Key to the Catalog
Course Numbering System
A course's level of instruction is shown by the number assigned to it:
| Course Number | Type of Course |
|---|---|
| 1 to 99 | Preparatory and remedial (noncredit) |
| 100 to 299 | Lower-division |
| 300 to 499 | Upper-division |
| 500 to 599 | Advanced undergraduate or graduate |
| 600 to 799 | Graduate |
Credit-Hour Designations
One semester hour of credit generally includes a minimum of one hour of instruction per week in a semester or two hours of instruction per week in a term (e.g., generally a three-hour class will meet at least three hours per week for a semester).
| Credit hour | Semester hours of credit |
| Lecture hour | Class hours of lecture, recitation, or seminar meeting per week |
| Lab hour | Laboratory hours required per week or hours of field study or individual research per week, beyond the hours shown in the second number |
Abbreviations and Symbols
The following abbreviations and symbols are used in the course listings:
| A,B | Indicate parts of a course to be taken in separate enrollments. |
| Arr. | Credit, class, or laboratory hours arranged |
| ea. | Credit-hour designation applies to each registration |
| M | Majors-only course |
| R | Designates a course that may be repeated for credit. Two R courses with the same number on a transcript are treated as two independent courses. An R course cannot be repeated to raise the grade received; all grades will be counted because it is assumed that the subject matter varies from time to time. |
When Courses Are Offered
The following words or phrases are used on some courses to indicate when the course will be taught:
| Fall | Fall semester |
| Winter | Winter semester |
| Spring-Summer | Includes spring term, summer term, and semester-length offerings |
| Even Fall, Even Winter, etc. | Course taught on even-numbered years in semester/term indicated |
| Odd Fall, Odd Winter, etc. | Course taught on odd-numbered years in semester/term indicated |
| First term | Course taught on the term(first half of semester) as indicated |
| Second term | Course taught on the term (second half of semester) as indicated |
| Contact Department | Course may be taught if enough students are interested and an instructor is available |
Subject Areas and Abbreviations
| Subject Area | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Accounting | ACC |
| Aerospace Studies | AEROS |
| Afrikaans | AFRIK |
| Akan | AKAN |
| Albanian | ALBAN |
| American Heritage | A HTG |
| American Sign Language | ASL |
| American Studies | AM ST |
| Ancient Near Eastern Studies | ANES |
| Anthropology | ANTHR |
| Arabic | ARAB |
| Armenian | ARMEN |
| Art | ART |
| Art Education | ARTED |
| Art History and Curatorial Studies | ARTHC |
| Asian Studies | ASIAN |
| Aymara | AYMRA |
| Basque | BASQ |
| Bicolano | BCLNO |
| Biology | BIO |
| Bulgarian | BULGN |
| Burmese | BURMS |
| Business Administration | MBA |
| Business Management | BUS M |
| Cakchiquel | CAKCQ |
| Cambodian | CAMBO |
| Cantonese | CANT |
| Catalan | CATLN |
| Cebuano | CEBU |
| Chemical Engineering | CH EN |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry | CHEM |
| Chinese - Mandarin | CHIN |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | CE EN |
| Classical Civilization | CL CV |
| Classics | CLSCS |
| Communication Disorders | COMD |
| Communications | COMMS |
| Comparative Literature | CMLIT |
| Computer Science | C S |
| Computer Science Animation | CSANM |
| Construction and Facilities Management | CFM |
| Counseling Psychology and Special Education | CPSE |
| Croatian | CROAT |
| Czech | CZECH |
| Dance | DANCE |
| Danish | DANSH |
| Dari | DARI |
| Design | DES |
| Design - Animation | DESAN |
| Design - Graphic Design | DESGD |
| Design - Illustration | DESIL |
| Design - Photography | DESPH |
| Digital Humanities and Technology | DIGHT |
| Dutch | DUTCH |
| Early Childhood Education | ECE |
| Economics | ECON |
| Educational Leadership and Foundations | EDLF |
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | EC EN |
| Elementary Education | EL ED |
| Engineering Technology | ENG T |
| English | ENGL |
| English as a Second Language | ESL |
| English Language | ELANG |
| Estonian | ESTON |
| European Studies | EUROP |
| Executive Master of Business Administration | EMBA |
| Exercise Sciences | EXSC |
| Family, Home, and Social Sciences | FHSS |
| Fijian | FIJI |
| Filipino, Tagalog | TAGAL |
| Finance | FIN |
| Fine Arts | FNART |
| Finnish | FINN |
| Foreign Language Courses | FLANG |
| French | FREN |
| Ga | GA |
| Geography | GEOG |
| Geological Sciences | GEOL |
| Georgian | GEORG |
| German | GERM |
| Greek (Classical) | GREEK |
| Greek, Modern | M GRK |
| Guarani | GUARA |
| Haitian Creole | CREOL |
| Hawaiian | HAWAI |
| Health Science | HLTH |
| Hebrew | HEB |
| Hindi | HINDI |
| History | HIST |
| Hmong | HMONG |
| Honors Program | HONRS |
| Humanities College | HCOLL |
| Hungarian | HUNG |
| Icelandic | ICLND |
| Ilangot | ILANG |
| Ilocano | ILOCN |
| Ilonggo/Hiligaynon | HILIG |
| Indonesian | INDON |
| Industrial Design | INDES |
| Information Systems | IS |
| Information Technology | IT |
| Instructional Psychology and Technology | IP&T |
| Interdisciplinary Humanities | IHUM |
| International and Area Studies | IAS |
| International Cinema Studies | ICS |
| International Relations | IR |
| Italian | ITAL |
| Japanese | JAPAN |
| Javanese | JAVNS |
| K'iche | KICHE |
| Kazakh | KAZAK |
| Korean | KOREA |
| Laotian | LAO |
| Latin (Classical) | LATIN |
| Latin American Studies | LT AM |
| Latvian | LATVI |
| Law | LAW |
| Life Sciences | LFSCI |
| Linguistics | LING |
| Linguistics Computing | LINGC |
| Lithuanian | LITHU |
| Malagasy | MALAG |
| Malay | MALAY |
| Management Communication | M COM |
| Manufacturing | MFG |
| Maori | MAORI |
| Marriage and Family Therapy | MFT |
| Marriage, Family, and Human Development | MFHD |
| Marshallese | MARSH |
| Mathematics | MATH |
| Mathematics Education | MTHED |
| Maya, Yucatec | MAYA |
| Mechanical Engineering | ME EN |
| Microbiology and Molecular Biology | MMBIO |
| Middle East Studies/Arabic | MESA |
| Military Science | MIL S |
| Mongolian | MONGO |
| Music | MUSIC |
| Navajo | NAVAJ |
| Near Eastern Languages | NE LG |
| Near Eastern Studies | NES |
| Neuroscience | NEURO |
| Niuean | NIUEA |
| Norwegian | NORWE |
| Nursing | NURS |
| Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science | NDFS |
| Organizational Behavior | ORG B |
| Pashto | PSHTO |
| Persian | PERSI |
| Philosophy | PHIL |
| Physical Education Teacher Education | PETE |
| Physical Science | PHY S |
| Physics and Astronomy | PHSCS |
| Physiology and Developmental Biology | PDBIO |
| Plant and Wildlife Sciences | PWS |
| Polish | POLSH |
| Political Science | POLI |
| Portuguese | PORT |
| Psychology | PSYCH |
| Public Management | MPA |
| Public Policy | P POL |
| Quechua | QUECH |
| Rarotongan | RAROT |
| Recreation Management | RECM |
| Rel A - Ancient Scripture | REL A |
| Rel C - Church History and Doctrine | REL C |
| Rel E - Religious Education | REL E |
| Romanian | ROM |
| Russian | RUSS |
| Samoan | SAMOA |
| Scandinavian Studies | SCAND |
| School of Family Life | SFL |
| Secondary Education | SC ED |
| Serbian | SRBIA |
| Slovak | SLOVK |
| Slovene | SLN |
| Social Work | SOC W |
| Sociology | SOC |
| Spanish | SPAN |
| Statistics | STAT |
| Student Activities | STAC |
| Student Development | STDEV |
| Swahili | SWAHI |
| Swedish | SWED |
| Tahitian | TAHTN |
| Taiwanese | TAIWN |
| Tamil | TAMIL |
| Teacher Education | T ED |
| Teaching English Language Learners | TELL |
| Technology | TECH |
| Technology and Engineering Education | TEE |
| Technology and Engineering Studies | TES |
| Thai | THAI |
| Theatre and Media Arts | TMA |
| Tibetan | TIBET |
| Tongan | TONGA |
| Trukese | TRUKS |
| Turkish | TURK |
| Twi | TWI |
| Ukrainian | UKRAI |
| University Requirements | UNIV |
| Urdu | URDU |
| Vanuatu | VANTU |
| Vietnamese | VIET |
| Waray-Waray | WARAY |
| Welsh | WELSH |
| Women's Studies | WS |
| Writing | WRTG |
| Xhosa | XHOSA |