Catalog 2019–2020

General Education Core: Structural 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. 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 Basic or Area 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.
  2. 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. Language Arts (GLA) (3 semester hours)

Students select one course of foreign language study, linguistics, or second-level English to fulfill this requirement. These courses engage students in the process of constructing, analyzing, and employing language. This requirement is met by taking one of the following courses.

These courses are also listed on the FW: Written Communication website.

Select one:

  • CHNS 101 Elementary Chinese I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • CHNS 102 Elementary Chinese II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • CHNS 107 Accelerated Elementary Chinese (8) [eff. 2018]
  • CHNS 200 Conversational CHNS Business (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CHNS 201 Intermediate Chinese I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • CHNS 202 Intermediate Chinese II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • COM 270 Intro to Theories of Human Com (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 200 Web Technology I (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 200G Intro Graphic Novels & Comics (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 204 Intr Race/Gender Film Studies (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 205 Hawaiʻi on Screen (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 206 Intro to Popular Culture (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 240 British Lit's Greatest Hits (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 257 Multicultural Literature (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 286A Intro to Fiction Writing (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 286B Intro to Poetry Writing (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 287 Introduction to Rhetoric (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 290 Literature and Medicine (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG/DRAM 318 Playwriting (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENG 448 Graphic Novels and Comics (3) [eff. 2018]
  • FIL 101 Elementary Filipino I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • FIL 102 Elementary Filipino II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • FIL 200 Inter Conversational Filipino (3) [eff. 2018]
  • FR 101 Elementary French I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • FR 102 Elementary French II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • HAW 101 Elementary Hawaiian I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • HAW 102 Elem Hawaiian II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • HAW 201 Intermediate Hawaiian I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • HAW 202 Inter Hawaiian II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 101 Elementary Japanese I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 102 Elementary Japanese II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 107 Accelerated Element Japanese (8) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 201 Intermediate Japanese I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 202 Intermediate Japanese II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 301 Third-Year Japanese I (3) [eff. 2018]
  • JPNS/JPST 302 Third-Year Japanese II (3) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 103 First Lvl Trans Hawn Immersion (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 104 First Lvl Partial Hawn Immers (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 108 Accel First Lvl Hawn Immersion (8) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 133 First Lvl Hawn for Speakers (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 203 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 204 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KHAW 233 Second Level Hawn for Speakers (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KOR 101 Elementary Korean I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • KOR 102 Elementary Korean II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics (3) [eff. 2018]
  • LING 133A Elem Indig Lang: Systematic (3) , LING 133B Elem Indig Langs: Navaho (3) , LING 133C Elem Indig Langs: Chuukese (3) , LING 133D Elem Indig Langs: Yupik (3) , LING 133E Elem Indig Langs: Samoan (3) , LING 133F Elem Indig Langs: Other (3) [eff. 2018]
  • LING 233A Inter Indig Langs: Systematic (3) , LING 233B Inter Indig Langs: Navaho (3) , LING 233C Inter Indig Langs: Chuukese (3) , LING 233D Inter Indig Langs: Yupik (3) , LING 233E Inter Indig Langs: Samoan (3) , LING 233F Inter Indig Langs: Other (3) [eff. 2018]
  • SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I (4) [eff. 2018]
  • SPAN 202 Interm Spanish II (4) [eff. 2018]
  • WS 204 Intr Race/Gender Film Studies (3) [eff. 2018]
  • WS 206 Intro to Popular Culture (3) [eff. 2018]
  • WS 257 Multicultural Literature (3) [eff. 2018]

2. Quantitative Reasoning B (GQR) (3 semester hours)

These Quantitative Reasoning B courses enable students to understand the use of mathematical or symbolic concepts and require students to develop skills in chains of reasoning from data to conclusions.

Note: This is a different requirement than the 3 credits Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) Foundations Requirement.

Select One:

  • AGBU 110 Microcomputing for Ag (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ASTR 180 Princ Of Astron I (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CHEM 100 Chemistry and Society (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 100 Prin Of Computer Sci (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 101 Digital Tools for Info World (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 102 MS Office Tools for Math & Sci (3) /MATH 111 MS Office Tools for Math & Sci (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 130 Beg Graphics, Game Programg (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 135 Animation Programming (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 138 Intro to Computing with Robots (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 150 Intro To Computer Science I (3) [eff. 2018]
  • CS 282 Practical Comp for Sci & Engg (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ECON 131 Intro To Macroeconomics (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ECON 340 Money & Banking (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ED 243 Intro to Math for Elem Tch (3) [eff. 2018]
  • ENSC 100 Intro to Environmental Science (3) [eff. 2018]
  • FIN 220 Personal Finance (3) [eff. 2018]
  • GEOG 201 Interp Geog Data (3) [eff. 2018]
  • GEOL 170 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MARE 250 Statistical Apps in Marine Sci (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 100 Survey Of Math (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 115 Intro to Stats and Prob (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 121 prior to Fall 2019)
  • MATH 125 Applied Calculus (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 135 Precalc: Elementary Functions (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 140 Precalc:Trig/Analytic Geometry (3) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 140X Precalculus (4) [eff. 2018]
  • MATH 241 Calculus I (4) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 205 prior to Fall 2018)
  • MATH 242 Calculus II (4) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 206 prior to Fall 2018)
  • MATH 243 Calculus III (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 231 prior to Fall 2018)
  • PHIL 345 Symbolic Logic (3) [eff. 2018]
  • POLS 380 Methods Of Research (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as POLS 280 prior to Fall 2019)
  • PSY 213 Statistical Techniques (4) [eff. 2018]
  • QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) [eff. 2018]
  • SOC 280 Statistical Reasoning (3) -SOC 280L Lab in Statistical Reasoning (1) [eff. 2018]