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CONTENTS

GENERAL INFORMATION
ACADEMIC UNITS
COURSES
PERSONNEL
REFERENCE

GENERAL INFORMATION

Message From the President 2
The University of Hawai'i 5
Calendar 6-7
Undergraduate Education 8-
22
UHM General Education Core and Graduation Requirements 23-
27
Graduate Education 28-
45
Student Life 46-
58
Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid 59-
69
Degrees and Certificates 70-
71

ACADEMIC UNITS

Architecture 72-
76
Arts & Sciences, AMST-IT 77-
122
Arts & Sciences, JOUR-ZOOL 122-
175
Business Administration 176-
185
Education
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207
Engineering 208-
216
Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies 217-
225
Health Sciences and Social Welfare 226
Interdisciplinary Programs 227-
233
Law 234-
236
Medicine 237-
255
Nursing 256-
266
Ocean and Earth Science and Technology 267-
284
Outreach College 285-
288
Public Health 289-
292
ROTC Programs 293-
294
Social Work
295-
297
Travel Industry Management 298-
303
Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources 304-
324
Instructional Support, Research, and Service Units  478-
483

COURSES

Overview 325
A - E 326-
379
F - N 379-
427
O - Z 427-
477

PERSONNEL

Administration 484-
485
Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Professorships 486
Faculty 486-
510
Emeriti Faculty 511-
517
Instructional Support, Research, and Service Units Staff 518-
527

REFERENCE

Appendix 528-
532
Glossary 533-
535
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Courses: English
English (ENG)

College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature

ENG 100 Expository Writing (3) Practice in writing clear, effective university-level prose. Attention to all stages of the process-- generating ideas, drafting, revising, and editing. Pre: placement exam. WR

ENG 101 Expository Writing (3) Practice in writing clear, effective university-level prose. Attention to all stages of process--generating ideas, drafting, revising, and editing. Supple-mental tutorial laboratory required. Pre: placement exam. Co-requisite: 101L. WR

ENG 101L Expository Writing Laboratory (0) Laboratory to accompany 101. Intensive individualized instruction in university-level writing skills. Pre: placement exam. Co-requisite: 101. WR

ENG 109 Expository Writing II (3) Continuation of 100 for students who need further practice at the introductory level. Emphasis on analysis and revision. Pre: 100 and consent.

ENG 200, 209, and 225 are courses in intermediate expository writing.

ENG 200 Intermediate Expository Writing (3) Continued work in prose writing. Practice in inventing, organizing, and communicating more complex theses and analyses. Pre: 100 or 109 with a grade of C or better.

ENG 209 Business Writing (3) Practice in informative, analytical, persuasive writing. Pre: 100.

ENG 225 Technical Writing (3) Combined lecture/lab course preparing students to write about technical subjects for specialists and laypersons. Introduces theory of technical communication and document design and teaches students to make use of relevant technology. A-F only. Pre: 100.

Courses ENG 250-257 are applicable toward the “arts and humanities” core requirements. Credits are not considered “beyond the introductory level.”

ENG 250 American Literature (3) Major American authors from beginnings to present. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. 

AH3 ENG 251 British Literature to 1800 (3)
Major authors from Old English, Medieval, Renaissance, and Neoclassical periods. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. AH3

ENG 252 British Literature after 1800 (3) Major authors from Romantic, Victorian, Modern periods. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. AH3

ENG 253 World Literature to 1600 (3) Major Eastern and Western authors from Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. AH3

ENG 254 World Literature after 1600 (3) Major Eastern and Western authors from the time of the European Enlightenment to the modern period. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. AH3

ENG 255 Short Story and Novel (3) Introduction to prose fiction through major texts. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. AH3

ENG 256 Poetry and Drama (3) Introduction to poetry and drama through major texts. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Pre: 100. AH3

ENG 257 (Alpha) Themes in Literature (3) Selected themes in major works of various types, cultures, periods. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Repeatable once only. (257Y cross-listed as WS 257) AH3

ENG 257A (Alpha) Themes in Literature (3) Selected themes in major works of various types, cultures, periods. Requires a minimum of 3,000 words of writing. Co-requisite: 100 and Honors standing. AH3

ENG 311 Autobiographical Writing (3) Writing clear, effective prose based on the writer’s own experiences and ideas. Pre: 100 and one of 250-257.

ENG 313 Types of Creative Writing (3) Basic principles applied through writing in two major genres (short story and poetry, short story and drama, or poetry and drama). Pre: 100 and one of 250-257. AH1

ENG 315 Advanced Expository Writing (3) Writing essays emphasizing logical and rhetorical principles: organization, clarity, coherence, style. Pre: grade of B or better in 100, 109, or 200.

Fulfillment of the college’s written communication requirement and two semesters of 250-257 are prerequisite to upper division English courses numbered 320 or above. A few courses have different or additional prerequisites as listed below.

ENG 320 Introduction to the English Language (3) Uses of language in speech and in writing; diversity of modern English. Problems of dialects, style, usage, “correctness”; nature of standard English. AH3

ENG 325 Rhetoric, Composition and Computers (3) Introduction to computerbased writing and reading technologies. Study of principles of traditional and online composition. Writing traditional and multimedia essays. Pre: 100 and one course from 250- 257, or consent.

ENG 331 Understanding Poetry (3) Analysis of imagery, sound, language, form, and structure of poems, for increased appreciation of poetry. AH3

ENG 335 Backgrounds of Western Literature (3) Sources of European and American literary themes and allusions; myth, legend, and folklore of Western cultures; e.g., Classical texts, Arthurian romances, King James Bible. AH3

ENG 336 Critical Approaches to Literature (3) Analysis of poetry, prose, and drama from a variety of perspectives; e.g., romantic, new critical, structuralist, Marxist, feminist.

ENG 351 English Literary History to 1660 (3) Readings in representative authors and works; development of literary ideas and forms.

ENG 352 English Literary History 1660- 1900 (3) Readings in representative authors and works; development of literary ideas and forms.

ENG 361 (Alpha) Literature and Other Arts and Humanities (3) Not applicable to college or major requirements. Pre: one of 250-257.

ENG 362 (Alpha) Literature and Professions and Sciences (3) Not applicable to college or major requirements. Pre: one of 250-257.

ENG 363 (Alpha) Literature and Popular Culture (3) Not applicable to college or major requirements. Pre: one of 250-257.

ENG 364 (Alpha) Topics, Genres and Authors (3) Not applicable to college or major requirements. Pre: one of 250-257.

ENG 370 Ethnic Literature of Hawai‘i (3) Writings of various ethnic groups in Hawai‘i, ancient to contemporary. Songs, stories, poetry, fiction, essays that illustrate the social history of Hawai‘i. Pre: one social science core course. (Cross-listed as ES 370)

ENG 371 American Literature to 1865 (3) Prose and poetry to the Civil War; e.g., Bradstreet, Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson. Pre: one of 250-257 or consent.

ENG 372 American Literature, 1865 to Present (3) Prose, poetry, and drama after the Civil War; e.g., Whitman, James, Wharton, Frost, Stevens, O’Neill, Faulkner, Baldwin. Pre: one of 250-257; or consent.

ENG 393 Junior Honors Program in English (3) Tutorials in English and American literature. Consult departmental honors adviser for particulars. Repeatable. Pre: enrollment in Honors Program or consent.

ENG 394 Junior Honors Program in English (3) Continuation of 393. Repeatable. Pre: enrollment in Honors Program or consent.

ENG 401 Modern English Grammar (3) Structure of contemporary English; current theories of grammar; relation between grammar and style.

ENG 402 History of the English Language (3) Origin and evolution of English language to c.1800, particularly as manifested in literary texts.

ENG 403 English in Hawai‘i (3) English language in Hawai‘i, viewed historically and in a multicultural context, with attention to politics, religion, race, and education, from 1820 to the present. Pre: two courses from 250-257 or consent.

ENG 410 Form and Theory of Poetry (3) Poetic theories and techniques for students interested in writing poetry. Pre: 313 or consent.

ENG 411 Poetry Workshop (3) Writing, evaluating poems. Repeatable once. Pre: 410 or consent.

ENG 412 Nonfiction Writing (3) Workshop analysis of nonfiction as a literary form. Repeatable. Pre: 313 or 315, or consent.

ENG 413 Form and Theory of Fiction (3) Narrative techniques for students interested in writing fiction. Pre: 313 or consent.

ENG 414 Fiction Workshop (3) Writing, evaluating fiction. Repeatable once. Pre: 413 or consent.

ENG 415 Professional Editing (3) Discussion and practice in the professional editing of articles, reports, books; logic, clarity, coherence, consistency of tone and style, grammar and punctuation. Pre: 315 or consent.

ENG 416 (Alpha) Studies in Creative Writing (3) Workshop on special topics in creative writing. (B) creative writing and other arts; (C) genres of creative writing. Repeatable once only. Pre: 313 or 315; and 413, 412, or 410; or consent.

ENG 417 Argumentative Writing (3) Advanced work in the theory and practice of argument; emphasis on the role of invention in argumentative discourse and on the nature of rhetorical proof. Pre: 315.

ENG 421 English Drama to 1642 (3) From Medieval through Renaissance, excluding Shakespeare; e.g., Marlowe, Webster, Jonson.

ENG 425 Writing for Electronic Media (3) Combined lecture/lab course on writing and rhetoric in computer-mediated communication. May include online technical writing, courseware development, hypertext fiction. A-F only. Pre: two of 250-257 and 325; or consent.

ENG 431 The Rise of the British Novel (3) The 18th- and early 19th-century novelists; e.g., Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, Scott.

ENG 432 The Victorian Novel (3) Nine-teenth-century novelists; e.g., Dickens, the Brontës, George Eliot, Hardy.

ENG 433 The Modern British Novel (3) Twentieth-century novelists; e.g., Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf.

ENG 435 Literary Studies in the Bible (3) Narrative, generic, and stylistic forms in the Bible in English. Related writings may be considered in comparative analysis.

ENG 436 The Rhetorical Tradition (3) History of theory and practices of rhetoric from Classical to contemporary period; e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Augustine, Sidney, K. Burke, DeMan. Pre: 335 or 336.

ENG 437 Classics of Literary Criticism (3) Survey of chief critical writings from Greek to modern times; e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Sidney, Johnson, Arnold, Eliot, Barthes, Derrida, Foucault, Kristeva.

ENG 438 Prosody (3) Reading and writing in traditional poetic forms--sonnet, villanelle, sestina, roundel, pantoum, etc.--for theoretical and practical appreciation of formal poetry. Pre: 331 or 410, or consent.

ENG 439 (Alpha) Topics in Film (3) Specific topics in such areas as major filmmakers, genres, themes, film theory and criticism. (B) film genres; (C) film theory and criticism; (D) film and literature; (E) major filmmakers. Repeatable once only.

ENG 442 Chaucer (3) Chaucer’s art from early poems to Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales.

ENG 445 Early Shakespeare (3) Critical study of selected plays: early comedies and histories through major comedies.

ENG 446 Later Shakespeare (3) Critical study of selected plays: Hamlet and other major tragedies through late romances.

ENG 447 Milton (3) Selected poetry and prose, including Paradise Lost.

ENG 451 Medieval English Literature (3) Representative Old and Middle English poetry, prose, exclusive of Chaucer, chiefly in translation; e.g., Beowulf, Pearl, Morte d’Arthur. Continental backgrounds.

ENG 453 16th-Century English Literature (3) Tudor poetry and prose, exclusive of drama; e.g., More, Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Shakespeare, Spenser.

ENG 454 Early 17th-Century English Literature (3) Poetry and prose to 1660, exclusive of drama; e.g., Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell, Bacon, Browne.

ENG 457 Restoration and Early 18th- Century Literature (3) Drama, poetry, and prose, 1660-1744, exclusive of Milton; e.g., Dryden, Pope, Swift, the satiric mode.

ENG 458 Later 18th-Century English Literature (3) Drama, poetry, and prose, exclusive of novel; e.g., Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith.

ENG 461 English Literature of the Romantic Period (3) Poetry and prose from 1780 to 1832, exclusive of novel; e.g., Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats, Hazlitt, Lamb.

ENG 463 Victorian Literature (3) British poetry and prose, 1832-1914, exclusive of novel; e.g., Tennyson, Arnold, Browning, Swinburne, Hardy, Hopkins.

ENG 469 (Alpha) Studies in British Literature (3) One or two major authors, an individual genre, or a special topic. Repeatable once only.

ENG 475 The American Novel to 1900 (3) Development of prose fiction from early Republic through end of 19th century; e.g., Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, James.

ENG 476 20th-Century American Novel (3) The achievement of American prose fiction from Dreiser to contemporaries such as Pynchon, Bellow, Morrison.

ENG 478 Asian American Literature (3) Prose, poetry, and drama by Asian American writers from a variety of backgrounds, e.g. Japanese American, Chinese American, Korean American, Filipino American. Pre: two courses from ENG 250-257 (or concurrent) or consent.

ENG 479 (Alpha) Studies in American Literature (3) One or two major authors, an individual genre, or a special topic. Repeatable once only.

ENG 480 Literature of the Pacific (3) Literature of the Pacific and Pacific voyagers with special reference to contemporary writings in English by Pacific Islanders. Pre: two of 250- 257, or consent. (Cross-listed with PACS 480)

ENG 481 World Literature in English (3) Colonial, post-colonial, and commonwealth literatures in English, from regions such as Africa, India, the Pacific, and the Caribbean.

ENG 482 Narratives of Oral Tradition (3) Prose folktale; ballad and related poetry; epic; folklore-literary relationships.

ENG 483 Modern Drama (3) Major European and American dramatists from 1880 to present; e.g., Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, O’Neill, Brecht, Beckett.

ENG 485 Children’s Classics (3) Children’s literature from 17th-century folk and fairy tales to contemporary poetry and fiction; history of children’s book illustration.

ENG 487 20th-Century British and American Poetry (3) Major poets from the moderns through the contemporaries; e.g., Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Lowell, Bishop, Roethke, Merwin.

ENG 488 Contemporary British and American Literature (3) American and British drama, poetry, and prose since 1945.

ENG 489 (Alpha) Studies in Comparative Literature (3) A genre, theme, tradition, etc., in two or more literatures. Repeatable once only. (ENG 489F cross-listed as WS 489; ENG 489U cross-listed as EALL 472)

ENG 490 Theory of Teaching Composition (3) Theory, observation, and practice in teaching writing, especially the use of one-on-one and small group instruction. Recommended: 315.

ENG 491 Senior Honors Tutorial (3) Studies in history of ideas, periods, or themes in English and American literature. Repeatable. Pre: enrollment in Honors Program or consent.

ENG 492 Senior Honors Tutorial (3) Continuation of 491. Repeatable.

ENG 495 Internship (3) Faculty supervised participation in the operations of an organization. A-F only. Pre: two of 250-257; junior standing.

ENG 496 Senior Seminar (3) Intensive study in a major period, genre, or movement. Emphasis in field of special interest. Major research paper. Repeatable once only. Pre: 335 or 336, 351, 352, and one area course; or consent.

ENG 499 Directed Reading (V) Repeatable once. A-F only. Pre: two of 250-257 or consent.

ENG 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate and consent.

ENG 560 HWP Summer Writing Institute (V)

ENG 561 HWP Summer Institute WAC (V) Practicum in the current best approaches to teaching writing across the curriculum. Participants write, read published theory and research in composition, and demonstrate effective writing lessons. Repeatable.

ENG 611 (Alpha) Graduate Writing Workshop (3) Advanced practice and critical evaluation of the writing of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. (B) poetry; (C) fiction; (D) nonfiction. Repeatable. Pre: 411 for (B); 414 for (C); 412 for (D).

ENG 620 The Profession of English (3) Introduction to the professional study of English and the four concentrations in the MA program. Required of all candidates for the MA in English. Fall only.

ENG 633 (Alpha) Theories and Methods (3) Required course in the MA student’s area of concentration: (B) theories and methods of literary study; (C) introduction to composition and rhetoric; (D) foundations of creative writing; (E) theories in cultural studies. Repeatable in different alphas. Pre: 620 or equivalent, or consent. Spring only.

ENG 637 (Alpha) Literary Theory and Criticism (3) (B) classical period through 18th century; (C) Romantic and post-Romantic.

ENG 639 Film Theory and Criticism (3) Classic theories of representation and aesthetics; modern and contemporary cultural, psychoanalytic, and aesthetic theories as they apply to film. A-F only. Pre: graduate standing or consent.

ENG 640 Old English (3) Structure of the language, relation to present English; reading of selected prose and poetry. Pre: consent.

ENG 660 (Alpha) Major Authors (3) Study of one or more authors, English or American. Repeatable. Pre: 620 and graduate standing; or consent.

ENG 675 (Alpha) Literary Genres and Problems (3) Study of one area of English or American literature. Repeatable. Pre: 620 or consent.

ENG 680 Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition (3) Major contemporary theorists and classroom practices that evolve from their theories; observation and applications. Pre: 315 or 412; or consent.

ENG 691 MA Final Project (V) Individual reading and research towards preparation of MA project. 3 credit hours required. Repeatable. Pre: 620, 633 (or concurrent), or consent.

ENG 699 Directed Reading (V) Individual reading or research. Pre: consent.

ENG 700 Thesis Research (V) Pre: consent.

ENG 711 Seminar in Creative Writing (3) Advanced study in creative writing focused on thesis and dissertation projects. Repeatable once. Pre: 611 or consent.

ENG 716 (Alpha) Techniques in Contemporary Literature (3) The study, from the point of view of the creative writer, of works written within the last 25 years. (B) techniques in fiction; (C) techniques in poetry; (D) techniques in creative nonfiction. Repeatable. Pre: 611 (or concurrent) or consent.

ENG 730 Advanced Literary Research (3) Assumptions, methods, and definition of a literary field. Required of all doctoral candidates writing a critical/scholarly dissertation or a dissertation with a creative emphasis. Pre: 633 or equivalent and PhD candidacy.

ENG 735 (Alpha) Seminar in Comparative Literature (3) Introduction to comparative literature; relationship of English to other literatures; sources and influences. Repeatable. Pre: 620 (or concurrent) or consent.

ENG 737 Problems in Literary Criticism (3) Intensive study of selected topics in literary theory and its practical application; topics to be announced. Repeatable. Pre: 620 or consent.

ENG 740 Seminar in Composition Studies (3) Intensive study of selected issues in composition studies. Repeatable. Pre: 633C (or concurrent), or consent.

ENG 745 Seminar in English Language (3) Intensive study of one topic in English linguistics. Pre: consent.

ENG 751 Seminar in Life Writing (3) Intensive study of critical and theoretical issues raised by various forms of life writing (biography, autobiography, oral history, diaries, etc.) and of their history and methodology. A-F only. Repeatable once. Pre: 620 or consent.

ENG 757 Seminar in Shakespeare (3) Intensive study of Shakespeare. Pre: consent.

ENG 760 Seminar in Rhetoric (3) Intensive study of selected topics in the history of rhetoric, rhetorical theory, or rhetorical criticism; topic to be announced. Repeatable. Pre: 633C or consent.

ENG 765 Seminar in Cultural Studies in Asia/Pacific (3) Intensive study of selected issues in cultural studies in Asia and the Pacific; topics to be announced. A-F only. Repeatable once. Pre: 620 or consent.

ENG 766 Issues in Cultural Studies (3) Intensive study of selected issues in cultural studies and cultural and social theory; topics to be announced. A-F only. Repeatable once. Pre: 633E or consent.

ENG 775 (Alpha) Seminar in English Literature (3) Study of authors or a period. Pre: consent.

ENG 780 (Alpha) Seminar in American Literature (3) Study of authors or a period. Repeatable. Pre: 620 (or concurrent), and a 400-level course in American literature; or consent.

ENG 785 Special Topics in Literature (3) Content to be announced. Repeatable. Pre: 620 or consent.

ENG 800 Dissertation Research (V) Pre: consent.

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