General Education Core: Structural Requirements (All Majors)

This is content from the Catalog 2020–2021 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 (PDF) 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) [effective 2011]
  • CHNS 102 Elementary Chinese II (4) [effective 2011]
  • CHNS 107 Accelerated Elementary Chinese (8) [effective 2012]
  • CHNS 200 Conversational CHNS Business (3) [effective 2015]
  • CHNS 201 Intermediate Chinese I (4) [effective 2015]
  • CHNS 202 Intermediate Chinese II (4) [effective 2015]
  • COM 270 Intro to Theories of Human Com (3) [effective 2011]
  • CS 200 Web Technology I (3) [effective 2011]
  • ELI 201 Academic Oral Communication 2 (4) [effective 2020]
  • ELI 203 Academic Reading Strategies 2 (4) [effective 2020]
  • ELI 204 Rhetorical Writing Styles 2 (4) [effective 2020]
  • ENG 200G Intro Graphic Novels & Comics (3) [effective 2018]
  • ENG 204 Intr Race/Gender Film Studies (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG 205 Hawaiʻi on Screen (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG 206 Intro to Popular Culture (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG 257 Multicultural Literature (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG 286A Intro to Fiction Writing (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG 286B Intro to Poetry Writing (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG 287 Introduction to Rhetoric (3) [effective 2016]
  • ENG 290 Literature and Medicine (3) [effective 2011]
  • ENG/DRAM 318 Playwriting (3) [effective 2018]
  • ENG 448 Graphic Novels and Comics (3) [effective 2018]
  • FIL 101 Elementary Filipino I (4) [effective 2011]
  • FIL 102 Elementary Filipino II (4) [effective 2013]
  • FIL 200 Inter Conversational Filipino (3) [effective 2013]
  • FR 101 Elementary French I (4) [effective 2011]
  • FR 102 Elementary French II (4) [effective 2011]
  • HAW 101 Elementary Hawaiian I (4) [effective 2011]
  • HAW 102 Elem Hawaiian II (4) [effective 2011]
  • HAW 201 Intermediate Hawaiian I (4) [effective 2011]
  • HAW 202 Inter Hawaiian II (4) [effective 2011]
  • JPNS/JPST 101 Elementary Japanese I (4) [effective 2011]
  • JPNS/JPST 102 Elementary Japanese II (4) [effective 2011]
  • JPNS/JPST 107 Accelerated Element Japanese (8) [effective 2011]
  • JPNS/JPST 201 Intermediate Japanese I (4) [effective 2011]
  • JPNS/JPST 202 Intermediate Japanese II (4) [effective 2011]
  • JPNS/JPST 301 Third-Year Japanese I (3) [effective 2015]
  • JPNS/JPST 302 Third-Year Japanese II (3) [effective 2015]
  • KHAW 103 First Lvl Trans Hawn Immersion (4) [effective 2013]
  • KHAW 104 First Lvl Partial Hawn Immers (4) [effective 2013]
  • KHAW 108 Accel First Lvl Hawn Immersion (8) [effective 2013]
  • KHAW 133 First Lvl Hawn for Speakers (4) [effective 2013]
  • KHAW 203 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers I (4) [effective 2013]
  • KHAW 204 Second Lvl Univ Hawn Immers II (4) [effective 2013]
  • KHAW 233 Second Level Hawn for Speakers (4) [effective 2013]
  • KOR 101 Elementary Korean I (4) [effective 2015]
  • KOR 102 Elementary Korean II (4) [effective 2015]
  • LING 102 Introduction to Linguistics (3) [effective 2011]
  • 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) [effective 2013]
  • 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) [effective 2013]
  • SPAN 101 Elementary Spanish I (4) [effective 2011]
  • SPAN 102 Elementary Spanish II (4) [effective 2011]
  • SPAN 201 Intermediate Spanish I (4) [effective 2011]
  • SPAN 202 Interm Spanish II (4) [effective 2011]
  • WS 204 Intr Race/Gender Film Studies (3) [effective 2018]
  • WS 206 Intro to Popular Culture (3) [effective 2018]
  • WS 257 Multicultural Literature (3) [effective 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) [effective 2018]
  • AJ 380 Research Methodology for AJ (3) [effective 2020]
  • ASTR 180 Princ Of Astron I (3) [effective 2018]
  • CHEM 100 Chemistry and Society (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 100 Prin Of Computer Sci (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 101 Digital Tools for Info World (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 102 MS Office Tools for Math & Sci (3) /MATH 111 MS Office Tools for Math & Sci (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 130 Beg Graphics, Game Programg (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 135 Animation Programming (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 138 Intro to Computing with Robots (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 150 Intro To Computer Science I (3) [effective 2018]
  • CS 171 Data Science Fundamentals in R (3) [effective 2020]
  • CS 172 Python for Data Analysis (3) [effective 2020]
  • CS 282 Practical Comp for Sci & Engg (3) [effective 2018]
  • ECON 131 Intro To Macroeconomics (3) [effective 2018]
  • ECON 340 Money & Banking (3) [effective 2018]
  • ED 243 Intro to Math for Elem Tch (3) [effective 2018]
  • ENSC 100 Intro to Environmental Science (3) [effective 2018]
  • FIN 220 Personal Finance (3) [effective 2018]
  • GEOG 201 Interp Geog Data (3) [effective 2018]
  • GEOL 170 Volcanoes and Earthquakes (3) [effective 2018]
  • MARE 250 Statistical Apps in Marine Sci (3) [effective 2018]
  • MATH 100 Survey Of Math (3) [effective 2018]
  • MATH 115 Intro to Stats and Prob (3) [effective 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 121 prior to Fall 2019)
  • MATH 125 Applied Calculus (3) [effective 2018]
  • MATH 135 Precalc: Elementary Functions (3) [effective 2018]
  • MATH 135T Precal: Elem Funct w/ Tutorial (4) [effective 2020]
  • MATH 140 Precalc:Trig/Analytic Geometry (3) [effective 2018]
  • MATH 140X Precalculus (4) [effective 2018]
  • MATH 241 Calculus I (4) [effective 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 205 prior to Fall 2018)
  • MATH 242 Calculus II (4) [effective 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 206 prior to Fall 2018)
  • MATH 243 Calculus III (3) [effective 2018] (Formerly offered as MATH 231 prior to Fall 2018)
  • PHIL 345 Symbolic Logic (3) [effective 2018]
  • POLS 380 Methods Of Research (3) [effective 2018] (Formerly offered as POLS 280 prior to Fall 2019)
  • PSY 213 Statistical Techniques (4) [effective 2018]
  • QBA 200 Intro to Business Analytics (3) [effective 2020]
  • QBA 260 Business Statistics (3) [effective 2018]
  • SOC 280 Statistical Reasoning (3) -SOC 280L Lab in Statistical Reasoning (1) [effective 2018]