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Course Numbering

Each course offered by The University of Iowa has an identifying number, which consists of a three-digit numerical prefix showing the college, department, or program that administers the course, followed by a colon and a three-digit numerical suffix for the individual course. For example, 034:001 identifies the course numbered 001 in the Department of Sociology (034), titled Introduction to Sociology Principles. Course suffix numbers below 100 designate courses primarily for undergraduates, numbers 100-199 designate courses for undergraduate and graduate students, and numbers 200 and above designate courses primarily for graduate students.

The University is in the process of adopting a new course numbering system. In the new system, course numbers consist of an alphabetical prefix (up to four letters) showing the college, department, or program that administers the course, followed by a colon and a four-digit numerical suffix for the individual course. For example, SOC:1010 identifies the course numbered 1010 in the Department of Sociology (SOC), titled Introduction to Sociology Principles.

Course suffix numbers 0000-0999 designate remedial-level courses; numbers 1000-2999 designate lower-level undergraduate courses; numbers 3000-4999 designate courses for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students (except in the College of Engineering, where numbers 5000-5999 designate courses for undergraduate and graduate students); numbers 5000-7999 designate graduate-level courses; and numbers 8000-9999 designate professional-level courses.

In this edition of the Catalog, the legacy (old) course numbers are followed by the new numbers in parentheses. The sociology course example listed above appears as 034:001 (SOC:1010) Introduction to Sociology Principles.

Tippie College of Business

06A (ACCT)           Accounting

06B (BUS)             Business Administration

06E (ECON)           Economics

06F (FIN)               Finance

06J (MGMT)          Management and Organizations

06K (MSCI)           Management Sciences

06M (MKTG)         Marketing

06N (MBA)            M.B.A. Program

06T (ENTR)           Entrepreneurship

620 (BNDT)           Business Nondepartmental

 

College of Dentistry

082 (OPER)           Operative Dentistry

083 (ENDO)           Endodontics

084 (PROS)           Prosthodontics

086 (OPRM)          Oral Pathology, Radiology, and Medicine

087 (OMFS)           Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

089 (ORDN)          Orthodontics

090 (PEDO)          Pediatric Dentistry

092 (PERI)            Periodontics

111 (PCD)             Preventive and Community Dentistry

112 (DENT)          Dentistry Nondepartmental

114 (FAMD)          Family Dentistry

151 (ORSC)          Oral Science

 

College of Education

07B (EPLS)          Educational Policy and Leadership Studies

07C (RCE)           Rehabilitation and Counselor Education

07E (EDTE)         Elementary Education

07P (PSQF)         Psychological and Quantitative Foundations

07S (EDTL)         Secondary Education

07U (EDTL)        Special Education

07X (EALL)        Education Interdepartmental

205 (REA)           REACH Program

 

College of Engineering

051 (BME)          Biomedical Engineering

052 (CBE)           Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

053 (CEE)           Civil and Environmental Engineering

055 (ECE)           Electrical and Computer Engineering

056 (IE)               Industrial Engineering

057 (ENGR)        Engineering Core

058 (ME)            Mechanical Engineering

059 (ENGR)        Core Engineering

 

Graduate College 

021 (SLIS)           Library and Information Science

22A (AMCS)       Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences

102 (URP)           Urban and Regional Planning

108 (UICB)          Center for the Book

127 (GENE)         Genetics

132 (NSCI)          Neuroscience

142 (MCB)          Molecular and Cellular Biology

148 (IMMU)        Immunology

156 (BISC)          Biosciences Program

160 (PORO)        Rhetorics of Inquiry

163 (TBM)         Translational Biomedicine

164 (SLA)           Second Language Acquisition

181 (IWP)           International Writing Program

198 (TOX)          Human Toxicology

200 (IGPI)           Informatics

287 (IP)              International Programs

650 (GRAD)       Graduate College Nondepartmental

  

College of Law

091 (LAW)          Law

660 (LWAB)       Law College Nondepartmental

  

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 

01A  (ARTS)       Fundamentals

01B (ARTS)        Elements of Art

01C (CERM)       Ceramics

01D (DSGN)       Design

01E (ARTE)        Art Education

01F (DRAW)       Drawing

01G (MTLS)       Metalworking and Jewelry

01H (ARTH)       Art History

01J (INTM)         Multimedia and Video Art

01K (PNTG)       Painting

01L (PHTO)       Photography

01M (PRNT)       Printmaking

01N (SCLP)        Sculpture

01P (ARTI)         Art Interdepartmental

01T (TDSN)       Three-Dimensional Design

01X (BKAT)       Papermaking

01Y (BKAT)       Bookbinding

01Z (BKAT)        Calligraphy

002 (BIOL)          Biology

003 (CSD)           Communication Sciences and Disorders

004 (CHEM)        Chemistry

06E (ECON)        Economics

008 (ENGL)         English

08A (ENNM)       English Department Nonmajor Course Work

08C (CW)            Creative Writing--Writers' Workshop

08G (ENGL)        General Education--Literature

08L (ENGL)         English Language and Linguistics Instruction

08N (CNW)          Nonfiction Writing

08P (ENGL)         English Professional

08W (ENGL)        English Writing

8WS (ENGL)        Writers' Seminars

009 (FREN)          French

010 (RHET)         Rhetoric

012 (GEOS)         Geoscience

013 (GRMN)        German

13E (GRMN)        German in Translation

016 (HIST)           History

16A (HIST)          American History

16E (HIST)          European History

16W (HIST)         World History

018 (ITAL)           Italian

019 (JMC)            Journalism and Mass Communication

20E (CLSA)         Classics in English

20G (CLSG)         Greek

20L (CLSL)          Latin

22C (CS)              Computer Science

22M (MATH)      Mathematics

22S (STAT)         Statistics and Actuarial Science

024 (MUSM)       Museum Studies

025 (MUS)          Music

026 (PHIL)          Philosophy

027 (HHP)           Health and Human Physiology

028 (HSS)           Health and Sport Studies

28S (HPAS)        Health and Physical Activity Skills

029                     Physics and Astronomy

        (ASTR)          Astronomy

        (PHYS)          Physics

030 (POLI)          Political Science

031 (PSY)           Psychology

032 (RELS)         Religious Studies

034 (SOC)           Sociology

035 (SPAN)         Spanish

036 (COMM)      Communication Studies

038 (PORT)        Portuguese

039                     Asian and Slavic Languages and Literatures

      (ASIA)

      (CHIN)

      (SOAS)

39J (JPNS)          Japanese

041 (SLAV)         Russian

042 (SSW)           Social Work

044 (GEOG)        Geography

045 (AMST)        American Studies

048 (CCL)           Cinema and Comparative Literature

049 (THTR)        Theatre Arts

061 (MICR)         Microbiology

097 (SIED)          Science Education

099 (BIOC)          Biochemistry

103 (LING)           Linguistics

113 (ANTH)         Anthropology

129 (AFAM)         African American Studies

130 (LAS)             Latin American Studies

131 (GWSS)         Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies

137 (DANC)         Dance

145 (INTD)          Interdepartmental Studies

149 (AINS)           American Indian and Native Studies

152 (GHS)            Global Health Studies

153 (ASP)            Aging Studies Program

158 (ASL)            American Sign Language

159 (ENVS)          Environmental Sciences

162 (MDVL)         Medieval Studies Certificate

169 (LEIS)            Leisure Studies

187 (IS)                International Studies

188 (PAE)            Performing Arts Entrepreneurship

195 (ARAB)         Arabic Language and Literature

208 (CCCC)         Critical Cultural Competence

211 (SWAH)         Swahili  

212 (ESL)             English as a Second Language Programs

213 (ANTH)         Anthropology Sub-Areas

216 (HRTS)          Human Rights

217 (FPC)            Fundraising and Philanthrophy Communication

218 (WLLC)         Division of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

219 (DST)            Disability Studies

220 (WRIT)         Writing

610 (CLAS)          Liberal Arts and Sciences Nondepartmental

 

Carver College of Medicine

050 (MED)          Medicine Nondepartmental

060 (ACB)           Anatomy and Cell Biology

061 (MICR)         Microbiology

062 (DERM)        Dermatology

064 (NEUR)         Neurology

066 (OBG)           Obstetrics and Gynecology

067 (OPHT)         Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

068 (OTO)           Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

069 (PATH)         Pathology

070 (PEDS)          Pediatrics

071 (PCOL)         Pharmacology

072 (MPB)          Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

073 (PSYC)         Psychiatry

074 (RAD)           Radiology

075 (SURG)         Surgery

076 (ORTH)         Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation

077 (FRRB)         Free Radical and Radiation Biology

078 (IM)              Internal Medicine

079 (URO)           Urology

099 (BIOC)          Biochemistry

101 (PTRS)         Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science

107 (RSNM)        Nuclear Medicine Technology

115 (FAM)           Family Medicine

116 (ANES)         Anesthesiology

117 (PA)              Physician Assistant Program

183 (NSG)           Neurosurgery

184 (EM)             Emergency Medicine

186 (RADO)         Radiation Oncology

193 (CTS)            Cardiothoracic Surgery

670 (RSRT)         Radiologic Technology Program

671 (OTP)           Orthoptics Teaching Program

672 (RSTH)         Radiation Therapy Program

673 (RSMS)         Diagnostic Medical Sonography

674 (RSMR)        Magnetic Resonance Imaging

675 (RSCI)          Vascular Imaging Technology

676 (RSCT)         Computed Tomography Program

677 (EMTP)        EMT--Paramedic Program

679 (RSMM)       Breast Imaging Program

680 (RSP)           Radiation Sciences

        

College of Nursing

096 (NURS)        All courses

 

College of Pharmacy

046 (PHAR)       All courses

 

College of Public Health

170 (MPH)         Master of Public Health Program

171 (BIOS)         Biostatistics

172 (CBH)          Community and Behavioral Health

173 (EPID)         Epidemiology

174 (HMP)         Health Management and Policy

175 (OEH)         Occupational and Environmental Health

185 (PHG)         Public Health Genetics

 

University College

00L (IALL)         Iowa Lakeside Laboratory

023 (MILS)         Military Science

23A (AERO)       Aerospace Studies

143 (HONR)       University of Iowa Honors Program

165 (ABRD)       Study Abroad

168 (IBA)           Iowa Biosciences Advantage

401 (UIUB)        University of Iowa Upward Bound

402 (CDE)         Center for Diversity & Enrichment

403 (REUM)      Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Microbiology

405 (MSTP)       Summer Undergraduate MSTP Research Program

406 (IYWS)        Iowa Young Writers' Studio

407 (CSI)           College Success Initiatives

408 (IAP)           Intercollegiate Athletic Participation

409 (CCP)         Career Center Programs

410 (LLS)          Lifetime Leisure Skills

412 (ORT)         Orientation Training

413 (SS)            Student Services

414 (PCP)          Patient Care Practicum

415 (UHSG)       University Housing

416  (SITS)        Student Information Technology Skills

417 (ULIB)        University Libraries

418 (SSTP)        Secondary Student Training Program

419 (VHR)         VIGRE Heartland REU

420 (FYP)         First-Year Programs

421 (LS)            Leadership Studies