Course Numbering System

Course Numbering System

Courses #001-099 are preparatory to college-level work, may carry credit hours applied to total hours earned for graduation and fulfill only general elective credit.

Courses #100-199 are introductory courses or sequences of courses, with no departmental prerequisites, that introduce basic skills, techniques, concepts, or questions of the field.

Courses #200-299 continue the introduction to the field beyond the 100-level or introduce the field by focusing on a major area in the field. Such courses may not have departmental prerequisites but are designed for students with some college experience.

Courses #300-399 are advanced courses that depend on previously learned knowledge and skills in the discipline or a maturity of skills in critical thinking. In such courses, students are asked increasingly to employ the tools of the discipline in response to basic questions. Ordinarily these courses have prerequisites or require junior standing.

Courses #400-499 require students to do more independent work, often involving the creation or synthesis of knowledge using previously learned skills, and these courses usually are designed for the major.

Courses #500 and above are graduate level/credit courses. A student must be in a graduate program to earn graduate credit for these courses.