Curricula
The purpose of the College of Arts and Sciences is to provide quality education in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as a select group of high quality professional and pre-professional programs.
The College of Arts and Sciences offers baccalaureate degrees in the following academic majors:
Field | Masters | BA | BS | Minor | Cert. |
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Administration of Justice | BA | ||||
Anthropology | BA | Minor | |||
Art | BA | Minor | |||
Communication | BA | Minor | |||
Counseling Psychology | MA | ||||
Education | MAT, MEd | Cert | |||
English | BA | Minor | |||
Geography and Environmental Science | BA | Minor | Cert | ||
Global Engagement Certificate | Cert | ||||
Heritage Management | MA | ||||
History | BA | Minor | |||
International Studies | Cert | ||||
Japanese Studies | BA | Minor | |||
Liberal Studies | BA | ||||
Pacific Islands Studies | Cert | ||||
Performing Arts | BA | Cert | |||
Philosophy | BA | Minor | |||
Political Science | BA | Minor | |||
Psychology | BA | ||||
Sociology | BA | Minor | |||
Gender and Women's Studies | BA | Minor |
Classes at the College of Arts and Sciences frequently conduct field studies at various sites on Hawaiʻi Island. Archaeology students participate in investigating ancient Hawaiian sites and artifacts. Geography students explore the island's volcanoes, marine environment and varied ecosystems. Numerous social science courses make use of the wide ethnic heritages represented on the island of Hawai‘i. In the teaching of numerous subjects, the College seeks to make use of Hawai‘i Island and its multi-cultural heritage and physical setting as a miniature continent in the midst of a tropical ocean.
Although the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is isolated from the tensions of the metropolitan environment, the College is not isolated from the world. Many courses at Hilo have a strong international accent. Both the Eastern and Western traditions are studied in courses in philosophy, religion, and history. Languages taught at the college include Korean, Hawaiian, Japanese, and Spanish.
Students in the College of Arts and Sciences have considerable liberty to design, in cooperation with their professors, individualized courses of instruction. Through the "99" sequence of courses, students may undertake directed reading and research. Furthermore, the Liberal Studies Program allows students to design their own majors by combining subjects of study which are demonstrably pertinent to their personal, educational, developmental or career objectives.