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Course Designations

Understanding Course Listings

The first number in the course number designates the level of the course — a lower number means less background knowledge or experience is expected — and not necessarily the year in which a course must or should be taken. After the course number and title, a short description of the content, requirements, and/or skills is provided. After the description, prerequisites — if any — the amount of time and type of class meetings, and credit hours are provided. Lastly, abbreviations of any core requirements fulfilled by the course are provided. The abbreviations are:

Abbreviation Meaning

CIE

Common Intellectual Experience

GN

Examine global interconnections

DN

Engage diversity and inequality

O

Obligations

LINQ

Linked inquiry

A

Artistic/Performative

H

Humanistic inquiry

SS

Social science inquiry

S

Scientific inquiry/experimentation

R

Deductive inquiry

Q

Quantitative reasoning
Note: For some courses the Q is included in the course number and not with the other core designations

L

Understanding the world through foreign language

XLP

Experiential learning project

CCAP

Core Capstone