Protocol for Numbering an Academic Course
It is the recommendation of the Registrar's Office and the Associate Dean that the following guidelines be used in the numbering of courses effective with semester conversion Fall 1998. Departments will be responsible for establishing the four-letter subject codes. (Semester Conversion Task Force, 1997)
Numbering Schema
| 1st Digit Course Level |
2nd Digit Method of Instruction |
3rd Digit For Dept. Use |
4th Digit Sequence or Stand Alone |
|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
0 |
1-4 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
5-9 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
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|
3 |
3 |
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|
4 |
4 |
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5 |
5 |
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6 |
6 |
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7 |
7 |
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|
8 Doctoral |
8 |
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|
9 |
Note:
Internships are commonly numbered _698.
Reasons for an exception to the numbering scheme above should be fully described in the Additional Comments section of the ICS course proposal form.
