General Education Integrative 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.

Writing Intensive Requirement

This section was edited on August 17, 2011—after publication.

Three courses, between 3 to 9 credits total.

Students select three different courses designated “WI,” one of which must be numbered 300 or above. Students should be aware that the requirement is for three separate WI courses, regardless of the number of semester hours earned in each course. A “WI” course is a discipline-specific content course in which writing plays a major, integrated role.

“WI” courses are certified each semester and are labeled as such in the semester course schedule; a list of currently certified “WI” courses is posted at hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/wi/courses.php and is updated each semester.

The WI requirement for transfer students varies depending upon year of entry and transfer credits accepted by UH Hilo. Only after final transfer credit evaluation can it be determined how many WI courses a transfer student must take. The number of WI courses required for transfer students is displayed below.

Status	Freshman	Sophomore	Junior	Senior
No. accepted credit hours	0-24	25-54	55-88	89+
1995-96	2	2	1	0
1996-97 and later	3	3	2	1

For further information, visit hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/wi

Hawaiʻi Pan-Pacific Requirement

One 3-credit course.

Students select one semester course designated “HPP.” These courses investigate major aspects of the culture, language, economy, history, or natural environment of Hawai’i or of another indigenous culture or nation or region of the Pan-Pacific region (Oceania, Asia, the west coast of the Americas). Courses foster critical understanding of different cultural perspectives, values, and world views and the ability to acquire additional knowledge about these.

ANTH 385 — Hawaiian & Pacific Prehistory
ANTH 389 — Cultural Resource Management
ART 280 — Aspects of Asian Art
BIOL/MARE 156 — Natural History & Conservation Hawaiian Islands
CS 135 — Animation Programming
ENG 205 — Hawaiʻi on Screen
ENG 286A — Intro to Fiction Writing
ENG 323 — The Literature of Hawaiʻi
ENG 430 — Pacific Islands Literature
GEOG 107 — Hawaiʻi in the Pacific
GEOG/PHYS 120 — Weather & Climate of Hawaiʻi
GEOL 205 — Geology of Hawaiian Isle
HIST 274 — History of Hawaiʻi
HIST 316 — Pacific History I: To 1900
HIST 317 — Pacific History II: From 1900
HWST 111 — Hawaiian ʻOhana
HWST/MUS 176 — History & Development of Hawaiian Music
HWST 211 — Hawaiian Ethnobotany
HWST 213 — Hawaiian Ethnozoology
JPST/JPNS 382 — Gender & Min Japanese Comics
JPST/JPNS/DRAM 383 — Japanese Theatre & Performance
JPST/JPNS 385 — Postwar Japan thru Film/Literature
LING 442 — Languages in Hawaiʻi
MARE 140 — Introduction to Hawaiian Coral Reefs
MARE 140L — Introductory Hawaiian Coral Reefs Lab
MARE 156 — Natural History and Conservation of the Hawaiian Islands
MARE 310 — The Atoll Ecosystem
MGT 333 — International Business Management
MUS 176 — History & Development of Hawaiian Music
NURS 350 — Transcultural Care & Health Promotion
PHIL 101 — Introduction to Eastern Philosophy
PHIL 300 — History of Indian Philosophy
PHIL 301 — History of Chinese Philosophy
PHIL 302 — History of Buddhist Philosophy
PHIL/JPST 430 — Philosophy of Zen
PHIL 435 — Philosophy of Tao
PHIL 450/JPST 450 — Mahayana Buddhist Philosophy
PHYS 120 — Weather & Climate of Hawaii
POLS 351 — Politics of China
POLS/JPST 353 — Politics of Japan
PSY 323 — Community Psychology
PSY 475 — Asian American Psychology
SOC 480 — Practicum in Social Research

Global and Community Citizenship Requirement

Students select one semester course designated “GCC.” This course allows students to apply knowledge gained from their course of study to the global and/or local communities. These courses will provide first-hand awareness of local and global community and environmental issues and encourage interaction with community, business and/or government sectors in order to effect positive change. Additional courses may be certified.

AG 230 — Sustainable Agriculture
ANTH 389 — Cultural Resource Management
ENG 275 — Literature of the Earth
ENG 323 — The Literature of Hawaiʻi
GEOG/PHYS 120 — Weather & Climate of Hawaiʻi
GEOG/WS 430 — Gender, Place and Environment
GEOL 300 — Advanced Environmental Earth Science
GEOL 370 — Field Methods
MGT 425 — Business Planning for New Ventures
NURS 457 — Collaborative Health Care, Leadership
PHYS 120 — Weather & Climate of Hawaiʻi
POLS 391 — Internship
PSY 445 — Practicum in Psychology
SOC 391 — Internship