Linguistics is the study of the history, development, and multidimensional theories of human languages. It is an interdisciplinary study which interrelates with Anthropology, Hawaiian Studies, Japanese Studies, Psychology, and Speech, among other disciplines. Linguistics at UH Hilo UH Hilo is one of a few colleges and universities in the United States to offer a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics. The linguistics program offers a broad range of courses taught by faculty from several disciplines, each of whom approaches human language from a distinctive perspective.
Major Requirements See academic advising for a detailed listing of the degree requirements .
Courses in the student's native language are excepted. One year of college-level foreign language study or the equivalent. Studying Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Hilo made me see human language in everyday life in a new and fascinating way. I will be a good language researcher and teacher. The explanatory power of a language-based theory of human behavior should be enough to convince the unbiased observer that only through an understanding of language we will ever understand ourselves.