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Arts and Sciences Program Requirements*

* For students entering UH Manoa fall 2001.

BA Degree

BA candidates are required to complete the University of Hawai'i at Manoa General Education Core and graduation requirements.

Foundations Requirement (12 credits)

See the "Manoa General Education Core and Graduation Requirements" section of this Catalog for information. This requirement includes courses in written communication, symbolic reasoning, and global and multicultural perspectives.

Graduation Requirements

Focus Requirements

See the "Manoa General Education Core and Graduation Requirements" section of this Catalog for information.

Hawaiian/Second Language Requirement

See the "Manoa General Education Core and Graduation Requirements" section of this Catalog for information.

Diversification Requirement (minimum 37 credits)

Arts and Sciences BA candidates fulfill the UHM diversification requirement through the following Arts and Sciences program requirements.

The diversification requirement embodies virtually the entire rationale for a general education in a university. It develops in students a clear understanding of the inherited values, ideas, and philosophies of cultures as expressed in works of literature, history, philosophy, religion, art, and music and an understanding in the basic fields of both the natural and social sciences.

Courses taken for foundations requirement may not be counted towards diversification requirement.

Arts and Humanities

Requirement
Three semester courses, one selected from each of the following three groups:

† Any combination of these courses that totals 3-credit hours will be considered the equivalent of a one-semester course.
** UH Manoa General Education course designations. 

Group 1: The Arts (AHL1**)

Mainly Theory

• Arts and Humanities 100
• Art 101, 171, 172, 180
• Dance 150, 255
• Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas 237 
• Music 106, 107, 108, 253, 265, 266, 370
• Theater 101, 201, 318

Mainly Practice

• Art 103, 104, 105, 107, 113, 115, 116, 123, 130
• Dance 121, 122, 131, 132, 301†, 302†, 303†, 304†, 305†, 306†, 307†, 311†, 401†, 402†, 403†, 404†, 405†, 406†, 407†, 411†
• English 313
• Music 114†, 121, 122†, 127, 128†, 410B†, 410C†, 416B†, 416C†, 418†, 419†
• Speech 151, 231, 251
• Theater 221, 222, 240

Group 2: History and Culture (AHL2**)

• American Studies 201, 202
• Architecture 271, 272
• Asian Studies 241 or History 241
• Asian Studies 242 or History 242
• Hawaiian Studies 107
• History 231, 232, 281, 282, 288
• Religion 210

Group 3: Values and Meaning (AHL2**)

• Philosophy 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213
• Religion 150, 151, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207

Languages, Linguistics, and Literature (AHL3**)

Requirement
Three semester courses, two selected from Group 1 and one selected from Group 2.

† Any combination of these courses that totals 3-credit hours will be considered the equivalent of a one-semester course.
** UH Manoa General Education course designations. 

Group 1: Introduction to Literature

• English 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257

Group 2: Language, Culture, and Linguistics

• East Asian Languages and Literature 271, 272, 281, 282, 361, 362, 363B, 363C
• East Asian Languages and Literature 364 or Women's Studies 346
• English 302, 321, 361
• Hawaiian 261
• Indo-Pacific Languages 273D, 273E, 396
• Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas 122, 227, 228, 335, 336, 339, 340, 342, 343, 351, 352, 360, 362, 363, 371
• Linguistics 102
• Second Language Studies 430

Natural Sciences

Requirement
Three semester courses including at least one in the biological sciences and one in the physical sciences. One of the three courses must include a laboratory.

† Any combination of these courses that totals 3-credit hours will be considered the equivalent of a one-semester course.
** UH Manoa General Education course designations. 

Group 1: Biological Sciences (NS1**)

• Biology 101/101L or 123/123L
• Biology 102/102L or Botany 101/101L
• Biology 103/103L or Zoology 101/101L
• Biology 124/124L, 171/171L
• Biology 350 or Women's Studies 350
• Botany 130/130L, 201/201L
• Botany 450 or Zoology 450
• Cell and Molecular Biology 351
• Food Science and Human Nutrition 185
• Microbiology 130, 140, 351
• Physiology 103/103L, 141/141L, 142/142L
• Zoology 200/200L

Group 2: Physical Sciences (NS2**)

• Astronomy 110 or 240
• Biochemistry 241
• Chemistry 151/151L, 161/161L, 162/162L, 171/171L, 181/181L
• Environmental Biochemistry 152 or Chemistry 152, and Chemistry 152L
• Geography 101/101L
• Geology and Geophysics 101/101L, 103/101L, 105, 108
• Meteorology 101/101L
• Oceanography 201
• Physics 100/100L, 122/122L, 151/151L, 152/152L, 170/170L, 272/272L

Group 3: Other Sciences (NS3**)

• Information and Computer Sciences 111 (Note: 111L may not be used to fulfill the science lab requirement.)

Social Sciences (SS**)

Requirement
Three semester courses, each from a different department.

† Any combination of these courses that totals 3-credit hours will be considered the equivalent of a one-semester course.
** UH Manoa General Education course designations. 

• Agricultural and Resource Economics 220
• American Studies 211, 212
• Anthropology 150, 200
• Asian Studies 312
• Botany 105
• Economics 120, 130, 131, 230, 310, 360
• Ethnic Studies 101
• Ethnic Studies 365 or Women's Studies 360
• Family Resources 230
• Geography 102, 151, 336
• Journalism 150
• Political Science 110, 120, 130, 171, 190, 221, 272
• Psychology 100, 170
• Psychology 202 or Women's Studies 202
• Sociology 100, 214, 218, 231, 251
• Sociology 362 or Women's Studies 362
• Speech 364
• Women's Studies 151

 

BFA Degree

Completion of the UH Manoa General Education requirements (see the "Manoa General Education Core and Graduation Requirements" section of this Catalog for information).

All BFA degree candidates should consult the appropriate departmental adviser before registering.

BMus Degree

Completion of the UH Manoa General Education requirements (see the "Manoa General Education Core and Graduation Requirements" section of this Catalog for information). 

For students concentrating in voice, completion of first-level study of two languages may be substituted for completion of second-level study of a single language with prior approval of the department chair.

All BMus degree candidates should consult the appropriate departmental adviser before registering.

BS Degree

Completion of the UH Manoa General Education Core (see the "Manoa General Education Core and Graduation Requirements" section of this Catalog for information). 

All BS candidates are required to complete the following science courses--either as part of the program or major requirements or as electives: CHEM 161/161L and 162/162L or 171/171L or 181A/181L; any Math department Calculus I and II courses; and PHYS 170/170L and 272/272L, or PHYS 151/151L and 152/152L.

It is recommended that all entering students who have had high school courses in mathematics through pre-calculus take the following courses during their freshman year: CHEM 161/161L or CHEM 171/171L, any Math department Calculus I and II courses, and perhaps PHYS 151/151L or PHYS 170/170L.

Introductory mathematics courses have pre-calculus assessment. Students who do not have a high school course equivalent to pre-calculus should take MATH 140 at the University during the summer session prior to their first semester. 

All BS degree candidates should consult the appropriate departmental adviser before registering.

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