Instructional Area:

Unit of Measure for Course Credit
  

The semester hour is used as the unit of measure for course credit. Though the semester hour is not well defined, the following guidelines assist in its understanding:

1.It is customary that one semester hour credit be given for each lecture hour per week.

2.From two to four clock hours per week in laboratory work are normally required for one semester hour credit.

3.The above refer to a fall or spring semester; the time requirements increase approximately threefold for a 5-week summer term.

Within each course description two digits in parentheses follow the credit hours. The first digit is the number of lecture hours and the second digit is the number laboratory hours required each week during the fall or spring semester.

Course Numbering System
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Each course is represented by three capital letters followed by a four-digit numeral (e.g., FIN 3311).

The letters form an abbreviation for the instructional area while the numeral is interpreted as follows:

First Digit

The first digit indicates academic level and provides information regarding restrictions as to undergraduate and/or graduate student enrollment:

3000 and 4000 series -- undergraduate upper division (normally for undergraduate students but with advisor approval for graduate students).

6000 series -- graduate courses (for graduate students only except for undergraduates with an approved mixed load petition).

Second Digit

The second digit indicates the amount of credit awarded. For example, a course numbered 4331, carries three semester hours of credit.

Third and Fourth Digits

The third and fourth digits are used to distinguish between courses within an instructional area.

Course Punctuation
  

One of the following marks of punctuation may immediately follow the course number, or may separate a series of course numbers. Internal punctuations (between multi-listed courses) take precedence over all punctuation in a series of course numbers. The significance of each mark of punctuation is as follows: