Lower-division courses (for freshmen and sophomores) are numbered 1—99; upper-division courses are numbered 100—199. Courses designated 200 and above are for graduate students. Below is a list of course number designations:

1-99 Lower division courses

100-199 Upper division courses

200-299 Graduate courses

300-399 Professional courses for teachers or prospective teachers

400-499 Courses of a professional nature other than those intended for teachers or prospective teachers

500-599 Individual study or research graduate courses if they may be used to satisfy minimum higher degree requirements

600-699 Individual study or graduate research courses not satisfying minimum higher degree requirements

Special designations are as follows:

98 Directed Group Study for lower-division students

99 Supervised Independent Study for academically superior lower-division students

197 Field Study Courses

198 Organized Group Study for undergraduates (typically upper-division students)

199 Supervised Independent Study for undergraduates (typically upper-division students)

601 Individual Study for Master’s Degree students

602 Individual Study for Doctoral students

C Prefix designates cross-listed courses in more than one department

H Prefix designates Honors courses

N Prefix designates Summer Session courses that are not equivalent to regular session courses with the same number

R Prefix designates courses that meet the Reading and Composition requirement

AC Suffix designates courses meeting the American Cultures requirement

XA/XB . . . XN Split sequence courses (e.g., Rhetoric 1A-1B) or multiple courses not necessarily taken in sequence (e.g., English 46A-46B-46C)

last updated on 3/12/07