General Education Core: Diversification 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 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 Humanities Requirement Web Page

Select two courses (from different categories):

DA: Arts

ENG 286A Intro to Fiction Writing (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 286B Intro to Poetry Writing (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/318 [eff. 2018]
DNCE 160 Ballet I (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 180 Jazz Dance I (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 190 Modern Dance I (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 251 Intro To Dance (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 260 Ballet II (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 280 Jazz Dance II (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 290 Modern Dance II (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 360 Ballet III (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 419 Dance In Education (3) [eff. 2018]
DNCE 460 Ballet IV (3) [eff. 2018]
DRAM 419 Drama in Education (3) [eff. 2018]
MUS 106 Intro to Music Literature (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 160 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 108 Fundamentals of Western Music (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 180 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 109 Music & Pop Culture in America (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 163 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 110 Introduction to Jazz (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 165 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 114 University Chorus (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 102 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 240 Creative Apps of Music Tech (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 141 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 195 Contemporary Island Music (3) [eff. 2018]
MUS 365 History of Western Music I (3) [eff. 2018]
MUS 366 History Of Western Music II (3) [eff. 2018]
MUS 400 Topics in Music (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as MUS 465 prior to Fall 2019)
MUS 404 Kapili Choir (3) [eff. 2018]

DL: Literature

ENG 200 Intro to Literary Genres (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/WS 201 Global Cinema (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/WS 202 Literature of Human Rights (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/WS 204 Intr Race/Gender Film Studies (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/WS 206 Intro to Popular Culture (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 253 World Lit: Class-17th Century (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 254 World Lit: 17th Cent-Present (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/WS 257 Multicultural Literature (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 275 Literature of the Earth (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 290 Literature and Medicine (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 323 The Literature of Hawaiʻi (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 345 Children & Literature (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 355 Women in Modern Lit & Film (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG/WS 423 Post-Colonial Literature (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 430 Pacific Islands Literature (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 448 Graphic Novels and Comics (3) [eff. 2018]
JPNS/JPST/ENG 365 Japanese Lit in English (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 211 History of Ancient Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]

DH: Humanities

ART 101 Intro To Visual Arts (3) [eff. 2018]
ART 380 Art Of China (3) [eff. 2018]
ART 381 Art Of Japan (3) [eff. 2018]
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]
CHNS 320 CHNS Festivals & Food Culture (3) [eff. 2018]
CHNS 350 Chinese Folklore and Symbolism (3) [eff. 2018]
CHNS 360 Chinese Culture through Film (3) [eff. 2018]
CHNS 381 Chns Cult thru Arch & Garden (3) [eff. 2018]
COM 100 Human Comm in Diverse Society (3) [eff. 2018]
DRAM 101 Introduction to Theatre (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as DRAM 271 Prior to Fall 2018)
ENG 205 Hawaiʻi on Screen (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 287 Introduction to Rhetoric (3) [eff. 2018]
ENG 289 The Rhetoric of Food (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]
FIL 330 Filipino Films (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]
HWST/MUS 175 Intro Music Of Polynesia (3) [eff. 2018]
HWST/MUS 176 Hist & Dev Of Hawn Music (3) [eff. 2018]
HWST 211 Hawaiian Ethnobotany (3) [eff. 2018]
HWST 213 Hawaiian Ethnozoology (3) [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]
JPNS/JPST 361 Feminism in Japan (3) [eff. 2018]
JPNS/JPST 382 Gender & Min Japanese Comics (3) [eff. 2018]
JPNS/JPST/DRAM 383 Japanese Theatre & Performance (3) [eff. 2018]
JPNS/JPST 385 Postwar Japn through Film (3) [eff. 2018]
JPNS/JPST 451 Structure Of Japanese I (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 208 Accel Sec Lvl Univ Hawn Immers (8) [eff. 2018]
KHAW 233 Second Level Hawn for Speakers (4) [eff. 2018]
LANG/JPST 200 Intro to Jpns & Chns Studies (3) [eff. 2018]
LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics (3) [eff. 2018]
LING 133 Elem Indig Lang (3) [eff. 2018]
LING 233 Inter Indig Langs (3) [eff. 2018]
LING 412 Discourse Analysis (3) [eff. 2018]
MUS 367 History of Pop Music (3) [eff. 2019]
PHIL 101 Intro to Asian Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 209 Reasoning (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 213 History of Modern Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 220 Social Ethics (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 230 Belief, Knowledge & Truth (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 270 Love and Sex (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as PHIL 180 prior to Fall 2018)
PHIL 300 History of Indian Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 301 Hist Of Chinese Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 302 Hist Of Buddhist Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 310 Metaphysics (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 313 19th Century Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 315 Ethical Theory (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 323 Professional Ethics (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 327 Bioethics (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 329 Environmental Ethics (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 330 Philosophy of Art (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 340 Philosophy Of Religion (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 343 Comparative Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 355 Philosophy of Sport (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 370 Indigenous&American Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 375 Feminist Philosophy (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 381 Philosophy Of Wittgenstein (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL/WS 393 Normality, Abnormality & Soc (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 390 History & Phil of Science (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL/JPST 430 Philosophy of Zen (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL 435 Philosophy Of Tao (3) [eff. 2018]
PHIL/JPST 450 Mahayana Buddhist Phil (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]
SPAN/WS 368 Gender & Women LatAm Lit/Film (3) [eff. 2018]
SPAN 369 Lat&Glob Docum&Film:Crit Analy (3) [eff. 2018]
WS/MUS 359 Music and Activism (3) [eff. 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 GS Social Science Requirement Web Page

DS: Social Science Courses

ANTH 210 Archaeology (3) [eff. 2018]
ANTH 215 Human Evolution (3) [eff. 2018]
ANTH 385 Hawn & Pacific Prehistory (3) [eff. 2018]
ANTH 389 Cultural Resource Management (3) [eff. 2018]
ANTH 415 Medical Anth (3) [eff. 2018]
ANTH 485 Applied Anthropology (3) [eff. 2018]
BUS 100 Intro To Business (3) [eff. 2018]
COM 270 Intro to Theories of Human Com (3) [eff. 2018]
ECON 100 Intro To Economics (3) [eff. 2018]
ECON 130 Intro To Microeconomics (3) [eff. 2018]
ECON 131 Intro To Macroeconomics (3) [eff. 2018]
ECON 340 Money & Banking (3) [eff. 2018]
ECON 416 Asia-Pacific Econ Integration (3) [eff. 2018]
ED 210 Introduction to Teaching (3) [eff. 2018]
ENGR 310 Energy Policy Analysis (3) [eff. 2018]
FIL 333 Filipinos in Hawaii (3) [eff. 2018]
FIL 354 Filipino Culture (3) [eff. 2018]
FIN 220 Personal Finance (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOG 103 Geog And Contemp Soc (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOG 312 Food and Societies (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOG/WS 430 Gender, Place and Environment (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 284 History of Hawaii (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 314 Hist of Jpn III: 20th Cent-Pre (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 316 Pacific History I: To 1900 (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 317 Pacific History II: From 1900 (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 318 Hist China III: 20th Cent-Pres (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 324 Militarization in the Pacific (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 327 Environmental History--Pacific (3) [eff. 2018]
HIST 332 Hawaiian Kingdom (3) [eff. 2018]
HWST 111 Hawaiian ʻOhana (3) [eff. 2018]
MGT 333 International Business Mgt (3) [eff. 2018]
NURS 350 Transcultural Care & Hlth Prom (3) [eff. 2018]
NURS 457 Ldrshp & Transition to Practic (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 100 Curr Events, Careers, Politics (3) [eff. 2019]
POLS 101 Am Politics: National (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 101G Am Politics: Ntl Citizenship (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 201 Intro to Political Theory (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 220 Intro to Law and Legality (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 242 Intro To World Politics (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 304 Liberalism and Globalism (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 331 Presidency And Congress (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 334 Pol Bvr, Campaigns & Elections (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 342 International Law (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 343 Int'l Conflict Management (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 346 International Organizations (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 348 International Human Rights (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 351 Politics Of China (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS/JPST 353 Politics Of Japan (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 360 Public Administration (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 380 Methods Of Research (3) [eff. 2018] (Formerly offered as POLS 280 prior to Fall 2019)
POLS 391 Internship (3–12) [eff. 2018]
POLS 433 Politics, Media & Public Opin (3) [eff. 2018]
POLS 481 Government Internship (3–15) [eff. 2018]
PSY 100 Survey Of Psy (3) [eff. 2018]
PSY 323 Community Psychology (3) [eff. 2018]
PSY 445 Practicum in Psychology (3) [eff. 2018]
PSY 475 Asian American Psychology (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC 100 Principles Of Sociology (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC 240 Social Psychology (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC 260 Social Problems (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC 280 Statistical Reasoning (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC 280L Lab in Statistical Reasoning (1) [eff. 2018]
SOC 320 Class Race Gender Indigeneity (3) /WS 321 Social Stratification (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC/WS 363 Globalization, Gender, Fashion (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC/JPST 414 Global Social Movements &Japan (3) [eff. 2018]
SOC 430 Sem in Social Change (3) [eff. 2018]
WS 151 Intro Gender & Women's Studies (3) [eff. 2018]
WS 352 Gender and Sexuality (3) [eff. 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 GN: Natural Sciences Requirement Web Page

DB: Biological Science Courses

ANSC 175 Animal Behavior (3) [eff. 2018]
ANSC 254 Fundamentals of Nutrition (3) [eff. 2018]
AQUA 262 Intro Aquaculture (3) [eff. 2018]
ASTR 150 Life in The Universe (3) [eff. 2018]
BIOL 101 General Biology (3) [eff. 2018]
BIOL/MARE 156 Nat Hist & Conservatn Hawn Isl (3) [eff. 2018]
BIOL 275 Fund Microbiology (3) [eff. 2018]
ENSC 100 Intro to Environmental Science (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 112 Hist of the Earth & Its Life (3) [eff. 2018]
HORT 262 Princ Of Hort (3) [eff. 2018]
KES 206 Basic Human Movement (3) [eff. 2018]
KES 207 Basic Human Nutrition (3) [eff. 2018]
MARE 110 Current Issues in Marine Sci (3) [eff. 2018]
MARE 140 Intro to Hawaiian Coral Reefs (3) [eff. 2018]
MARE 171 Marine Biology-Diversity (3) [eff. 2018]
MARE 172 Marine Biology-Cellular Proc (3) [eff. 2018]
NRES 196 Intro to Natural Resource Mgmt (3) [eff. 2018]

DP: Physical Science Courses

ASTR 110 General Astronomy (3) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 100 Chemistry and Society (3) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 141 Surv Organ Chem & Biochem (3) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 151 Elementary Survey of Chemistry (3) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 161 General Chemistry I (3) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 162 General Chemistry II (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOG 101 Geog & Nat Environ (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOG/PHYS 120 Weather & Climate Hawaii (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 100 Environmental Earth Science (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 111 Understanding the Earth (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 170 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 205 Geology Of Hawaiian Islands (3) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 300 Adv Environmental Earth Sci (3) [eff. 2018]
MARE 201 Oceanography (3) [eff. 2018]
MARE 282 Global Change (3) [eff. 2018]
PHYS 151 College Physics I (3) [eff. 2018]
PHYS 152 College Physics II (3) [eff. 2018]
PHYS 170 Gen Phys I: Mechanics (4) [eff. 2018]
PHYS 272 Gen Phys II: Elec & Magnetism (4) [eff. 2018]

DY: Laboratory Science Courses

ASTR 110L Gen Astronomy Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
BIOL 101L Gen Biol Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
BIOL 275L Microbiology Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 100L Chemistry and Society Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 151L Elementary Survey of Chem Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 161L General Chemistry I Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
CHEM 162L General Chemistry II Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
GEOL 111L Understanding the Earth Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
MARE 140L Intro Hawaiian Coral Reefs Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
MARE 171L Marine Biology Laboratory (1) [eff. 2018]
MARE 201L Oceanography Lab (2) [eff. 2018]
PHYS 170L Gen Phys I Lab (1) [eff. 2018]
PHYS 272L Gen Phys II Lab (1) [eff. 2018]