Overview

The Master of Secondary Education - Science offered at Hawai'i Pacific University is based on a standards-driven, field-based, and inquiry-oriented curriculum that employs cutting-edge educational technology to integrate content and pedagogy. Employing an electronic portfolio-based assessment system, university faculty and mentor teachers guide the candidate's progress in achieving professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

What you'll learn

Hawai‘i Pacific University's M.Ed. Program in Secondary Education program prepares candidates to become competent, caring, and professional educators through classroom discussions and clincal practice experiences. Teacher candidates learn in small classes and enjoy individual attention by university faculty and mentor teachers.

Learning outcomes

Graduate faculty at HPU are well-respected teachers and scholars in their respective fields. Because they come to HPU from all parts of the United States, they also bring a wealth of worldly experience to campus. You will find a deep commitment to utilizing educational technology tools at HPU, including access to online periodical databases, a digital portfolio-based web page assessment system, course web-page technology, and state-of-the-art wireless services and high tech classrooms.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

The Professional Educator

Educational Psychology

Educational Research

Culturally-Responsive Education in Hawai'i

Integrated Curriculum: Literacy and Content

Science Curriculum and Instruction

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00

More details

Priority deadlines, graduate applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Language

English

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IELTS

6.5

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Blended, Online

Campus Location

Honolulu, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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General requirements

Application

$55 Application Fee

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Official Transcripts

Prior to admission to the English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and World Languages concentrations, teacher candidates seeking licensure in secondary education must have attained: A passing score on a licensure test adopted by the Hawai‘i Teacher Standards Bord in the content field; or

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification in the content field; or

A content major consisting of minimum of 30 credit hours in the content field for a bachelor's degree awarded by an accredited institution of higher education; or

A minimum of 30 credit hours in the content field from an accredited institution of higher education, at least 15 of which must be upper-division level; or

A master's, specialist, or doctoral degree in the license field awarded by an accredited institution of higher education.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

37080 USD / year

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Out-of-State

37080 USD / year

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Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

37080 USD / year

≈ 37080 USD / year

Living costs

Honolulu

United States

1640 - 2500 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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What you'll learn

Learning outcomes

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Domestic

Living costs

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Funding

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