University of Hawaii at Hilo Catalog 2011-2012

General Education Core: Area Requirements (All Majors)

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These requirements apply effective Fall 2011. Students may choose to graduate under the requirements in force at the time they entered the UH System , provided there has not been a break in enrollment (more than 1 semester, excluding summer) when they entered UH Hilo, or when they graduate. For more information, see the Catalog Choice and Retroactivity policy: hilo.hawaii.edu/policies/documents/Catalog_copy_and_retroactivity.pdf.

  1. No course may be counted for more than one General Education CORE requirement. Students are cautioned that, in a few instances, a single course has been certified for more than one of the General Education Basic or Area Requirements. However, students completing such a course may only receive credit toward a single such requirement. They will be offered their choice of which requirement is satisfied and will be expected to fulfill the other requirement(s) with other courses.
  2. Courses which meet both major requirements and General Education Core or Integrative requirements may be simultaneously counted for both. (Courses are not excluded from meeting the UH Hilo General Education requirements solely because they also may be required for a major.)
  3. Courses which are certified for a General Education Core requirement and an Integrative requirement may be simultaneously counted for both.

1. Humanities Electives (6 semester hours)

Students select one semester course in one area and a second semester course in a different area. These courses use the terminology of the visual, performing, or creative arts; or of the study of philosophy, language, communication, or religion; or of literary representations.

  • ART 101 — Introduction to Visual Arts
  • ART 109 — Introduction to Drawing & Painting
  • ART 270 — Aspects of Western Art
  • ART 280 — Aspects of Asian Art
  • BIOL/PHIL 392 — Biology & Philosophy
  • CHNS 101 — Elementary Chinese I
  • CHNS 102 — Elementary Chinese II
  • COM 270 — Introduction to Theories of Human Communication
  • DRAM 271 — Introduction to Theatre
  • DNCE 251 — Introduction to Dance
  • ENG 200A, B, C, D, E, F — Introduction to Literary Genres
  • ENG/WS 201 — Global Cinema
  • ENG/WS 202 — Literature of Human Rights
  • ENG/WS 204 — Introductory Race/Gender Film Studies
  • ENG 205 — Hawaiʻi on Screen
  • ENG/WS 206 — Introduction to Popular Culture
  • ENG 253 — World Literature: Class – 17th Cent
  • ENG 254 — World Literature: 17th Cent – Pres
  • ENG/WS 257 — Multicultural Literature
  • ENG 275 — Literature of the Earth
  • ENG 286A — Introduction to Fiction Writing
  • ENG 286B — Introduction to Poetry Writing
  • ENG 289 — The Rhetoric of Food
  • ENG 290 — Literature and Medicine
  • ENG 323 — The Literature of Hawaiʻi
  • ENG 345 — Children & Literature
  • ENG/WS 423 — Post-Colonial Literature
  • ENG 430 — Pacific Islands Literature
  • FR 101 — Elementary French I
  • FR 102 — Elementary French II
  • HAW 101/107 — Elementary Hawaiian I
  • HAW 102/107 — Elementary Hawaiian II
  • HAW 201/207 — Intermediate Hawaiian I
  • HAW 202/207 — Intermediate Hawaiian II
  • HWST/MUS 176 — History & Development of Hawaiian Music
  • HWST 211 — Hawaiian Ethnobotany
  • HWST 213 — Hawaiian Ethnozoology
  • JPNS/JPST 101 — Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS/JPST 102 — Elementary Japanese II
  • JPNS/JPST 201 — Intermediate Japanese I
  • JPNS/JPST 202 — Intermediate Japanese II
  • JPST/JPNS 382 — Gender & Minority Issues in Japanese Comics
  • JPST/JPNS/DRAM 383 — Japanese Theatre & Performance
  • JPST/JPNS 385 — Postwar Japan thru Film/Literature
  • LING 102 — Introduction to Linguistics
  • LING 412 — Discourse Analysis
  • MUS 176 — History and Development of Hawaiian Music
  • PHIL 100 — Introduction to Western Philosophy
  • PHIL 101 — Intro to Eastern Philosophy
  • PHIL 209 — Reasoning
  • PHIL 211 — History of Ancient Philosophy
  • PHIL 213 — History of Modern Philosophy
  • PHIL 220 — Social Ethics
  • PHIL 230 — Belief, Knowledge & Truth
  • PHIL 300 — History of Indian Philosophy
  • PHIL 301 — History of Chinese Philosophy
  • PHIL 302 — History of Buddhist Philosophy
  • PHIL 310 — Metaphysics
  • PHIL 315 — Ethical Theory
  • PHIL 323 — Professional Ethics
  • PHIL 330 — Philosophy of Art
  • PHIL 340 — Philosophy of Religion
  • PHIL 381 — Philosophy of Wittgenstein
  • PHIL 390 — History & Philosophy of Science
  • PHIL/WS 393 — Normality, Abnormality & Society
  • PHIL/JPST 430 — Philosophy of Zen
  • PHIL 435 — Philosophy of Tao
  • PHIL/JPST 450 — Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy
  • SPAN 101 — Elementary Spanish I
  • SPAN 102 — Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN 201 — Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN 202 — Intermediate Spanish II
  • SPAN/WS 368 — Latin American Women’s Literature
  • WS 393 — Normality, Abnormality, & Society

2. Social Sciences Electives (6 semester hours)

Students select one semester course in one area and a second semester course in a different area. These courses use the terminology of theories, structures, or processes in the social or psychological sciences and engage students in the systematic study of human behavior, both social and individual.

  • ANTH 100 — Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH 110 — Archaeology
  • ANTH/WS 320 — Cross-Cultural Study of Women
  • ANTH/WS 324 — Culture, Sex & Gender
  • ANTH 372 — Culture through Film
  • ANTH 385 — Hawaiian & Pacific Prehistory
  • ANTH 389 — Cultural Resource Management
  • BUS 100 — Introduction to Business
  • ECON 100 — Introduction to Economics
  • ECON 130 — Introduction to Microeconomics
  • ECON 131 — Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • ECON 340 — Money & Banking
  • GEOG 102 — Geography of World Cultural Regions
  • GEOG 103 — Geography & Contemporary Society
  • GEOG 105 — Geography of United States
  • GEOG 107 — Hawaiʻi in the Pacific
  • GEOG/WS 430 — Gender, Place and Environment
  • HIST 151 — World History: To 1500
  • HIST 152 — World History: From 1500
  • HIST 274 — History of Hawaiʻi
  • HIST 316 — Pacific History I: To 1900
  • HIST 317 — Pacific History II: From 1900
  • HON 100 — Opening Colloquium
  • HWST 111 — Hawaiian ʻOhana
  • MGT 333 — International Business Management
  • NURS 350 — Transcultural Care & Health Promotion
  • NURS 457 — Collaborative Health Care, Leadership
  • POLS 101 — American Politics: National
  • POLS 220 — Introduction to Legal Systems
  • POLS 242 — Introduction to World Politics
  • POLS 251 — Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLS 331 — Presidency & Congress
  • POLS/WS 341 — Women & War
  • POLS 351 — Politics of China
  • POLS/JPST 353 — Politics of Japan
  • POLS 360 — Public Administration
  • POLS 391 — Internship
  • PSY 100 — Survey of Psychology
  • PSY 312 — Evaluation Research
  • PSY 323 — Community Psychology
  • PSY 390 — Industrial & Organizational Psychology
  • PSY 445 — Practicum in Psychology
  • PSY 475 — Asian American Psychology
  • SOC 100 — Principles of Sociology
  • SOC 240 — Social Psychology
  • SOC 260 — Social Problems
  • SOC 280 — Statistical Reasoning
  • SOC 280L — Lab in Statistical Reasoning
  • SOC 480 — Practicum in Social Research
  • WS 151 — Introduction to Women’s Studies
  • WS 341 — Women & War
  • WS 357 — Women & Religion
  • WS 430 — Gender, Place & Environment

3. Natural Sciences Electives (7 semester hours, including 1 ­semester hour of laboratory)

Students select one semester course in one area and a second semester course with its corresponding lab in a different area. These courses use the terminology of computational, physical or biological sciences and include knowledge and theories of the computational, physical or biological sciences. Additional courses may be certified.

Certified lecture courses with certified labs

  • ASTR 110 and 110L — General Astronomy and Lab
  • BIOL 101 and 101L — General Biology and Lab
  • CHEM 114 and 114L — Introductory Chemistry and Lab
  • CHEM 124 and 124L — General Chemistry I and Lab
  • CHEM 125 and 125L — General Chemistry II and Lab
  • GEOL 100 and 100L — Environmental Earth Science and Lab
  • GEOL 111 and 111L — Understanding the Earth and Lab
  • MARE 140 and 140L — Introduction to Hawaiian Coral Reefs and Lab
  • MARE/BIOL 171 and 171L — Marine Biology – Diversity and Lab
  • MARE 201 and 201L — Oceanography and Lab

Certified lecture courses without labs

  • AG 100 — Introduction to Agricultural Sciences
  • AG 230 — Sustainable Agriculture
  • ANSC 175 — Animal Behavior
  • ASTR 180 — Principles of Astronomy I
  • BIOL/MARE 156 — Natural History & Conservation of the Hawaiian Islands
  • CS 100 — Principles of Computer Science
  • CS 101 — Digital Tools for the Informational World
  • CS 102/MATH 111 — MS Office Tools for Math & Science
  • CS 130 — Beginning Graphics, Game Programming
  • CS 135 — Animation Programming
  • CS 150 — Introduction to Computer Science I
  • CS 201 — Web Technology II
  • ENSC 100 — Introduction to Environmental Science
  • GEOL 205 — Geology of Hawaiian Isle
  • GEOL 300 — Advanced Environmental Earth Science
  • KES 206 — Basic Human Movement
  • KES 207 — Basic Human Nutrition
  • MARE 110 — Current Issues in Marine Science
  • MARE 172 — Marine Biology-Cellular
  • MARE 282 — Global Change
  • MARE 310 — The Atoll Ecosystem
  • MATH 100 — Survey of Math
  • MATH 104 — Precalculus Math
  • MATH 104F — Precalculus I: Functions
  • MATH 104G — Precalculus II: Trigonometry & Geometry
  • MATH 115 — Applied Calculus
  • MATH 121 — Introduction to Statistics & Probability
  • MATH 205 — Calculus I
  • MATH 206 — Calculus II
  • MATH 231 — Calculus III
  • PHYS 115 — Physics for Liberal Arts
  • PHYS/GEOG 120 — Weather & Climate of Hawaiʻi
  • QBA 260 — Business Statistics