Set Yourself Up For Success

Education at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa strengthens you from the inside out, starting with core requirements that provide a solid foundation for the rest of your life. We help you develop critical thinking skills, guided by social values from the perspective of our Asia-Pacific region and host-culture.

manoa.hawaii.edu/catalog/undergrad/undergrad-requirements

Foundation These are your basics: written communication, symbolic reasoning, and global and multicultural perspectives.

Focus Focus requirements are designed to give you the additional skills and knowledge to live and work in diverse communities. Diversification These courses broaden your mind by exposing you to the arts, humanities, and literature, as well as the social and physical sciences.

Hawaiian or Another Language At the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, students have the opportunity to gain skill in Hawaiian or a foreign language up to the 202 level.

You should meet with your academic advisors regularly and often. Advisors and students share equally in the work of advising, from researching answers to creating academic plans. To make the most of your academic journey, you will want to work closely with your academic advisors, who can help you:

• Figure out when you need to do what • Clarify your academic and career goals • Make a plan, so you can graduate on time • Take advantage of all that is offered here • Navigate the system to find what you need • Transform your dreams into reality

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