The Colleges of Arts & Sciences are comprised of four colleges that offer an integrated curriculum leading to baccalaureate degrees, certificate, and minors in their respective colleges.  An excellent education is at the heart of UH Mānoa, and the Colleges of Arts and Sciences are at the heart of of this mission, providing students with a comprehensive learning experience in a vibrant academic climate.  The colleges offer a liberal arts curriculum that stresses the integration of knowledge to enhance students' understanding of life, the human condition, and the world in which we live.

Click on each department name to learn more about the academic major, degrees offered, and the transferable skills associated with each major.

College of Arts and Humanities  

The arts (e.g., dance, music) are academic disciplines that explore and represent human thought and behavior in creative works.  Creating works of art is a way of both coming to understand and expressing ideas and feelings.  The humanities (e.g.,history, philosophy) are academic disciplines that study human thought and experience through written record of what people have thought, felt, or experienced in a variety of cultures. Adapted from: Andreatta, B. (2005)

College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature  

The academic disciplines found within this college involve the study of formal language or human thought and experience of what people have thought, felt, or experienced in a variety of cultures. Adapted from: Andreatta, B. (2005)

College of Natural Sciences

The physical and biological sciences are academic disciplines that study the physical world (chemistry, physics), its inhabitants (biology, botany, marine biology, microbiology, zoology), and the symbolic relationships within.  Some involve the creation of systems for describing the physical world or biological behavior in abstract or mathematical terms (mathematics, ICS). Adapted from: Andreatta, B. (2005)

College of Social Sciences

The social sciences are the academic disciplines that study human beings and their behavior from a variety of perspectives: as individuals (psychology), within groups (e.g., sociology, ethnic studies), within cultures (anthropology), or within economics and political entities (e.g., political science, economics).  Adapted from: Andreatta, B. (2005)

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