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Course Notation Information


The number preceding each course title is divided into three parts. The first two digits are the administrative code (for a faculty or a school), the next three digits are the subject code, and the final three digits are the course code.

Administrative Codes

The following administrative codes are used in this catalog:

  20  School of Public Affairs and Administration (graduate programs)

  21  Newark College of Arts and Sciences (NCAS)

  28  New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

  29  Rutgers Business School: Undergraduate-Newark

  40  School of Public Affairs and Administration (undergraduate programs)

  47  School of Criminal Justice

Subject Codes

The subject code indicates the subject matter of the course. (This list does not constitute a list of majors.)

  003  Academic Foundations

  014  Africana Studies

  050  American Studies

  060  Ancient and Medieval Civilizations

  070  Anthropology

  074  Arabic Languages

  080  Art

  082  Art History

  083  Arts, Culture, and Media

  085  Graphic Design

  086  Journalism

  087  Music

  088  Theater

  089  Video Production

  090  Arts and Sciences

  112  Behavioral and Neural Sciences

  120  Biological Sciences

  160  Chemistry

  165  Chinese

  191  Clinical Laboratory Sciences

  198  Computer Science 

  200  Creative Writing

  216  Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources

  219  Data Science

  220  Economics

  300  Urban Education

  350  English

  352  English, American Literature

  355  English: Composition and Writing

  375  Environmental Sciences

  420  French

  460  Geological Sciences

  490  Greek

  510  History

  512  History, American

  525  Honors Program

  526  Honors Living-Learning Community

  560  Italian

  565  Japanese

  580  Latin

  590  Latin American Studies

  595  Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies

  600  Law

  615  Linguistics

  640  Mathematics

  730  Philosophy

  750  Physics

  790  Political Science

  812  Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies

  830  Psychology

  910  Social Work

  920  Sociology

  940  Spanish

  988  Women's and Gender Studies

Course Codes

Course codes from 100 to 299 indicate introductory and intermediate undergraduate courses. Codes from 300 to 499 indicate advanced undergraduate courses. Courses coded from 500 to 799 are graduate courses and are described in the graduate catalogs of the university.

Two course codes separated by a comma indicate that each semester course may be taken independently of the other (e.g., 21:350:319,320). Two course codes separated by a hyphen indicate that satisfactory completion of the first semester course is a prerequisite to the second semester (e.g., 21:920:301-302). The first semester may be taken for credit without the second, unless a statement is added to indicate that both semester courses must be completed in order to receive credit.

Other Course Notation

BA  The number of credits is determined by arrangement with the department offering the course.