BACHELOR OF ARTS IN CHAMORU STUDIES

I hinangai-ña i Prugråman Inestudion CHamoru gi Unibetsedåt Guahan na para u susteni yan na’lå’la’ mo’na un kuminidåt CHamoru ni’ tekngo’ gi Fino’ CHamoru. Para u kumple este gi i fina’nå’guen i fihu manmagraduduha na estudiante ni’ mangkapas gi tumutuge’ yan kumuekuentos gi Fino’ CHamoru. Para u mana’saosaonao lokkue’ tåddong na inestudia put Fino’ CHamoru, kotturan/kostrumbren CHamoru yan sisteman manunugo’ ginen hinasson CHamoru. Para u macho’gue este na inaligao siha gi halom i kumunidåt yan para i kumunidåt.

I Prugråman Inestudion CHamoru para u na’dokko’ gi estudiante-ta, iyon-ñiha hinasson mananacha, inagradesi para i meggai na klåsen taotao yan kottura, i direchon i manaotao yan pi’ot i mannatibu, yan i responsiblidåt gi kumunidåt. Para u mana’dokko’ lokkue’ i kapasidåt-ñiha gi hengga yan matuge’ na klåsen inekspresia . I Prugråman Inestudion CHamoru para u kubre meggai na suheto, todu umu’usa tiningo’ put Chinamorro yan i lugat-ña gi hilo’ tåno’ yan gi hestoria. I Prugråma para u ofresi klas siha gi Fino’ CHamoru, Tiningo’ put Taotao, Naturat na Tiningo’, Tinaitai Lepblo, Yeografia, Hestoria, Inestudion Pulitikåt, Tiningo’ put i Hinasson Taotao yan Cho’cho’ Sosiåt.

The mission of the CHamoru Studies Program is to revitalize and sustain a CHamoru-literate community through the development of a steady cohort of proficient CHamoru-speaking and -writing graduates. It shall include in-depth studies of CHamoru language, culture, and CHamoru-based systems of knowledge. Such studies shall be articulated in relation to community engagement.

The CHamoru Studies Program develops students’ critical thinking and appreciation of cultural diversity, human and indigenous rights, and social and communal responsibility. Creative capabilities in the areas of oral and written literary expression are developed. CHamoru Studies is an interdisciplinary program that covers a range of subjects, examining knowledge pertaining to CHamoru identity and culture that draws on courses such as CHamoru Language, Anthropology, Biology, Literature, Geography, History, Political Science, Social Work, and Psychology.

Learning Outcomes

Students enrolled in the CHamoru Studies Program will successfully demonstrate the ability to:

1. Express ideas and analyses fluently and persuasively in both written and oral forms and in both the CHamoru and English languages;
2. Examine major cultural, historical, political, ecological, and literary themes, developments, and events in the Mariana Islands;
3. Evaluate relevant issues in CHamoru Studies within local and global contexts; and
4. Create original and independent work including formulating and proposing a topic of study, locating appropriate evidence, synthesizing information logically and orderly, and conveying findings clearly.