Course Descriptions

Course Descriptions. Course descriptions provide the following information: subject prefix; course number; course title; any of the Goals of UNC Charlotte Education that the course satisfies (A= Arts, C=Individual, Society and Culture, L=Literature, P=Problem-solving, S=Science, V=Values, W=Writing Intensive, X=Cross-Cultural); semester credit hours assigned to the course; prerequisites and/or corequisites (if any); brief description of the course content; and when the course usually is offered (Evenings, Yearly, Alternate years, Fall, Spring, Summer, On demand). The description may specify the number of class (lecture) and/or laboratory sessions and hours. If no class hours are given, the number of class hours per week is the same as the number of semester hours credit assigned to the course. For example:

SUBJ 1234. Title of Course. (Goals Met) (Credit Hours) Pre/corequisites. Brief description of course content. (Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory per week) (When offered)

and advanced undergraduate; 6000-7999: graduate only; 8000-8999: doctoral only. The following second digits designate special types of courses: 0 for topics; 4 for internships and practica, 5 for cooperative education, 6 for seminars, 7 for honors courses, 8 for independent study, and 9 for research.

Undergraduate/Graduate Course Requirements. Additional work is required of graduate students enrolled for graduate credit in 4000-level courses. Undergraduate students permitted to enroll in 5000-level courses are expected to complete the same assignments and to be graded on the same scale as the graduate students in the course. To enroll in a 5000-level course, an advanced undergraduate student must have senior standing, an overall GPA of at least 3.0, and permission of the instructor. Courses numbered 6000 and higher are for graduate students only. Graduating seniors may be permitted to enroll in these courses in accordance with the Dual Undergraduate/ Graduate Registration Policy described in this Catalog.

Course Prefix. Courses offered for academic credit are listed by number within each subject and the subjects are listed alphabetically according to prefixes which are assigned as follows:

African-American and African Studies (AAAS)
Accounting (ACCT)
Adult Education (ADED)
Educational/School Administration (ADMN)
Aerospace Studies (AERO)
American Studies (AMST)
Anthropology (ANTH)
Architecture (ARCH)
Arts and Sciences (ARSC)
Art (ARTS)
Biology (BIOL)
Business Law (BLAW)
Business Honors (BUSN)
Civil Engineering (CEGR)
Chemistry (CHEM)
Child and Family Development (CHFD)
Civil Engineering Technology (CIET)
Criminal Justice (CJUS)
Communication Studies (COMM)
Computer Engineering (CPGR)
Computer Science (CSCI)
Counseling and Guidance (CSLG)
Dance (DANC)
Economics (ECON)
Education (EDUC)
Electrical Engineering (EEGR)
Engineering Technology (EGET)
English (ENGL)
Engineering (ENGR)
Earth Sciences (ESCI)
Engineering Science (ESGR)
Electrical Engineering Technology (ELET)
Finance (FINN)
Foreign Language (FORL)
French (FREN)
Geography (GEOG)
German (GERM)
Greek (GREK)
Gerontology (GRNT)
History (HIST)
Health Education (HLED)
University Honors (HONR)
Human Services (HUSV)
Industrial Engineering Technology (INET)
Management Information Systems (INFO)
Japanese (JAPN)
Journalism (JOUR)
Latin (LATN)
Liberal Engineering (LEGR)
Mathematics Education
Liberal Studies (MALS)
Mathematics (MATH)
Master of Business Administration (MBAD)
Mechanical Engineering (MEGR)
Mechanical Engineering Technology (MEET)
Mechanical Engineering (MEGR)
Manufacturing Engineering Technology (MFET)
Management (MGMT)
Marketing (MKTG)
Public Administration (MPAD)
Military Science (MSCI)
Museum Studies (MSTS)
Music (MUSC)
Nursing (NURS)
Nursing: R.N. (NURN)
Nursing: Adult Health (NUAH)
Nursing: Mental Health (NUMH)
Nursing: Parent-Child (NUPC)
Nursing: Anesthesia (NUAN)
Nursing: Administration (NUNA)
Operations Management (OPER)
Operations Research (OPRS)
Physical Education (PHED)
Philosophy (PHIL)
Physics (PHYS)
Political Science (POLS)
Psychology (PSYC)
Reading (READ)
Religious Studies (RELS)
Research (RSCH)
Russian (RUSS)
Sociology (SOCY)
Social Work (SOWK)
Spanish (SPAN)
Special Education (SPED)
Statistics (STAT)
Technology (TECH)
Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)
Teaching Specialties (TESP)
Theatre (THEA)
Translating (TRAN)
Women's Studies (WMST)