Catalog 2019–2020

General Education Core: Foundation Requirements (All Majors)

This is content from the Catalog 2019–2020 back issue. Please visit the current catalog for current information.

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 further information, see the Catalog Choice and Retroactivity policy.

  1. 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.)

1. Written Communication (FW) (3 semester hours)

Written Communication courses introduce students to the rhetorical, conceptual, and stylistic demands of writing at the college level; courses give instruction in composing processes, search strategies, and composing from sources. Courses also provide students with experiences in the library and on the internet and enhance their skills in accessing and using various types of primary and secondary materials.

This requirement is met by taking one of the following courses. These courses are also listed on the FW: Written Communication website.

Select one:

  • ENG 100 Composition I (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 100T Composition with Tutorial (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ESL 100 Composition/Nonnative Speakers (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ESL 100T Composition/Non-nativeTutorial (3) [eff. 2018]

It is recommended that students complete the English composition requirement within their first 24 semester hours at UH Hilo.

Entering students who do not posses an SAT or ACT essay score, transfer students who have not transferred a course equivalent to English 100, and all students who are non-native speakers of English must take the UH Hilo Writing Placement Examination. This will determine into which English course you are placed.

2. Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) (3 semester hours)

Quantitative Reasoning courses develop mathematical reasoning skills at the college level. Students apply mathematical concepts to the interpretation and analysis of quantifiable information in order to solve a wide range of problems arising in pure and applied research in specific disciplines, professional settings, and/or daily life.

These courses are also listed on the FQ. Quantitative Reasoning Requirement website.

Select one:

  • MATH 100 Survey Of Math (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 111 MS Office Tools for Math & Sci (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 115 Intro to Stats and Prob (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 121)
  • MATH 125 Applied Calculus (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 115)
  • MATH 135 Precalc: Elementary Functions (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 104F)
  • MATH 140 Precalc:Trig/Analytic Geometry (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 104G)
  • MATH 140X Precalculus (4) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 104)
  • MATH 241 Calculus I (4) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 205)
  • MATH 242 Calculus II (4) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 206)
  • MATH 243 Calculus III (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 231)

3. Global and Multicultural Perspectives (6 semester hours)

Global and Multicultural Perspectives courses provide thematic treatments of global processes and cross-cultural interactions from a variety of perspectives. Students will gain a sense of human development from prehistory to modern times through consideration of narratives and artifacts from diverse cultures. At least one component of each of these courses will involve the indigenous cultures of Hawaiʻi, the Pacific, or Asia.

To satisfy this requirement, students must take a total of six credits: the six credits must come from two different groups comprised of FGA, FGB, or FGC.

These courses are also listed on the FG: Global and Multicultural Perspectives website

FGA Group A: Prehistory to 1500

  • ART 175 Survey of World Art I (3) [eff. 2018]
  • HIST 151 World History to 1500 (3) [eff. 2018]
  • KHIS 151 Moaukala Ao Pae I (3) [eff. 2018]

FGB Group B: 1500 to Current

  • AG 100 Intro to Agricultural Sciences (3) [eff. 2018]
  • AG 230 Sustainable Agriculture (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ANTH 205 Cultural Anthropology (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ART 176 Survey of World Art II (3) [eff. 2018]
  • GEOG 102 World Regional Geography (3) [eff. 2019]
  • HIST 152 World History since 1500 (3) [eff. 2018]
  • KHIS 152 Moaukala Ao Pae II (3) [eff. 2019]
  • LING 432 Critical Applied Linguistics (3) [eff. 2018]
  • PHIL 304 Ethics and Cultural Diversity (3) [eff. 2018]
  • POLS 251 Intro to Comparative Politics (3) [eff. 2018]

FGC Group C: Prehistory to Current

  • ANTH 150 Humankind Emerging (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ANTH/WS 320 Cross-Cultural Study Of Women (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ANTH/WS 324 Culture, Sex And Gender (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ANTH 372 Culture through Film (3) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS 373 Performance Across Cultures (3) [eff. 2019]
  • KIND 240 Culture Revitalization Movemnt (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MUS 107 Music in World Cultures (3) [eff. 2018]
  • PHIL 100 Intro to Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
  • WS 357 Women and Religion (3) [eff. 2018]