Prerequisites
In order to enroll in some courses, you must either complete or
concurrently register for certain other courses or possess some particular
qualifications or class standing. These requirements, known as prerequisites,
are listed inside the parentheses after the course titles. If no prerequisites
are listed, there are usually none, except for the class standing requirement
indicated by the course number.
Students attempting to register for courses for which the prerequisites
have not been met may need to obtain a class permission number from the
appropriate instructor, department and/or college.
Unless otherwise noted, class standing requirements are indicated by
course numbers as follow:
| Number |
Guidelines |
| 0xxx |
Courses that do not carry credit toward any University
degree. |
| 1xxx |
Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their
first year of study. |
| 2xxx |
Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their
second year of study. |
| 3xxx |
Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their
third year of study. |
| 4xxx |
Courses primarily for undergraduate students in their
fourth year of study. 4xxx courses can be applied to a Graduate School
degree with approval by the student's major field and if taught by
a member of the graduate faculty or an individual authorized by the
program to teach at the graduate level. |
| 5xxx |
Courses primarily for graduate students; undergraduate
students in their third or fourth year may register for such courses. |
| 6xxx |
Courses for post-baccalaureate students in professional
degree programs. |
| 7xxx |
Courses for post-baccalaureate students in professional
degree programs. 6xxx and 7xxx courses are to be used primarily for
post-baccalaureate professional programs that are not offered through
the Graduate School. |
| 8xxx |
Courses for graduate students. |
| 9xxx |
Courses for graduate students. |
In addition, courses may carry a letter after the course number to indicate
special status as follows:
| Letter |
Guidelines |
| H |
Indicates the course fulfills Honors requirements. |
| V |
Indicates the course fulfills both Honors and Liberal
Education Writing Intensive requirements. |
| W |
Indicates the course fulfills the Liberal Education
Writing Intensive requirement. |
When courses that must be taken in sequence are prerequisites, only the
last course of the sequence is listed. When no course designator precedes
the course number listed as a prerequisite (e.g., "prereq 3221"),
that course is in the same department as the course being offered. Likewise,
a prerequisite reading "6 cr" means 6 credits in courses offered
by the same department. A comma always means "and." Work equivalent
to a prerequisite course (having either the same content or requiring
the same competence) is ordinarily accepted in place of that prerequisite.
An instructor may, in some instances, waive prerequisites at her or his
discretion. See your college bulletin for further information.
Departments and colleges may use the registration system to help place
certain categories of qualified students into courses or sections on a
priority basis (seniors, majors, etc.). If you meet all stated prerequisites
for the course, including class standing, you may also need to meet other
qualifications established at the time of registration. For this reason,
it is helpful to list both first and second course choices on
your Registration and Cancel/Add form.
