Spring courses from HPU's College of Liberal Arts that make great electives although most also can meet requirements in one or more majors or minors and in gen ed.

3. PSY3340 Human Sexuality
T/Th 1:30-2:45pm, Aumer, K.
Explores the biological, neurological,
psychological, sociological, and
historical bases of human sexuality,
sexual development, and
reproduction; and the issues and
challenges related to sexuality in a
contemporary society. Maintaining
objectivity within the context of
personal value systems is also
addressed.

4. Explore the magic and mayhem of Fantasy Literature in ENG 3228
Dr. Christy
Williams
Featuring
Ursula Le Guin, N.K.
Jemisin, Robin McKinley,
E. Nesbitt, Garth Nix,
and J.R.R. Tolkien
Enchanted
Forests, Wayward
Wizards,
Fairy Queens, and
Other Realms

5. Modern Media Systems Global Media Studies
MULT 2060 Modern Media Systems explores the rise of the
electronic media industry from the inception of radio broadcasting
to the establishment of network television, cable proliferation,
satellite transmission, micro-computing, the advent of the Internet,
social media, mobile telecoms, and smart phone interconnectivity.
Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. – 8:40 p.m.

6. ARTH 3556
Art of Hawaii
Professor Feldman
MW 1:30-2:45

7. PSCI 3000: Political
Thought
• Examine the role of inequality,
power, citizenship.
• How best to govern the
commons?
• Understand collective action and
different attitudes toward
governance.
Special attention to modern
resistance: Mauna Kea, Hong
Kong Protests, Brexit, and White
Nationalism.
SPRING 2020 with Dr. Ngoc Phan T-R 9:00-
10:15

8. The arts permeate our lives
• Not only in terms of sculpture, painting, music, dance, drama,
and literature
• but also in the music in our ear buds, the shows we watch on
Netflix, the graffiti on public buildings, and the buildings
themselves in which we live and work
• The arts present us with questions we want to Google, with
decisions about what is “good,” and even ethical and social
issues related to education, funding, and the like.

9. Introductory art-focused courses in College of Liberal Arts
for general education or as electives
• ARTS 1000 Intro Visual Arts (CA), ARTS 1003 Sustainable Arts and Design (SW), ARTS
2150 Intro to Design (CA)
• ARTH 2301 Tribal Arts (CA)
• ENG 2000 Introduction to Literature (CA), ENG 2100 Reading Literature, Film,
Culture (CT)
• MULT 1050 Point, Shoot and Edit and MULT 1100 Foundations of Multimedia
Production (Tech & Innovation)
• MUS 1000 Intro West. Classical Music & MUS 2101 Music in World Culture (CA)
• THEA 2320 Basic Acting for Stage and Screen (CA)
• WRI 2601 Intro. Creative Writing (CA)
• WRI 1250 Intro. to Research in the Humanities (WC&IL II)

10. WRI 1250 Introduction to Research in
the Humanities fulfills Written
Communication and Information
Literacy II

11. • The French Revolution marked a radical break in
European and world history and introduced a new
kind of politics based on the principles of freedom
and equality. This course examines this cataclysmic
event that rocked eighteenth-century Europe and
its legacy for modern France. Students will examine
the ideas of major thinkers such as Rousseau and
Voltaire and explore the cultural world of the
common people who actually made this
Revolution. We will spend three weeks of the class
playing a historical role-playing game in which
students reenact the National Assembly in 1791 as
it creates a Constitution for the new nation.
A “Reacting to the Past” Course
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00-4:15
Instructor: Dr. Linda Lierheimer
HIST 3225
The Enlightenment and the French
Revolution
Major elective requirement for
B.A. in History
B.A. in International Studies
B.S. in Diplomacy and Military Studies

12. AL 2000 INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Examine questions such as:
• What exactly is Pidgin?
• Does Google Translate work?
• Are slang and accents the same thing?
• Why is English spelling so weird?
• What mistake did this student make? 
• Do animals use language like people do?
• Why do language teachers study linguistics?
AL = Applied Linguistics (a.k.a. TESOL)
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

13. PSCI 3540: THE POLITICS OF TERRORISM
• Dr. Andrea Maliji Tuesday-Thursday 1:30-2:45
• This course explores the history and evolution of terrorism throughout the
world. Students will study the existing debates within the literature, including
definitions, causes, motivations, and profiles of states and individuals most likely
to commit and experience terrorism. Additional themes covered will include
religion and terrorism, gender, right wing, and left wing terrorist movements.

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15. ENG 2100:
READING LITERATURE, FILM, CULTURE
• English 2100 introduces you to the
study of English and Cultural Studies
by examining a variety of literary,
dramatic, and cinematic texts.
• Learn about the potential career
opportunities for Writing minors,
English majors and minors, and Film
Studies minors, and others, trained
in the skills of critical analysis.
Satisfies General Education Critical Thinking and Expression

17. PSY3235 Cross-Cultural Psychology
T/Th Noon-1:15pm, Hall, D.
A study of cross-cultural differences
in perception, motivation,
expression, verbal and nonverbal
behavior, and values and meaning
systems, and the implications of
these differences for cross-cultural
interaction and understanding.

18. COM 3320
PERSUASION JOHN
HART
TR 1030-1145
An exploration of how persuasion influences us
through the mass media, public relations,
marketing, advertising, and culture.
What person shouldn't know more about
persuasion?

19. INTR 3375: CIVIL RESISTANCE
AND NON-VIOLENT
MOVEMENTS
• Tuesday 6:00-8:40, Dr. Andrea Maliji
• The course will explore key discussions and topics
including the history, definitions, types, and
responses to civil resistance, challenging
colonialism through civil resistance, civil resistance
through art, and civil resistance movements
throughout the world. Much attention will be
devoted to civil resistance in Indigenous
communities, especially Hawai’i and the current
movement centered around Mauna Kea. The
course will also cover the changing dynamics of
civil resistance, such as hacktivism.

20. WRI 3340 Creative Nonfiction Writing Workshop
Beauty is truth, truth beauty—John Keats
Dr. Deborah Ross M W 3:00-4:15

21. PSY3140 Psychology of
Substance Abuse
ONLINE, Cruz, K.
A liberal arts survey of all
aspects of drug abuse
including pharmacology,
physiology, history, culture,
philosophy, and treatment.

22. MC 3900: WRITE FOR KALAMALAMA
● This course covers the basic requirements of newswriting
and reporting for the student run newspaper Kalamalama.
● This class will include interviewing, outside reporting
assignments, covering news events and creating news
stories for the online newspaper and its social media
channels.
● This is a 1 credit class. Student reporters may repeat the
course up to three times for a total of 3 credit hours as an
unrestricted, upper division elective.
● WORD PRESS web site
● http://hpulamalama.com/wp/
● FACEBOOK page
● https://www.facebook.com/Kalamalama.HPU/

23. PSY3320 Health
Psychology
ONLINE, Watson, S.
This course introduces students to the
field of health psychology. Beginning
with historic ideas from the Greeks
through psychosomatic medicine,
current thoughts and approaches from a
biopsychosocial understanding of
disease and its meaning (psychological
and social) will be developed, with a
focus on applied issues.