Course Numbering Policy
1. Effective Academic Year 2009-2010, Marquette will adopt the following protocol for course numbering:
a. 0001-0999: Remedial courses or pre-requisite courses needed to meet
certain conditions of admission and do not apply toward any degree requirement.
b. 1000-1999: Introductory lower-division undergraduate courses, usually
taken by first year students and generally do not include pre-requisites.
c. 2000-2999: Lower-division undergraduate courses usually taken by second
or third year students where content is built on materials from the first year level
and may include a minimal amount of pre-requisite preparation.
d. 3000-3999: Upper-division undergraduate courses usually taken by third or
fourth year students and are normally courses in the major, those at the highest
levels of UCCS, and those that often include significant pre-requisite preparation.
e. 4000-4999: Advanced upper-division undergraduate courses that require a
high degree of disciplinary sophistication or specificity in content; these courses
assume considerable pre-requisite knowledge and experience and include
courses such as independent study, independent research, capstone courses,
internships; or those courses that are cross-listed with graduate or professional
courses.
- These are the only undergraduate courses that may be cross-listed with graduate or professional courses.
- When cross-listed with a graduate course, the graduate course number must be at the 5000 level.
f. 5000–5999: Post-baccalaureate or graduate courses that are cross-listed with
4000 level courses; open to graduate students.
- 5000 level courses are offered only when cross-listed with a 4000 level course.
- The last three digits of the 4000 level and the 5000 level cross-listed courses must be identical.
- The syllabus for these courses must outline the extra work required to earn the graduate credit and any unique grading that is applicable to the graduate students enrolled in the 5000 level course.
g. 6000-6999: Master’s level graduate courses; open to graduate students.
h. 7000-7999: Professional level courses; open to students seeking a
professional degree.
i. 8000-8999: Doctoral level graduate courses; open to students seeking a PhD degree.
j. 9000-9999: Special needs courses created at the discretion of the Office of
the Registrar (e.g., Full-Time equivalency courses; Study Abroad placeholder
courses for billing and financial aid distribution, etc.).
2. All cross-listed or combined courses must have the same title and should carry the same course number, (or contain identical last three digits when cross-listed with a different level course). The subject code may be variable for these courses.
3. In addition to the above, the numbers below will be used by all colleges/schools for the special course types listed:
Variable Title Course Types Numbers
Special Topics: X930 (X=1-8) Defined: In consultation with the Office of the Registrar, may be offered as an experimental course to evaluate and determine if a course should be incorporated into the regular curriculum of a program, or used for courses in the approval process pipeline, but not yet officially approved. Once the same course has been offered twice as a Special Topic, it cannot be offered again until it moves through the curriculum approval process and is approved with a regular curriculum course number or one of the standard numbers below.
Topics In: X931 (X=1-8)
Defined: Courses that are usually one-time offerings that cover a unique perspective or in depth topic in the major.
Advanced Topics In: X932 (X=4-8)
Exchange Program Courses (MU Credit) X933-X950 (X=1-8)
Defined: An academic course where students attend another institution; however as per a contractual agreement, students register for the credit and pay tuition at Marquette.
Study Abroad Courses (MU Credit w/ MU Faculty) X951 (X=1-8)
Defined: An academic course taught to Marquette students in an international setting, by Marquette faculty.
Colloquiums X952 (X= 1-8)
Defined: An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different
lecturer each meeting.
Seminar/Reading Courses X953-X960 (X= 1-8)
Defined: A small group of students engaged in original research, intensive study
and/or critical discussion under the close guidance of a professor who is generally
an expert in the field.
Workshops/Institutes/Studio Courses X961-X963 (X= 1-8)
Defined: A course with emphasis on the work or activity done by the student, where
interaction with students is instructor facilitated, student-centered, and hands on.
Practicum/Clinical/Field Work Experience/Student Teaching
X964-X985 (X= 1-8)
Defined: Unpaid field experience taken for academic credit that provides students with supervised (usually faculty) practical ’real world’ application of a classroom studied theory.
Internship/Externship X986 (X= 2-8)
Defined: Field experience taken for academic credit that provides students with
externally supervised practical ’real world’ training in an environment of interest to the student’s education goals. These positions may be paid or unpaid.
Cooperative Education X987-X994 (X= 1-8)
Defined: A structured field experience that integrates classroom studies with productive work experience. This requires a formal partnership between the employer and the faculty of the school, where both entities monitor the work and experiences of the student.
Independent Study/Research X995 (X= 4-8)
Defined: A course, whose mode of instruction offers the student an opportunity to
study or research in depth, a topic or subject matter usually not offered in the
established curriculum with a faculty of their choice and independent of the
classroom setting.
Senior Experience 4996
Defined: A course that integrates and reflects on a common theme, allowing
students to synthesize their thoughts about the learning experiences in their
undergraduate degree curriculum.
Senior Capstone 4997
Defined: A course that integrates and is designed to bring reflection and
focus to the entire undergraduate experience requiring the disciplined use of skills, methodology and knowledge learned throughout the curriculum of a major, usually culminating with a research paper or project.
Senior Project 4998
Defined: Specific hands-on projects designed to synthesize the entire undergraduate curriculum of a particular major.
Senior Thesis 4999
Defined: A long-term independent research course (usually year-long) that is the culmination of a degree program, allowing the student to deepen his/her understanding of a specific issue, while drawing together the knowledge gained in several disciplines. This course requires the acceptance of a formal research proposal, finding faculty advisers or mentors and often culminates in an oral presentation followed by a Q&A session from the audience and the attending faculty.
Graduate/Prof/Doctoral Capstone X997 (X= 6-8)
Graduate/Prof/Doctoral Project X998 (X= 6-8)
Graduate/Prof/Doctoral Thesis or Dissertation X999 (X= 6-8)
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