Great ideas need a great foundation
Have an idea you want to make into a business, but don’t know where to start, how to finance or manage costs, promote, or know the legal issues? Get started here. Windward Community College’s Liberal Arts AA degree puts a focus on entrepreneurship, providing you with the basic tools and knowledge to help you turn your ideas into a successful business.
Through a series of 8-week classes and financial support from the Kawaiaulu Scholarship for one full year, students are offered the experience of getting ready to start a business.
Information Sessions
Learn how to apply and register for classes, Kawaiaulu Scholarship opportunity, and course offerings. Get all your questions answered.
Get started with the Kawaiaulu Scholarship
The one-year scholarship package* includes:
- Three semesters of full-tuition support
- Help applying for financial aid for 2nd year
- Materials and supplies for class projects and hands-on learning
- Technology (laptops available to loan)
- On-campus jobs available
- Supportive environment: free lunches, tutoring, childcare options
Why earn the Liberal Arts AA degree–Entrepreneurship?
- Confidence in knowing steps to begin a business
- Creativity–creating your own business
- Gain basic knowledge of business and accounting
- Gain basic knowledge in marketing and online commerce
- Training and a college degree is attractive when applying for business loans
- Hands-on experience creating food entrepreneurship products, marketing, business plan making and foundations for your home business
- One-year Kawaiaulu Scholarship saving you $3,930 and more!
- Halfway toward the 4-year bachelor’s degree
Course Plan (Two Years)
Cohorts of 20 participants will go through a series of 8-week classes together, focusing on two classes at a time.
| Spring 2022 | Course |
|---|---|
| Week 1–8 | BUS 122: Intro to Entrepreneurship |
| ECON 130: Principles of Microeconomics | |
| Week 9–16 | HWST 107: Hawaiʻi: Center of the Pacific |
| ECON 131: Principles of Macroeconomics | |
| Seminar on hot topic in Entrepreneurship | |
| Summer 2022 | Course |
| Week 1–6 | MATH 115: Introduction to Statistics and Probability |
| Week 7–14 | Web Design and Social Media |
| Seminar on hot topic in Entrepreneurship | |
| Fall 2022 | Course |
| Week 1–8 | ICS 203: Digital Image Editing |
| ENG 100: Composition I | |
| Week 9–16 | ENG 209: Business Writing (Writing Intensive coursework with business focus) |
| Seminar on hot topic in Entrepreneurship | |
| Spring 2023 | Course |
| Week 1–8 | BLAW 200: Legal Environment of Business |
| HIST 151: World History to 1500 | |
| Week 9–16 | SP 251: Principles of Effective Public Speaking-WI |
| HIST 152: World History since 1500 | |
| Seminar on hot topic in Entrepreneurship | |
| Summer 2023 | Course |
| Week 1–6 | OCN 120: Global Environmental Challenges |
| Week 7–14 | BIO 106/L: ʻOno Cooking & Food Science |
| Fall 2023 | Course |
| Week 1–8 | ACCT 252: QuickBooks |
| ACC 201: Intro to Financial Accounting | |
| Week 9–16 | FIN 150: Personal Finance |
| ACC 202: Intro to Managerial Accounting | |
| Seminar on hot topic in Entrepreneurship |
For more information, contact:
Justin (Ha‘aheo) Pagan
808-235-7460
paganj@hawaii.edu
