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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
ETH	67165	POLS 302	1C	Political Philosophy	3	M T Kato	19	5	0	TR	1230-0150p	CL D141	01/13-05/09
This class is being concurrently taught with CRN 67272.
ETH	67272	POLS 302	1W	Political Philosophy	3	M T Kato	6	0	0	TR	1230-0150p	ONLINE SYNC	01/13-05/09
This class is being concurrently taught with CRN 67165.
ETH,IDAP,WI	67545	POLS 316	1	Constitutional Law:Civ Rts,Lib	3	M Mironesco	17	3	0	TBA	TBA	ONLINE ASYNC	01/13-05/09
DS,SF,TXT0	67725	POLS 326	1	Environmental Politics	3	M Mironesco	19	11	0	TBA	TBA	ONLINE ASYNC	01/13-03/07
This class is offered in an accelerated format from 01/13/25 to 03/07/25. The following refund and withdrawal dates apply: January 14, 2025 Last day to receive 100% tuition refund January 22, 2025 Last day to receive 50% tuition refund February 13, 2025 Last day to withdraw from class (“W” on transcript)
DS,SF,SL,TXT0	67729	POLS 335	1	Politics of Food	3	M Mironesco	5	18	0	TBA	TBA	ONLINE ASYNC	01/13-02/14
										M	0500-0800p	AHS A220	01/13
										F	0500-0800p	AHS A220	02/14
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	01/18
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	01/25
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	02/01
										S	0900-0100p	FIELD	02/08
This class is offered in an accelerated format from 01/13/25 to 02/14/25. The following refund and withdrawal dates apply: January 14, 2025 Last day to receive 100% tuition refund January 21, 2025 Last day to receive 50% tuition refund January 31, 2025 Last day to withdraw from class (“W” on transcript) This class will have two in person sessions on the following dates: 1/13/2025 and 2/14/2025 from 5-8 pm. This class will have scheduled Saturday field days as a class from 9am-1pm on 1/18/2025, 1/25/2025, 2/1/2025, 2/8/2025. 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.
DS,TXT0,WI	67404	POLS 339	1	Feminist Theory	3	M Mironesco	16	4	0	TBA	TBA	ONLINE ASYNC	01/13-05/09
	67726	POLS 342	1	Indigenous Peoples & Modernity	3	D K Mahi	5	19	0	W	1230-0150p	CL D237	01/13-02/21
										W	1230-0150p	ONLINE SYNC	02/22-05/09
This course will meet on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:50 pm. Meetings will be held in-person from 01/15/25-02/19/25 and online synchronously from 02/26/25-05/14/25. All other instructional time will be held online asynchronously. This class is cross-listed with HPST 342 (67883).
HAP	67021	POLS 381	1C	Hawaii Politics	3	M T Kato	6	9	0	TR	0930-1050a	CL D141	01/13-05/09
This class is cross-listed with HPST 381 and is being concurrently taught with CRNs 67023, 67022, 67024.
HAP	67023	POLS 381	1W	Hawaii Politics	3	M T Kato	2	3	0	TR	0930-1050a	ONLINE SYNC	01/13-05/09
This class is cross-listed with HPST 381 and is being concurrently taught with CRNs 67021, 67022, 67024.
OC	67731	POLS 395	1C	Dialectics of Sound	3	M T Kato	3	9	0	W	0930-1050a	LAB E132	01/13-05/09
01/10/2025: Moved to E132. This class is cross-listed with MUS 395 (CRN: 67733).
OC	67732	POLS 395	1W	Dialectics of Sound	3	M T Kato	4	1	0	W	0930-1050a	ONLINE SYNC	01/13-05/09
This class is cross-listed with MUS 395 (CRN: 67734).
WI	67727	POLS 430	1	Politics and Film	3	L G Herman	11	9	0	R	0200-0330p	CL D237	01/13-05/09
This course will meet in-person on Thursdays from 2:00-3:30 pm. All other instructional time will be held online asynchronously.

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