Undergraduate Majors and Courses of Instruction

This section lists requirements for majors and minors and describes courses of instruction. Because courses are revised annually, their specific content will vary from year to year. To provide more detailed information upon which to base the selection of courses, the Schedule and Course Descriptions are published each term. This is available in time to examine course prerequisites, teaching procedures, objectives, and evaluation methods before registering.

Courses numbered 1000 and 2000 are lower-level courses that introduce subjects or provide general overviews and are open to freshmen. Courses numbered 3000 and 4000 are specialized courses, usually requiring prerequisites, and are typically not open to freshmen. Courses that are listed without a designated prerequisite have no prerequisites. Courses numbered 1900, 2900, and 3900 have been designed to be taught during the Spring Term. A description of selected Spring Term courses begins on page 172.

Courses that fulfill the general degree requirement for a “WRT” course and courses that fulfill the distribution requirements will be identified prior to registration for each term.

FIELD CODES: A three-letter code is assigned for every general subject category (e.g., BIO for Biology). Codes for the present subject-major areas listed in this Catalog are:

COURSE NUMBERS: Courses will be numbered in terms of thousands rather than hundreds as many systems use. In general, the number indicates the level of difficulty of the course as follows: