Foreign or Hawaiian Language Requirement (Undergraduate) Successful completion of second-level study (i.e., through 202 or equivalent) of Hawaiian or an approved foreign language for students who entered the UH system in fall 1989 or later. Successful completion of first-level study (i.e., through 102 or equivalent) of Hawaiian or an approved foreign language for students who entered the UH system in fall 1988 or spring 1989.
Foundation Requirement (Undergraduate) Specified courses in the General Education Core intended to give students skills and perspectives that are fundamental to undertaking higher education.
Freshmen Students who have earned fewer than 25 semester credit hours.
Full-Time Students For academic purposes, undergraduates carrying 12 or more credits per semester or graduates carrying 8 or more credits.
General Education Core Specified courses in liberal arts and related areas required for the bachelor’s degree and usually completed in the first two years of undergraduate study.
Grade Point Average (GPA) Determined by first multiplying the number of credits for each course taken for a letter grade by the points earned for that course (i.e., A is 4 points, B is 3, C is 2, D is 1, and F is 0), then by adding all the points, and finally by dividing total grade points by the total number of credits attempted for courses in which letter grades were given.
Graduate Assistants Graduate students hired by the University as teaching or research assistants.
Graduate Courses Courses offered as part of a graduate degree program, numbered 600–800.
Graduate Faculty Members of the University community eligible to advise classified graduate students.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) A standardized test required for admission to many graduate fields of study.
Graduate Students Students admitted to the Graduate Division to pursue advanced degrees.
Incomplete Grades With the instructor’s approval, students may receive a grade of I if they are unable to complete a small, but important part of a course’s requirements by semester’s end but are committed to doing so by a specified deadline.
Introductory Courses All 100-level courses and those 200-level courses without explicit college course prerequisites.
Juniors Students who have earned 55–88 semester credit hours.
Liberal Studies An undergraduate program within the Colleges of Arts and Sciences that allows students to design their own major.
Lower Division Courses Freshman- and sophomore-level courses that generally do not require any prerequisite courses and are numbered 100–299.
Major The area of academic concentration or specialization in which the degree is conferred.
Maximum Registration No more than 19 credit hours per semester for undergraduate and professional diploma students without special approval from a college dean. Graduate students are limited to 16 credit hours per semester (9 for graduate assistants) unless special approval is given. |
