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Course Codes

A course is recognized by its prefix (e.g., "ACTG-500"), and its full title (e.g. "Financial Accounting Analysis"). The prefix is composed of two parts, a letter part indicating a field of study, and a numeric part indicating the level to which the course belongs. Thus,

ACTG=Accounting
ARTH=Art History
BMGT=Business Management
CASI=Casino Management
COMM=Management Communications
CSCI=Computer Science
ECCC=Counseling Education
ECED=Early Childhood Education
ECIT=Educational Communication and Instructional Technology
ECON=Economics
ECLD=Educational Leadership
EVSC=Environmental Science
ENGL=English
FINA=Finance
GOVT=Government & Political Science
HECA=Health Care Administration
HIST=History
HOSP=Hospitality Management
IMSC= Information Systems Technology
MATH=Mathematics
MKTG=Marketing
MULT=Multimedia Technology
ORTN=CO-OP and Orientation
PROJ=Project Management
PSCH=Psychology
PUAD=Public Administration
RESE=Research Methodology
SOCI=Sociology
STAT= Statistics
TCSL=Teaching Chinese to Speakers of Other Languages
TESL=Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Generally, the numbering system works as following:

001 - 099Non-credit Courses
101 - 199Freshman Courses
201 - 299Sophomore Courses
301 - 399Junior Courses
401 - 499Senior Courses
501 - 599Master Courses
601 - 699Doctoral Courses
700Doctoral Project


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