re interested in becoming a chef, baker or pastry chef, then the culinary arts program at the community colleges will prepare you for a career in the food service industry.
- Hawaiian Culture or Hawaiian Studies
- The certificate program in Hawaiian Culture or Hawaiian Studies is designed for students wishing to gain a basic background in Hawaiian culture for their educational and employment careers.
- Psycho-Social Developmental Studies
- This Academic Subject Certificate provides pre-professional training for students planning careers in counseling, education, social work, psychology and other human services fields.
- Psychology
- Pre-psychology programs at the community colleges prepare you for the baccalaureate degree programs at four-year universities.
Natural Resources
- Agriculture Technology (Plant Landscaping)
- If you desire entry-level employment in the field of plant landscaping, then you’ll be interested in this program, which offers a Certificate of Completion.
- Bio-Resources and Technology
- This program prepares you to enter Hawai‘i’s job market in bio-related fields. Typical areas include plant biotechnology, diversified agriculture, conservation biology, aquaculture, marine sciences, environmental science/studies, pharmaceuticals, the food industry, and ecotourism.
- Bio-Technician
- Biotechnology is the use of living cells or organisms to produce a product or to improve plants, animals or microorganisms. Applications of biotechnology include pharmaceuticals, agriculture, the diagnosis and prevention of disease, vaccines, forensic and bioremediation.
- Environmental Studies
- If you believe that the quality of human life is dependent upon the quality of our environment and our ability to sustain humanity, then the Environmental Studies program is the answer.