General Education Requirements

GW. World Cultures Requirement Fall 2011 through Summer 2018

This page is for GE from 2011-2018. For information about the GE program beginning in Fall 2018, please see the GE homepage. See UH Hilo Catalog back issues for descriptions of older courses.

6 semester hours.

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

  • These courses are certified as meeting the World Cultures requirement effective Fall 2011 through Summer 2018.
  • Please note effective dates: a course must have been certified when you took the course to count towards the requirement.
  • Students using catalogs between 2011-2018 who wish to apply the World Cultures requirement to courses not listed on this page must submit a "Request for Modification of Academic Requirement" form which can be found on the Office of the Registrar - Commonly Used Forms page.

Select two:

  • AG 230 Sustainable Agriculture (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ANTH 100 Cultural Anth (effective Fall 2011)
  • ANTH 320 Cross-Cultural Study Of Women (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ANTH 324 Culture, Sex And Gender (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ANTH 372 Culture through Film (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ENG 201 Global Cinema (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ENG 202 Literature of Human Rights (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ENG 253 World Lit: Class-17th Century (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ENG 254 World Lit: 17th Cent-Present (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ENG 275 Literature of the Earth (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • ENG 289 The Rhetoric of Food (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • GEOG 102 World Regional Geography (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • HIST 151 World History to 1500 (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • HIST 152 World History since 1500 (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • POLS 251 Intro to Comparative Politics (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • WS 201 Global Cinema (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • WS 202 Literature of Human Rights (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • WS 320 Cross-Cultural Study Of Women (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • WS 324 Culture, Sex And Gender (3) (effective Fall 2011)
  • WS 357 Women and Religion (3) (effective Fall 2011)