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.

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.
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.)
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
CHNS 107 Accelerated Elementary Chinese
COM 100 Human Communication in a Diverse Society
COM 270 Introduction to Theories of Human Communication
DNCE 251 Introduction to Dance
DNCE 419 Dance in Education
DRAM 271 Introduction to Theatre
DRAM 419 Drama in Education
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 355 Women in Modern Literature and Film
ENG/WS 423 Post-Colonial Literature
ENG 430 Pacific Islands Literature
ENG 462 Shakespeare II
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 175 Intro. to Music of Polynesia
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 107 Accelerated Elementary Japanese
JPNS/JPST 201 Intermediate Japanese I
JPNS/JPST 202 Intermediate Japanese II
JPST/JPNS 382 Gender & Minority Issues in Japanese Comics
JPNS/JPST/ENG 365 Japanese Literature in English
JPST/JPNS/DRAM 383 Japanese Theatre & Performance
JPST/JPNS 385 Postwar Japan thru Film/Literature
KHAW 103 First Level Trans Hawaiian Immersion
KHAW 104 First Level Partial Hawaiian Immersion
KHAW 108 Accel First Level Hawaiian Immersion
KHAW 133 First level Hawaiian for Speakers
KHAW 203 Second Level Univ. Hawaiian Immersion
KHAW 204 Second Level Univ. Hawaiian Immersion
KHAW 208 Accel Second Level Univ. Hawaiian Immersion
KHAW 233 Second Level Hawaiian for Speakers
LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics
LING 133 Elem. Indigenous Language
LING 233 Intermediate Indigenous Language
LING 412 Discourse Analysis
MUS 141 Computer Music
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
COM 270 Introduction to Theories of Human Communication
ECON 100 Introduction to Economics
ECON 130 Introduction to Microeconomics
ECON 131 Introduction to Macroeconomics
ECON 340 Money & Banking
ECON 416 Asian-Pacific Economic Integration
ED 210 Introduction to Teaching
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 312 Food and Societies
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
LING 432 Critical Applied Linguistics
MGT 333 International Business Management
NURS 350 Transcultural Care & Health Promotion
NURS 457 Collaborative Health Care, Leadership
POLS 101 American Politics: National
POLS 101G American Politics: Nat’l Citizenship
POLS 201 Intro to Political Theory
POLS 220 Introduction to Legal Systems
POLS 242 Introduction to World Politics
POLS 251 Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS 304 Liberalism and Globalism
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 352 Gender and Sexuality
WS 357 Women & Religion
WS 430 Gender, Place & Environment

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

Students select one semester course in one area and a second semester course with its associated 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
BIOL 275 and 275L Fundamentals of Microbiology 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
AGBU 110 Microcomputing for Agriculture
ANSC 175 Animal Behavior
AQUA 262 Introduction to Aquaculture
ASTR 180 Principles of Astronomy I
BIOL/MARE 156 Natural History & Conservation of the Hawaiian Islands
CHEM 100/111 and 100L/111L Chemistry for Non-Science Majors
CHEM 141 Survey of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry
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
CS 282 Computer Competency for Business
ENSC 100 Introduction to Environmental Science
GEOG 101 Geography and the Natural Environment
GEOL 170 Volcanoes and Earthquakes
GEOL 205 Geology of Hawaiian Isle
GEOL 300 Advanced Environmental Earth Science
HORT 262 Principles of Horticulture
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
NRES 196 Introduction to Natural Resource Management
PHYS 110 Physics of Contemporary Issues
PHYS 115 Physics for Liberal Arts
PHYS/GEOG 120 Weather & Climate of Hawaiʻi
QBA 260 Business Statistics

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