Appendix A - Courses for Qualifying Bachelor's or Associate Degrees(a) Courses for which full credit shall be given: (1) Courses in water quality, treatment or distribution. Any number of courses allowed as long as no courses are duplicated.(2) Chemistry of water, a maximum of three semester credits.(3) Water microbiology, up to three semester credits.(4) Engineering courses in the water treatment or distribution fields. Any number of courses allowed as long as no courses are duplicated.(b) Courses for which half credit shall be given: (1) General chemistry, up to twelve semester credits.(2) Biological sciences, including microbiology, pathogenic bacteriology, virology, etc., a maximum of nine semester credits.(3) Mathematics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics, up to twelve semester credits. Does not include basic, introductory, or business mathematics courses.(4) General physics, up to nine semester credits.(5) Engineering courses such as fluid mechanics, and environmental engineering courses not directly related to water treatment or distribution. Any number of courses allowed as long as no courses are duplicated.(c) Courses for which half credit shall be given: (1) Public or business administration courses. Up to nine semester credits in organization, management, finance, supervision, budgeting, etc.(2) Technical writing, a maximum of three semester credits.(3) Public speaking, up to three semester credits. Haw. Code R. tit. 11, subtit. 1, ch. 25, app A
A qualifying bachelor's degree is a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited university in which the applicant has earned at least twenty adjusted semester credits from freshman or higher level courses from the courses listed above.
A qualifying associate degree is an associate degree or higher in which the applicant has earned at least twelve adjusted semester credits from freshman or higher level courses from the courses listed above.