Courses
Courses numbered 1–85 are those in the first-year component of the Core program. 100-level courses are introductory, open to first-year students. 200-level courses are designed primarily for second-year students and are considered lower division courses. 300-level courses are intended primarily for juniors and seniors and 400-level courses are advanced courses and therefore are not open to frosh without permission. Courses numbered 300-499 are considered upper division courses. 500-level courses are intended for graduate students.
Courses numbered 500 and above are ordinarily limited to graduate students. However, advanced and specially qualified undergraduates may be permitted to enroll in such courses by approval of a petition for special consideration supported by the instructor, the department chair, and the coordinator of Graduate Studies and approved by the Student Progress Committee. In special circumstances, by additional petition to the director of Graduate Studies, credit toward the Master of Arts degree may also be granted provided the course is not required to fulfill a bachelor’s degree.
Any undergraduate course in which fewer than 10 students are enrolled at the beginning of a semester may be cancelled.