Course Numbering

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Undergraduate Course Numbering

Courses numbered 499 and below are undergraduate courses. Course numbers in the 100 series are customarily taken by freshmen, the 200 series by sophomores, the 300 series by juniors, and the 400 series by seniors.

Graduate Course Numbering

Graduate courses are divided into the following categories:

• 500–699: Open only to graduate students admitted to master’s or doctoral programs; other bachelor’s degree holders; and approved, advanced undergraduate students.  Advanced undergraduate students who have secured the permission of the department offering the course may select from these courses to accumulate the hours necessary to complete an undergraduate degree. With the written permission of the dean of their college, they may take these courses for reserve graduate credit.
• 700–799: Open only to students admitted to graduate degree or certificate programs.
• 800–999: Primarily doctoral courses open only to students admitted to graduate degree programs.

Degree programs may extend permission to enroll bachelor’s degree holders.

Courses with the following numbers are reserved for the uses designated:

• 600–609: Limited applicability, graduate-credit courses, normally intended for in-service professional development and not directly leading to a graduate degree. A limited number of credits from these courses may be applied to a graduate degree.
• 798: Master’s research
• 799: Master’s thesis
• 800: Studies for the doctor of philosophy in education program
• 998: Doctoral dissertation proposal
• 999: Doctoral dissertation research
• 790, 890: Supervised practicum
• 794, 894: Internship
• 796, 896: Directed reading and research courses for master’s and doctoral students