COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Course Descriptions. Course descriptions provide the following information: subject
prefix; course number; course title; semester credit hours assigned to the
course; any of the Goals of UNC Charlotte General Education that the course satisfies
(A= Arts, C=Individual, Society and Culture, L=Literature, O= Oral
Communication; P=Problem-solving, S=Science and Technology, V=Values, W=Writing Intensive, X=Cross-Cultural);
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)
Course Numbering System. Courses are identified by four-digit
numbers. The first digit indicates the
level of the course: 1000-2999:
lower-division undergraduate; 3000-4999:
upper-division undergraduate. The
following second digits designate special types of courses: 0
for topics; 4 for internships and
practicum, 5 for cooperative
education, 6 for seminars, 7 for Honors courses, 8 for independent study, and 9 for research.
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: