Semester System

Courses of study at Brigham Young University are offered, and credit for satisfactory completion is granted, on a semester basis.

Course Numbering System

A course’s level of instruction is shown by the number assigned to it:

Course
Number	Type of Course
1 to 99	Preparatory and remedial (noncredit)
100 to 299	Lower-division
300 to 499	Upper-division
500 to 599	Advanced undergraduate or graduate
600 to 799	Graduate

Credit-Hour Designations

One semester hour of credit represents a minimum of one hour of instruction per week in a semester or two hours of instruction per week in a term (e.g., a three-hour class will meet at least three hours per week). The three-number code that appears in parentheses immediately after each course title has the following significance:

First number	Semester hours of credit
Second number	Class hours of lecture, recitation, or seminar meeting per week
Third number	Laboratory hours required per week or hours of field study or individual research per week, beyond the hours shown in the second number

Abbreviations and Symbols

Course Listings

The following abbreviations and symbols are used in the course listings:

A,B	Indicate parts of a course to be taken in separate enrollments
Arr.	Credit, class, or laboratory hours arranged
ea.	Credit-hour designation applies to each registration
M	Majors-only course
R	Designates a course that may be repeated for credit. Two R courses with the same number on a transcript are treated as two independent courses. An R course cannot be repeated to raise the grade received; all grades will be counted because it is assumed that the subject matter varies from time to time.

When Courses Are Offered

The following abbreviations are used following the credit hour designation on some courses to indicate when the course is offered:

F	Fall semester
W	Winter semester
Sp	Spring term
Su	Summer term
Alt. sem.	Alternate semester
Alt. term	Alternate term
Alt. yr.	Alternate year
Even yr.	Even year
Odd yr.	Odd year
1st blk.	First block
2d blk.	Second block
On dem.	On demand

Departments

Accountancy and Information Systems, School of
Accounting	Acc
Information Systems	ISys
Aerospace Studies	Aeros
American Heritage	AHtg
American Studies	AmSt
Anthropology	Anthr
Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology	ASLP
Biology	Biol
Business Management	BusM
Managerial Economics	ManEc
Chemical Engineering	ChEn
Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chem
Civil and Environmental Engineering	CEEn
Communications	Comms
Computer Science	CS
Computing and Information	CpIn
Counseling Psychology and Special Education	CPSE
Dance	Dance
Economics	Econ
Educational Leadership and Foundations	EdLF
Electrical and Computer Engineering	ECEn
Engineering and Technology Education	EngT
English	Engl
Family Life, School of
Family Life	FamLf
Home and Family Living	HFL
Marriage and Family Therapy	MFT
Marriage, Family, and Human Development	MFHD
Fine Arts	FnArt
General Education	GE
Geography	Geog
Geology	Geol
Health/Physical Education	HEPE
Health Science	Hlth
History	Hist
Honors Program	Honrs
Humanities	Hum
Classics	Clscs
Classical Civilization	ClCv
Comparative Literature	CmLit
Instructional Psychology and Technology	IP&T
Integrative Biology	InBio
International and Area Studies	IAS
Asian Studies	Asian
European Studies	Europ
International Relations	IR
Latin American Studies	LtAm
Middle East Studies/Arabic	MESA
Languages
Afrikaans	Afrik
Arabic	Arab
Bulgarian	Bulgn
Cantonese	Cant
Chinese	Chin
Czech	Czech
Danish	Dansh
Dutch	Dutch
Estonian	Eston
Finnish	Finn
French	Fren
German	Germ
Greek	Greek
Greek Modern	GrkM
Hebrew	Heb
Hungarian	Hung
Icelandic	Iclnd
Italian	Ital
Japanese	Japan
Korean	Korea
Latin	Latin
Latvian	Latvi
Lithuanian	Lithu
Near Eastern Languages	NeLg
Norwegian	Norwe
Polish	Polsh
Portuguese	Port
Romanian	Rom
Russian	Russ
Scandinavian	Scand
Serbo-Croatian	SrbCr
Slovenian	Sln
Spanish	Span
Swedish	Swed
Ukrainian	Ukrai
Welsh	Welsh
Language Studies, Center for	FLang
Law School	Law
Linguistics	Ling
American Sign Language	ASL
Computers and the Humanities	CHum
English as a Second Language	ESL
English Language	ELang
Mathematics	Math
Mathematics Education	MthEd
Mechanical Engineering	MeEn
Microbiology and Molecular Biology	MMBio
Military Science	MilS
Music	Music
Native American Studies	NAS
Neuroscience Center	Neuro
Nursing	Nurs
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science	NDFS
Organizational Leadership and Strategy	OrgB
Management Communication	MCom
Philosophy	Phil
Physical Education	PE
Physical Science	PhyS
Physics and Astronomy	Phscs
Physiology and Developmental Biology	PDBio
Plant and Animal Sciences	PAS
Political Science	PlSc
Psychology	Psych
Public Management, Romney Institute of	PMgt
Recreation Management and Youth Leadership	RMYL
Religious Education
Ancient Scripture	RelA
Church History and Doctrine	RelC
Religious Education	RelE
Social Work, School of	SocW
Sociology	Soc
Statistics	Stat
Student Development	StDev
Teacher Education
Early Childhood Education	ECE
Elementary Education	ElEd
Secondary Education	ScEd
Technology, School of	Tech
Construction Management	CM
Facilities Management	FM
Industrial Design	InDes
Information Technology	IT
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	Mfg
Technology Teacher Education	TTE
Theatre and Media Arts	TMA
Visual Arts
Art History and Curatorial Studies	ArtHC
Visual Arts Animation	VAAnm
Visual Arts Core	VA
Visual Arts Design	VADes
Visual Arts Education	VAEdu
Visual Arts Graphic Design	VAGD
Visual Arts Illustration	VAIll
Visual Arts Photography	VAPho
Visual Arts Studio	VAStu
Women’s Studies	WS

Interdisciplinary Courses

Interdisciplinary courses are taught in several areas.