University of Hawaii at Hilo Catalog 2011-2012

General Education Core: Basic 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 of more than one 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 requirements may be simultaneously counted for both.

1. English Composition Requirement (3 semester hours)

Students must successfully complete a first-year writing course. This requirement is met by taking one of the following courses: ENG 100, ENG 100T, ESL 100 or ESL 100T. It is recommended that students complete the English composition requirement within their first 24 semester hours at UH Hilo.

All entering Freshmen, continuing or transfer students without English 100, and all students for whom English is not a native language must take the UH Hilo Writing Placement Examination. It is strongly recommended that students complete the English composition requirement within their first 24 semester hours at UH Hilo.

2. Language Arts (3 semester hours)

Students select a semester course of foreign language study, linguistics or second level English to fulfill this requirement. These courses engage students in the process of constructing, analyzing, and employing language. Additional courses may be certified for this category. These courses are also listed at hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/gened/gl.php.

Select one:

  • CHNS 101 — Elementary Chinese I
  • CHNS 102 — Elementary Chinese II
  • COM 270 — Introduction to Theories of Human Communication
  • CS 200 — Web Technology I
  • ENG/WS 204 — Introduction to Race/Gender Film Studies
  • ENG 205 — Hawaiʻi on Screen
  • ENG/WS 206 — Introduction to Popular Culture
  • ENG/WS 257 — Multicultural Literature
  • ENG 286A — Introduction to Fiction Writing
  • ENG 286B — Introduction to Poetry Writing
  • ENG 290 — Literature & Medicine
  • FIL 101 — Elementary Filipino I
  • 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
  • JPNS/JPST 101 — Elementary Japanese I
  • JPNS/JPST 102 — Elementary Japanese II
  • JPNS/JPST 201 — Intermediate Japanese II
  • JPNS/JPST 202 — Intermediate Japanese II
  • LING 102 — Introduction to Linguistics
  • SPAN 101 — Elementary Spanish I
  • SPAN 102 — Elementary Spanish II
  • SPAN 201 — Intermediate Spanish I
  • SPAN 202 — Intermediate Spanish II

3. Quantitative Reasoning (6 semester hours)

Students select a semester course of math and a second semester course of math, statistics or symbolic reasoning to fulfill this requirement. These courses enable students to understand the use of mathematical or symbolic concepts and require students to develop skills in chains of reasoning from data to conclusions. These courses are also listed at hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/gened/gq.php

Select two:

  • ASTR 180 — Principles of Astronomy I
  • CS 102/MATH 111 — MS Office Tools for Math and Science
  • ECON 131 — Introduction to Macroeconomics
  • ECON 340 — Money & Banking
  • 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
  • PHIL 345 — Symbolic Logic
  • QBA 260 — Business Statistics
  • SOC 280/280L — Statistical Reasoning/Lab

4. World Cultures (6 semester hours)

Students select two semester courses. These courses offer a broad, integrated anlysis of cultural, economic, political, scientific, philosophical, religious and social developments that recognizes the diversity of human societies, diverse cultural traditions and cross-cultural interaction.

Select two:

  • AG 230 — Sustainable Agriculture
  • ANTH 100 — Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH/WS 320 — Cross-Cultural Study of Women
  • ANTH/WS 324 — Culture, Sex, and Gender
  • ANTH 372 — Culture through Film
  • ENG/WS 201 — Global Cinema
  • ENG/WS 202 — Literature of Human Rights
  • ENG 253 — World Literature: Class – 17th Century
  • ENG 254 — World Literature: 17th Cent – Present
  • ENG 275 — Literature of the Earth
  • ENG 289 — The Rhetoric of Food
  • GEOG 102 — Geography of World Cultural Regions
  • HIST 151 — World History: To 1500
  • HIST 152 — World History: From 1500
  • POLS 251 — Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • WS 357 — Women and Religion