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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.

Advanced undergraduate courses, primarily intended for juniors and seniors   
Advanced undergraduate courses, primarily intended for seniors    
Entry-level and intermediate graduate courses    
Advanced graduate courses    
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

xx93

Foreign Study

xx84

xx94

Seminar

xx85

xx95

Special Topics

xx86

xx96

Thesis

xx87

xx97

Honors Thesis

xx88

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