DS: Social Sciences 2018-Current

Diversification Requirement, 6 credits

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.

• Students who wish to apply the Social Sciences requirement to courses not listed on this page must submit a Request for Modification of Academic Requirement (PDF) form which can be found on the Office of the Registrar - Commonly Used Forms page.
• To satisfy this requirement, students must select one course in one area and a second course in a different area, i.e., different course alphas.

Courses Currently Certified:

• AJ 101 Intro to Admin of Justice (3) (effective Fall 2020)
• ANTH 210 Archaeology (3) (effective Fall 2022)
• ANTH 320 /WS 320 Cross-Cultural Study Of Women (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• ANTH 324 /WS 324 Culture, Sex And Gender (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• ANTH 358 /JPST 358 Japanese Immigrants (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• ANTH 372 Culture through Film (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• ANTH 385 Hawn & Pacific Prehistory (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• ANTH 415 Medical Anth (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• BUS 100 Intro To Business (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• BUS 110 Freshmen Business Experience (3) (effective Fall 2023)
• COM 270 Intro to Theories of Human Com (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• ECON 100 Intro To Economics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• ECON 130 Intro To Microeconomics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• ECON 131 Intro To Macroeconomics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• ED 210 Introduction to Teaching (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• FIN 220 Personal Finance (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• GEOG 103 Geog And Contemp Soc (3) (effective Fall 2023)
• GEOG 107 Hawaiʻi in the Pacific (3) (effective Fall 2023)
• HIST 284 History of Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 314 /JPST 314 Hist of Jpn III: 20th Cent-Pre (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 316 19th C. Pacific (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 317 20th C. Pacific (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 318 Hist China III: 20th Cent-Pres (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 324 Militarization in the Pacific (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 332 Hawaiian Kingdom (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HIST 427 Environmental History--Pacific (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• HWST 111 Hawaiian ʻOhana (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• JPNS 345 /JPST 345 Methods for Teaching Japanese (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• JPNS 385 /JPST 385 Postwar Japn through Film (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• KES 250 Foundation of Public Health (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• KSOC 342 He ʻOhana Lanakila (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• LING 412 Discourse Analysis (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• LING 432 Critical Applied Linguistics (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• MGT 333 International Business Mgt (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• NURS 350 Transcultural Care & Hlth Prom (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• NURS 457 Ldrshp & Transition to Practic (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 100 Intro to Political Science (3) (effective Fall 2019)
• POLS 101 Am Politics: National (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 201 Politics of the Ordinary (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 220 Law, Politics, & Society (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 242 Intro To World Politics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 304 Cultural Political Theory (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 321 Constitutional Law (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• POLS 325 /GEOG 325 Legal Geography (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• POLS 327 /WS 327 Law and Identity (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• POLS 328 /PHIL 328 Rights (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• POLS 342 International Law (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 343 Int'l Conflict Management (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 346 International Organizations (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 348 International Human Rights (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 351 Politics Of China Through Film (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 353 /JPST 353 Politics Of Japan (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 380 Methods Of Research (3) (Formerly offered as POLS 280) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 391 Internship (3–12) (effective Fall 2018)
• POLS 444 Law, Property, and Nature (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• PSY 100 Survey Of Psy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• PSY 475 Asian American Psychology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• SOC 100 Principles Of Sociology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• SOC 260 Social Problems (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• SOC 280 Statistical Reasoning (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• SOC 280L Lab in Statistical Reasoning (1) (effective Fall 2018)
• SOC 370 Political Economy of Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• SOC 430 Sem in Social Change (3) (effective Fall 2018)
• SOC 480 Practicum in Social Research (3) (effective Fall 2021)
• WS 151 Intro Gender & Women's Studies (3) (effective Fall 2018)

Courses Previously Certified (Please see effective terms listed in parenthesis below):

• ANTH 215 Human Evolution (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• ANTH 389 Cultural Resource Management (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• ANTH 485 Applied Anthropology (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• ECON 340 Money & Banking (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• ECON 416 Asia-Pacific Econ Integration (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2020)
• ENGR 310 Energy Policy Analysis (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021
• FIL 333 Filipinos in Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• FIL 354 /ANTH 354 Filipino Culture (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• GEOG 312 /AG 312 Ag Geog/World Food Prob (3)(effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• GEOG 430 /WS 430 Gender, Place and Environment (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• POLS 101G Am Politics: Ntl Citizenship (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• POLS 331 Presidency And Congress (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• POLS 334 Pol Bvr, Campaigns & Elections (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• POLS 360 Public Administration (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2023)
• POLS 433 Politics, Media & Public Opin (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• POLS 481 Government Internship (3-15) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2023)
• PSY 323 Community Psychology (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• PSY 445 Practicum in Psychology (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• SOC 240 Social Psychology (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• SOC 253 Island, Indigenous & Env Soc (3) (effective Fall 2020 - Summer 2021)
• SOC 320 /WS 321 Stratification & Inequality (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• SOC 363/WS 363 Globalization, Gender, Fashion (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• SOC 414/JPST 414 Global Social Movements & Japan (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)
• WS 352 Gender and Sexuality (3) (effective Fall 2018 - Summer 2021)