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How
to read the Courses Catalog
In the Courses Catalog, courses are listed in alphabetical
order by departments
and then alphabetically by rubric.
For instance,
the Department of English lists its courses under three
separate rubrics:
Business and Technical Writing, English, and Rhetoric and Composition.
Courses are listed in numerical order within the individual rubric. The
course number denotes the level of the course:
100-198
are intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores, although they may
also be taken by juniors and seniors. In certain instances they may be
taken by graduate students to make up undergraduate deficiencies, but
they may not be taken for graduate credit.
199 (Undergraduate Open Seminars)
are special courses for independent study, experimentation, or seminars
on topics not treated by regularly scheduled courses.
Requests for initiation
of the course and suggestions for areas of study may be made
by students
or faculty. The seminar may be offered only with the approval
of the faculty
member involved and the department head. A student may
accumulate an unlimited
number of credit hours in 199 courses, but no more than 12 such hours
listed on the student's transcript may be counted toward
fulfilling graduation
requirements. Exceptions to this rule are made in cases where a larger
number of credit hours in 199 courses is an integral part of a formal,
college-approved program of study (such as Individual Plans of Study or
Unit One).
200-299
are intended for undergraduate students who satisfy the
published prerequisite(s),
if any. In certain instances, these courses may be taken by
graduate students
to make up
undergraduate deficiencies, but they may not be taken for
graduate credit.
300-399
are intended primarily for juniors, seniors, and professional
and graduate
students who satisfy published prerequisite(s), if any. These courses
are offered for either undergraduate credit (expressed in
hours) or graduate
credit (expressed in units). Only graduate students and certain seniors
with Graduate College approval may receive graduate credit.
400-499
are available for professional and graduate students, and for certain
seniors with Graduate College approval to register for graduate credit
(expressed in units).
The course
description
includes course content, the requirements for admission to the course
(if any), and the credit given. For additional information, contact the
department offering the course.
Prerequisites indicate special requirements should be
met for admission
to the course. Sometimes a particular class standing (e.g.,
junior standing
) is required. An undergraduate must have 30 hours of credit
to be classified
as a sophomore, a minimum of 60 hours to be classified as a junior, and
a minimum of 90 hours to be classified as a senior. A graduate student
is a person who has been admitted to the Graduate College.
A cross-listed course is offered under the same name
in different
departments. Courses may be cross-listed with one or several
departments;
each listing carries a "Same as" statement indicating all the
cross-listing rubrics. For the description of a cross-listed
course, look
to the controlling department, indicated by a separate "See"
statement in the course description.
Course credit for undergraduate students is counted in semester
hours. A semester hour represents the work of one classroom period for
fifty minutes each week through one semester (two periods per week in
an eight-week summer session), the equivalent in laboratory
or field work,
or approved independent study. In course descriptions,
"3 hours"
means 3 hours of credit each semester or summer session.
Credit for graduate students taking courses numbered 300 and
above typically
is counted in units. One unit is usually considered the equivalent of
4 semester hours of credit.
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