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Basic Skills and Understanding
The courses listed for the requirements in basic
skills and under-standing develop communication and analytical skills.
They help students communicate clearly and effectively in standard
English, reason clearly and effectively, understand a foreign or
Hawaiian language, and achieve a background in the history of
civilization.
Written Communication Introductory Level (WR)
All entering freshmen and continuing or transfer
students without credits for English 100 must take the Manoa Writing
Program examination. Students who are not exempt from the English
Language Institute (see the Department of English as a Second Language
within the Colleges of Arts and Sciences for possible exemptions) must
take the Manoa Writing Program examination and the ELI placement
examination. On the basis of placement scores, students will be assigned
to one of four categories of introductory-level writing instruction: (a)
English 100A (enhanced); (b) English 100 or English as a Second Language
100 (for students whose first language is not English); (c) English 101
and English 101L (a supplemental 1-credit writing lab); or (d) English
22 or English Language Institute 73.
Requirement
All students, except those assigned to English 22 or
English Language Institute 73, must complete the English or English as a
Second Language 100 requirement within their first two semesters at the
University. Those assigned to English 22 or English Language Institute
73 must complete their assigned course the semester after placement and
their 100-level course in the following semester. Any student with a
grade of D in English 100 or 101 or English as a Second Language 100
must complete English 109.
Approved Courses
English 100A, 100, or 101/101L; or English as a Second
Language 100
Writing-Intensive Courses (WI)†
Because writing helps students both to learn and
communicate, the University requires students to take writing-intensive
courses. Small writing-intensive classes, in which instructors work with
students on writing related to course topics, are offered in nearly all
departments. Students are strongly encouraged to take English 100, 100A,
101, or English as a Second Language 100 before they enroll in
writing-intensive courses.
Requirement
Students who entered the UH system as freshmen in fall
1990 or later must complete, before they graduate from the Manoa campus,
five writing-intensive courses (designated with WI in each semester’s Schedule
of Classes). At least two WI courses must be from courses numbered
300 and above. Students who entered the UH system as freshmen in 1987-88
must complete, before they graduate from the Manoa campus, two WI
courses; in 1988-89, three WI courses; and in 1989-90, four WI courses
(at least two of which must be numbered 300 and above).
Students who transfer into the UH system will be
required to take, before they graduate from the Manoa campus, the number
of writing-intensive courses specified in the following chart based on
status at time of transfer. Transfer status is based upon the number of
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Mathematical or Logical Thinking (M/L)
Clarity of thought and expression are further
developed by courses that require students to understand the use of
mathematics, logic, or other formal systems.
Requirement
One semester of an approved course in mathematics,
logic, or statistics.
Approved Courses
Agricultural and Resource Economics 210, 310
Honors 120
Mathematics 100, 111, 140, 203, 241, 251
Philosophy 110
World Civilizations (WC)
An increasingly complex world demands responsible
citizenship. In turn, responsible citizenship presumes an understanding
and appreciation of the heritage of the world’s major civilizations.
The world civilizations requirement introduces students to the
political, social, economic, and cultural development of the world’s
major civilizations.
Requirement
Two semester courses that analyze the major
civilizations of the world. Students with demonstrated knowledge of
Western civilization may substitute a one-semester course in non-Western
civilizations. Students with satisfactory comprehension of Eastern
civilizations may, with the approval of their dean, substitute a
one-semester course in Western history.
Approved Courses
History 151 and 152; or History 161 and 162
(only for freshman in the Selected Studies Program); or History
155 (only for transfer students who have completed a two-semester
sequence in Western civilizations).
Foreign or Hawaiian Language (FL)
Knowledge of a second language increases the
student’s ability to understand other people; it encourages deeper
awareness of the structure of language and its relation to thought,
develops sensitivity to other ways of ordering personal experience and
social institutions, provides a direct way of comparing another culture
to one’s own, and provides greater insight into the workings of
one’s native language.
Requirement
Students who entered the UH system prior to fall 1989
must complete, before they graduate from the Manoa campus, first-level
study of a language (101 and 102 or equivalent). All students who
entered the UH system in fall 1989 or later must complete, before they
graduate from the Manoa campus, second-level study of a language (201
and 202 or equivalent). Native and bilingual speakers of a second
language may be granted a waiver for the foreign language requirement.
Students with previous foreign language study must take a placement
exam.
Besides the approved courses listed below, American
Sign Language also fulfills the foreign language requirement. Courses in
American Sign Language are not offered at Manoa, but the campus will
consider students who complete American Sign Language courses to the
second level of study as having met Manoa’s foreign language
requirement. For specific information on any of the foreign or Hawaiian
language requirements, students should contact their adviser.
Approved Courses
Burmese 101, 102, 201, 202
Cambodian 101, 102, 201, 202
Chinese 101, 102, 103, 131, 132, 201, 202, 204, 231, 232
Dutch 101, 102, 201, 202
French 101, 102, 103, 110, 201, 202, 210, 258, 259
German 101, 102, 201, 202, 204, 211, 212, 258, 259
Greek 101, 102, 201, 202
Hawaiian 101, 102, 105, 201, 202, 206
Hindi 101, 102, 201, 202
Ilokano 101, 102, 201, 202
Indonesian 101, 102, 201, 202
Italian 101, 102, 201, 202, 258, 259
Japanese 100, 101, 102, 105, 201, 202, 205, 307, 308
Korean 101, 102, 201, 202
Latin 101, 102, 201, 202
Lao 101, 102, 201, 202
Polish 101, 102, 201, 202
Portuguese 101, 102, 201, 202
Russian 101, 102, 201, 202
Samoan 101, 102, 201, 202
Sanskrit 181, 182, 281, 282
Spanish 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 214, 215, 224, 225, 234,
235, 258, 259
Tagalog 101, 102, 201, 202
Tahitian 101, 102, 201, 202
Thai 101, 102, 201, 202
Vietnamese 101, 102, 201, 202 |