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Political Science (POLS)

GenEd/Focus/ Special Des.	CRN	Course	Section	Title	Credits	Instructor	Curr. Enrolled	Seats avail.	Rsrved. Seats avail.	Days	Time	Room	Dates
DH,WI	68837	POLS 308	1	Science & the Modern Prospect	3	L G Herman	8	12	0	T	0330-0620p	CL D237	08/21-12/08
3/20/2023: Class added to schedule.
DS,SF,TXT0,WI	68360	POLS 326	1	Environmental Politics	3	M Mironesco	16	4	0	TBA	TBA	WWW	08/21-10/13
This class is offered in an accelerated format from 08/21/23 to 10/13/23. The following refund and withdrawal dates apply: August 22, 2023 Last day to receive 100% tuition refund August 30, 2023 Last day to receive 50% tuition refund September 22, 2023 Last day to withdraw from class (“W” on transcript)
DS,TXT0	68505	POLS 330	1	American Politics	3	M Mironesco	25	5	0	TBA	TBA	WWW	08/21-12/08
3/28/2023: TXT0 added to class.
SF,SL,TXT0	68772	POLS 336	1	Politics of Water	3	M Mironesco	2	21	0	TBA	TBA	WWW	08/21-09/22
										M	0500-0800p	WWW	08/21
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	08/26
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	09/02
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	09/09
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	09/16
										F	0500-0800p	WWW	09/22
This class is offered in an accelerated format from 08/21/23 to 09/22/23. The following refund and withdrawal dates apply: August 22, 2023 Last day to receive 100% tuition refund August 28, 2023 Last day to receive 50% tuition refund September 11, 2023 Last day to withdraw from class (“W” on transcript) This class will have scheduled Zoom sessions on the following Dates: August 21 5-8pm, September 22 5-8 pm. This class will have scheduled Saturday field days as a class from 9am-1pm on 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16. All other instructional time will be held online asynchronously. Service-learning (SL) and community engagement link classroom curriculum to ‘āina-based and culturally appropriate education with hands-on experiential learning opportunities. SL connects real world problem-based learning with a focus on career pathways in order to match the needs of community partners and leads to student success. The SL course designation offers students high quality service earning experiences in their courses with a minimum of 15 hours of service in community, and 5 hours of reflection and/or writing connecting the service with the course curriculum. 3/23/2023: SF, TXT0 attributes added to class.
DS,TXT0,WI	68429	POLS 384	1	Women and Politics	3	M Mironesco	18	2	0	TBA	TBA	WWW	08/21-12/08
3/28/2023: TXT0 added to class. WI attribute and prerequisite added to class.
TXT0,WI	68855	POLS 440	1	Kanawai Hawaii/Nat Hawn Law	3	M K Correa	3	1	0	R	1230-0150p	WWW	08/21-12/08
4/4/23: Class added. 4/5/23: WI focus added.

Most in-person courses have an online component.
Computer requirements and Laulima tutorials are available at https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/distancelearning/student/.

General Education Requirements:
FGA	= Foundation GMP-A	DA	= Diversification-Arts	DP	= Diversification-Physical Science
FGB	= Foundation GMP-B	DB	= Diversification-Biological Science	DS	= Diversification-Social Science
FGC	= Foundation GMP-C	DH	= Diversification-Humanities	DY	= Diversification-Laboratory (science)
FQ	= Foundation Quantitative Reasoning	DL	= Diversification-Literatures
FS	= Foundation Symbolic Reasoning
FW	= Foundation Written Communication

Focus Requirements:
ETH	= Contemporary Ethical Issues
HAP	= Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues
OC	= Oral Communication
WI	= Writing Intensive

Special Designations:
SF	= Sustainability Focused	OI	= Off-Island	IDAP	= eBook Access	C19	= Online due to COVID-19 (Fall 2020-Spring 2022)
SL	= Service Learning	OS	= Off-Site	TXT0	= Textbook Cost $0

Class Meeting Days:
M	= Monday	R	= Thursday	U	= Sunday
T	= Tuesday	F	= Friday	TBA	= To Be Announced/Arranged
W	= Wednesday	S	= Saturday

Class Meeting Rooms:
ONLINE ASYNC	= Completely online, NO scheduled days/times
ONLINE SYNC	= Completely online at scheduled days/times