Course Numbering

The heads of the academic units proposing courses should request the assignment of new course numbers. Any one of the six changes listed below requires the assignment of a new number.

New course added
Significant change in content of established course
Significant change in credits of established course
Change of established hyphenated course to separate course
Change of separate courses to hyphenated course
Significant change in time pattern of established course (class hours of lecture, lab, or discussion)

The University Senate approved the following Course Numbering Directives on March 14, 2005.

Course Numbers	Description
0000-0999	Ratcliffe Hicks School of Agriculture or pre-college work, may not be taken for degree credit by Baccalaureate students
1000-1999	Introductory courses, usually with no prerequisites, primarily intended for freshmen and sophomores
2000-2999	Courses, usually with no more than one prerequisite, primarily intended for sophomores
3000-3999	Advanced undergraduate courses, primarily intended for juniors and seniors
4000-4999	Advanced undergraduate courses, primarily intended for seniors
5000-5999	Entry-level and intermediate graduate courses
6000-6999	Advanced graduate courses
7000-7999	Law School

Courses number xx80 to xx99 are reserved for special topics, thesis, internships, etc as follows:

xx80	Field study	xx90	Field study
xx81	Internship	xx91	Internship
xx82	Practicum	xx92	Practicum
xx83	Foreign Study	xx93	Foreign Study
xx84	Seminar	xx94	Seminar
xx85	Special Topics	xx95	Special Topics
xx86	Thesis	xx96	Thesis
xx87	Honors Thesis	xx97	Honors Thesis
xx88	Variable Topics	xx98	Variable Topics
xx89	Undergraduate Research *	xx99	Independent Study

Eight Year Rule

No course number previously assigned, but dropped, will be assigned again until: The original number remains unassigned for a period of at least eight years ora course that has been put aside using the Senate's 5 Year Rule becomes reinstated without change or a dropped course becomes reinstated without change.

If the content of a course is changed sufficiently to warrant assigning a new number, a statement should appear after the description of the course, noting the prior course (Example: _______ "Formerly offered as ENGL ...."). Such an entry will be included in two successive catalogs and then omitted. If the content of a course is changed sufficiently to warrant assigning a new number and if the new course is a prerequisite to other established courses for which the dropped course also was prerequisite, the number of the prerequisite dropped course should be referenced in four successive catalogs. If a new course that is initiated and there are registration or credit restrictions specified which refer to a course that was dropped, (i.e., "Not open for credit to students who have passed _______").

Last updated 9/5/11