General Education Core: Diversification Requirements (All Majors)

Courses are certified for a period of five years to meet specific categories of the General Education requirements and the Integrative requirements for a Bachelor's degree. Courses and the effective year each was certified to meet either a General Education or Integrative requirement are listed below by course alpha, number, title and effective year. For more information, see the Catalog Choice and Retroactivity policy.

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 Diversification and Structural 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 Diversification requirement and an Integrative requirement may be simultaneously counted for both.

1. Arts/Humanities/Literature (6 semester hours, from two categories)

These courses use the terminology of the visual, performing, or creative arts; or of the study of philosophy, language, communication, or religion; or of literary representations.

These courses are also listed on the DA, DH, DL: Arts, Humanities, Literatures website.

Select two courses (from different categories):

DA: Arts

ART 112 Introduction to Digital Media (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ART 121 FP Studio: Beg Drawing (3) (effective Fall 2021)
DNCE 150 Intro To Dance (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 160 Ballet I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 170 BegContemp Dance/Hawaiʻi Themes (3) (effective Fall 2022)
DNCE 180 Jazz Dance I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 190 Modern Dance I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 260 Ballet II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 270 IntContempDance Hawaiʻi/Themes (3) (effective Fall 2022)
DNCE 280 Jazz Dance II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 290 Modern Dance II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 360 Ballet III (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 371 Choreography (3) (effective Fall 2021)
DNCE 459 Topics in Dance (1–3) (effective Fall 2020)
DNCE 460 Ballet IV (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DNCE 475 Dance Hawaiʻi Performance Group (3) (effective Fall 2022)
DRAM 221 Beginning Acting I (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 222 Beginning Acting II (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 280 Basic Stagecraft (3) (effective Fall 2021)
DRAM/ENG 318 Playwriting (3) (effective Fall 2018)
DRAM 321 Styles Of Acting (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 322 Acting Shakespeare (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 330 Stage Management (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 421 Acting Troupe (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 430 Directing (3) (effective Fall 2020)
DRAM 490 Lyric Theatre (3) (effective Fall 2020)
ENG 286A Intro to Fiction Writing (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 286B Intro to Poetry Writing (3) (effective Fall 2018)
HWST 181A Indig Leadership thru Hula I (3) (effective Fall 2022)
HWST 181E Indig Leadership thru Hula I (3) (effective Fall 2022)
JPNS/JPST 340 Japanese Composition (3) (effective Fall 2021)
MUS 108 Fundamentals of Western Music (3) (Formerly offered as MUS 180 prior to Fall 2019) (effective Fall 2018)
MUS 114 University Chorus (3) (Formerly offered as MUS 102 prior to Fall 2019) (effective Fall 2018)
MUS 195 Contemporary Island Music (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MUS 404 Kapili Choir (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MUS 419 Music in Education (3) (effective Fall 2020)

DH: Humanities

ART 360 Renaissance and Baroque Art (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ART 374 Art of the 19th Century (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ART 380 Art Of China (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ART/JPST 381 Art Of Japan (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ART 392 New Media Art Seminar (3) (effective Fall 2021)
CHNS 100 Easy Chinese for Everyone (1) (effective Fall 2022)
CHNS 101 Elementary Chinese I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
CHNS 102 Elementary Chinese II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
CHNS 201 Intermediate Chinese I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
CHNS 240 CHN Culture in Sports Pastimes (1) (effective Fall 2022)
CHNS 280 Introduction to CHNS Culture (3) (effective Fall 2021)
CHNS 330 CH Culture via Classical Music (3) (effective Fall 2021)
CHNS 350 Chinese Folklore and Symbolism (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHNS 360 Chinese Culture through Film (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHNS 381 Chns Cult thru Arch & Garden (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHNS 385 Chinese Archaeology (3) (effective Fall 2021)
CHNS 387 CHNS Zen Temple Gardens in JPN (3) (effective Fall 2021)
CHNS 430 Cultural Exchange on Silk Road (3) (effective Fall 2021)
CHNS 440 Asian Architecture and Culture (3) (effective Fall 2021)
DRAM/SOC 243 Drama of Hawaiʻi & the Pacific (3) (effective Fall 2020)
ELI 201 Academic Oral Communication 2 (4) (effective Fall 2020)
ELI 203 Academic Reading Strategies 2 (4) (effective Fall 2020)
ELI 204 Rhetorical Writing Styles 2 (4) (effective Fall 2020)
ENG/COM 285 Introduction to Media Writing (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ENG 287 Introduction to Rhetoric (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 289 The Rhetoric of Food (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 314 Advanced Multimedia Writing (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ENG/LING 350 Second Lang Acquisition Theory (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ENG 388 Global Englishes (3) (effective Fall 2020)
ENG 484 ESL Materials & Methods (3) (effective Fall 2021)
FIL 330 Filipino Films (3) (effective Fall 2018)
FIL 431 Phils and the Malay World (3) (effective Fall 2020)
HAW 101 Elementary Hawaiian I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
HAW 102 Elem Hawaiian II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
HWST 125 Hawaiʻi Sustainable Dev Goals I (3) (effective Fall 2022)
HWST 126 HI Sustainable Dev Goals II (3) (effective Fall 2022)
HWST/MUS 175 Intro Music Of Polynesia (3) (effective Fall 2018)
HWST/MUS 176 Hist & Dev Of Hawn Music (3) (effective Fall 2018)
HWST 211 Hawaiian Ethnobotany (3) (effective Fall 2018)
HWST 213 Hawaiian Ethnozoology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 101 Elementary Japanese I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 101S Elementary Japanese I, Special (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 102 Elementary Japanese II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS 102S Elementary Japanese II Special (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 201 Intermediate Japanese I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 202 Intermediate Japanese II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 280 Introduction to Japan (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 301 Third-Year Japanese I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 302 Third-Year Japanese II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 359 Japanese in Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST/WS 361 Girls and Women in Japan (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 370 Lang, Cul & Identity of Japan (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 380 Japanese Mythology in Film (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 382 Gender & Disability in Manga (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST/DRAM 383 Japanese Theatre & Performance (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST/WS 384 Gender & Japanese Performance (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 422 Japanese Teaching Practicum (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/JPST 451 Structure Of Japanese I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 103 First Lvl Trans Hawn Immersion (4) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 104 First Lvl Partial Hawn Immers (4) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 108 Accel First Lvl Hawn Immersion (8) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 133 First Lvl Hawn for Speakers (4) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 203 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 204 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 208 Accel Sec Lvl Univ Hawn Immers (8) (effective Fall 2018)
KHAW 233 Second Level Hawn for Speakers (4) (effective Fall 2018)
KPSY 341 Ulu Ke Keiki (3) (effective Fall 2021)
LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 133A Elem Indig Lang: Systematic (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 133B Elem Indig Langs: Navaho (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 133C Elem Indig Langs: Chuukese (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 133D Elem Indig Langs: Yupik (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 133E Elem Indig Langs: Samoan (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 133F Elem Indig Langs: Other (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 233A Inter Indig Langs: Systematic (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 233B Inter Indig Langs: Navaho (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 233C Inter Indig Langs: Chuukese (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 233D Inter Indig Langs: Yupik (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 233E Inter Indig Langs: Samoan (3) (effective Fall 2018)
LING 233F Inter Indig Langs: Other (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MUS 106 Intro to Music Literature (3) (effective Fall 2021)
MUS 110 Introduction to Jazz (3) (effective Fall 2021)
MUS 367 History of Pop Music (3) (effective Fall 2019)
MUS 400 Topics in Music (3) (effective Fall 2022)
PHIL 101 Intro to Asian Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 209 Reasoning (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 213 History of Modern Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 220 Social Ethics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL/WS 270 Love and Sex (3) (Formerly offered as PHIL 180 prior to Fall 2018) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 300 History of Indian Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 301 Hist Of Chinese Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 302 Hist Of Buddhist Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL/WS 304 Ethics and Cultural Diversity (3) (effective Fall 2021)
PHIL 310 Metaphysics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 313 19th Century Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 315 Ethical Theory (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 320 Social & Political Phil (3) (effective Fall 2021)
PHIL 323 Professional Ethics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 325 Philosophy Of Law (3) (effective Fall 2021)
PHIL 327 Bioethics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 329 Environmental Ethics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 330 Philosophy of Art (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 340 Philosophy Of Religion (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL/KES 355 Philosophy of Sport (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 360 Existentialism (3) (effective Fall 2021)
PHIL 370 Indigenous&American Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL/WS 375 Feminist Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL/JPST 430 Philosophy of Zen (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHIL 435 Daoism (3) (effective Fall 2018)
SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I (4) (effective Fall 2018)
SPAN 202 Interm Spanish II (4) (effective Fall 2018)
SPAN/WS 369 Lat&Glob Docum&Film:Crit Analy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
WS/MUS 359 Music and Activism (3) (effective Fall 2018)

DL: Literature

DRAM 390 Survey Of Drama Literature (3) (effective Fall 2021)
DRAM/ENG 483 Modern/Contemporary Drama (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ENG 200B Intro to Lit Genres: Drama (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 200C Intro to Lit Genres: Poetry (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 200D Intro Lit Genres: Popular Fict (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 200E Lit Genres: Myth/Folklore (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 200F Intro to Lit Genres: Autobiogr (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 201 Global Cinema (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 202 Literature of Human Rights (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 204 Intr Race/Gender Film Studies (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 205 Hawaiʻi on Screen (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ENG/WS 206 Intro to Popular Culture (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 257 Multicultural Literature (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 275 Literature of the Earth (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 323 The Literature of Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG 345 Children & Literature (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 355 Women in Modern Lit & Film (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 423 Post-Colonial Literature (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 431 Fiction Writing (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENG/WS 448 Graphic Novels and Comics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST/ENG 365 Japanese Lit in English (3) (effective Fall 2018)
JPNS/JPST 425 Translation Workshop (3) (effective Fall 2021)
PHIL 211 History of Ancient Philosophy (3) (effective Fall 2018)

2. Social Sciences Electives (6 semester hours)

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 select one course in one area and a second course in a different area, i.e., different course alphas.

These courses are also listed on the DS: Social Sciences website.

DS: Social Science Courses

AJ 101 Intro to Admin of Justice (3) (effective Fall 2020)
ANTH 210 Archaeology (3) (effective Fall 2022)
ANTH/WS 320 Cross-Cultural Study Of Women (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ANTH/WS 324 Culture, Sex And Gender (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ANTH/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)
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)
HIST 284 History of Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2018)
HIST/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/JPST 345 Methods for Teaching Japanese (3) (effective Fall 2021)
JPNS/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 Intro to Political Theory (3) (effective Fall 2018)
POLS 220 Intro to Law and Legality (3) (effective Fall 2018)
POLS 242 Intro To World Politics (3) (effective Fall 2018)
POLS 304 Liberalism and Globalism (3) (effective Fall 2018)
POLS 321 Constitutional Law (3) (effective Fall 2021)
POLS/GEOG 325 Legal Geography (3) (effective Fall 2021)
POLS/WS 327 Law and Identity (3) (effective Fall 2021)
POLS/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/JPST 353 Politics Of Japan (3) (effective Fall 2018)
POLS 360 Public Administration (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)
POLS 481 Government Internship (3–15) (effective Fall 2018)
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)

3. Natural Sciences Electives (7 semester hours, including 1 semester hour of an associated laboratory)

These courses use the terminology of physical or biological sciences and include knowledge and theories of the physical or biological sciences.

To satisfy this requirement, students must take a total of seven credits: 3 credits in DB Biological Science, 3 credits in DP Physical Science, plus 1 credit of DY laboratory.

A list can also be found on the DB, DP, DY: Natural Sciences website.

DB: Biological Science Courses

ANSC 141 Intro To An Science (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ANTH 215 Human Evolution (3) (effective Fall 2021)
AQUA 254 Nutrition of Aquatic Organisms (3) (effective Fall 2021)
ASTR 150 Life in The Universe (3) (effective Fall 2018)
BIOL 101 General Biology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
BIOL/MARE 156 Nat Hist & Conservatn Hawn Isl (3) (effective Fall 2018)
BIOL 275 Fund Microbiology (3) (effective Fall 2018)
ENSC 100 Intro to Environmental Science (3) (effective Fall 2022)
GEOL 112 Hist of the Earth & Its Life (3) (effective Fall 2018)
HORT 262 Princ Of Hort (3) (effective Fall 2018)
KES 207 Basic Human Nutrition (3) (effective Fall 2018)
KES 212 Anatomical Kinesiology (3) (effective Fall 2021)
MARE 110 Current Issues in Marine Sci (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 140 Intro to Hawaiian Coral Reefs (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 171 Marine Biology-Diversity (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 172 Marine Biology-Cellular Proc (3) (effective Fall 2018)

DP: Physical Science Courses

ASTR 110 General Astronomy (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 100 Chemistry and Society (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 141 Surv Organ Chem & Biochem (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 151 Elementary Survey of Chemistry (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 161 General Chemistry I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 162 General Chemistry II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
GEOG 101 Geog & Nat Environ (3) (effective Fall 2018)
GEOL 100 Environmental Earth Science (3) (effective Fall 2018)
GEOL 111 Understanding the Earth (3) (effective Fall 2018)
GEOL 170 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (3) (effective Fall 2018)
GEOL 205 Geology Of Hawaiian Islands (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 201 Oceanography (3) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 282 Global Change (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS/GEOG 120 Weather & Climate Hawaiʻi (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS 151 College Physics I (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS 152 College Physics II (3) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS 170 Gen Phys I: Mechanics (4) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS 272 Gen Phys II: Elec & Magnetism (4) (effective Fall 2018)

DY: Laboratory Science Courses

ASTR 110L Gen Astronomy Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
BIOL 101L Gen Biol Lab (1) (effective Fall 2022)
BIOL 275L Microbiology Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 151L Elementary Survey of Chem Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 161L General Chemistry I Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
CHEM 162L General Chemistry II Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
GEOL 111L Understanding the Earth Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 140L Intro Hawaiian Coral Reefs Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 171L Marine Biology Laboratory (1) (effective Fall 2018)
MARE 201L Oceanography Lab (2) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS 151L College Physics I Lab (1) (effective Fall 2021)
PHYS 152L College Physics II Lab (1) (effective Fall 2021)
PHYS 170L Gen Phys I Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)
PHYS 272L Gen Phys II Lab (1) (effective Fall 2018)