USF General Course Information

Courses offered for credit by the University of South Florida are listed on the following pages in alphabetical order by college and subject area.

The first line of each description includes the State Common Course prefix and number (see below), title of the course, and number of credits.

Credits separated by a colon indicate concurrent lecture and laboratory courses taught as a unit:
PHY 3040, 3041L GENERAL PHYSICS & LABORATORY (3:1)
Credits separated by commas indicate unified courses offered in different semesters:
AMH 2010, 2020 AMERICAN HISTORY I, II (4,4)
Credits separated by a hyphen indicate variable credit:
HUM 4905 DIRECTED RESEARCH (1-5)
The abbreviation "var." also indicates variable credit:
MAT 7912 DIRECTED RESEARCH (var.)
The following abbreviations are utilized in various course descriptions:
PR - Prerequisite
CI - With the consent of the instructor
CC - With the consent of the chairperson of the department or program
CR - Corequisite
Lec. - Lecture
Lab. - Laboratory
Dem. - Demonstration
Pro. - Problem
Dis. - Discussion

SPECIAL INFORMATION COURSE CODES

6A - Courses to satisfy Rule 6A-10.30 (Gordon Rule)
EC - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for English Composition
FA - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for Fine Arts
HP - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for Historical Perspectives
NS - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for Natural Sciences
AF - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for African, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or Asian Perspectives
QM - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for Quantitative Methods
SS - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts General Education Requirement for Social Sciences
XLW - Course fulfills part of the Liberal Arts Exit Requirement for Literature and Writing
XMW - Course filfills part of the Liberal Arts Exit Requirement for Major Works and Major Issues

COURSE LEVEL DEFINITION

Lower Level
-- 0000-1999 Freshman Level
-- 2000-2999 Sophomore Level
Upper Level
-- 3000-3999 Junior Level
-- 4000-4999 Senior Level
Senior/Graduate Level
-- 5000-5999 Senior/Graduate Level
Graduate Level
-- 6000-Up Graduate Level

The University reserves the right to substitute, not offer, or add courses that are listed in this catalog.

Cross-Listing of Departments and Programs Alphabetically by College, Department/Program

College/Department/Program - Common Course Prefixes

University-wide Courses

Air Force ROTC -AFR
Architecture - ARC
Cooperative Education - COE
Honors Program - IDH
-- St. Petersburg Honors Program -
Military Science (Army ROTC) - MIS
Medicine - BMS
Off-Campus Term - OCT
Public Health - HSC

College of Arts and Sciences

Africana Studies- AFA, AFH, AFS
American Studies - AMS, PGY
Anthropology - ANT, MUH
Astronomy - AST
Biology - BSC, PCB
Botany - BOT
Chemistry - BCH, CHM, CHS
Classics - CLA, CLT
-- Greek - GRE, GRW
-- Latin - LAT, LNW
Clinical Chemistry - CHC
Communication - COM, ORI, SPC
Communication Sciences & Disorders - SPA
Criminology - CCJ, CJT
Economics - ECN
English - AML, CRW, ENC, ENG, ENL, LAE, LIN, LIT, REA
General Biology - BSC
Geography - GEA, GEO, MET, URF
Geology - GLY
Gerontology - GEY, HUS
Government & International Affairs -
-- International Studies - INR
-- Political Science - CPO, INR, POS, POT, PUP, URP
-- Public Administration - PAD
History - AMH, EUH, HIS, LAH
Humanities - HUM
Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences - EVR
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences - ISS, STA
Language
-- General Foreign Languages - FOL
-- Arabic - ARA
-- Chinese - CHI
-- French - FRE, FRW
-- German - GER, GEW
-- Greek - GRK
-- Hebrew - HBR
-- Italian - ITA, ITW
-- Japanese - JPN
-- Polish - POL
-- Portuguese - POR
-- Romance - FOW
-- Russian - RUS, RUT
-- Spanish - SPN, SPW, SPT
-- Yoruba - YOR
Liberal Studies - IDS
Library & Information Science - LIS
Linguistics - ENS, LIN, TSL
Mass Communications - ADV, JOU, MMC, PGY, PUR, RTV, VIC
Marine Science - OCE
Mathematics - CGS, COP, MAA, MAC, MAD, MAE, MAP, MAS, MAT, MGF, MHG, MTG, STA
Medical Technology - MLS
Microbiology - MCB
Philosophy - PHH, PHI, PHM, PHP
Physics - PHY, PHZ
Psychology - CBH, CLP, DEP, EXP, INP, PPE, PSB, PSY, SOP
Rehabilitation Counseling - RCS
Religious Studies - CLA, GRE, HEB, REL
-- Ancient Studies - CLA, HEB
Science - SCE*
Sociology - SYA, SYD, SYG, SYO, SYP
Social Science Education - SSE*
Social Work - SOW
Women's Studies - WST
Zoology - BSC, ENV, PCB, ZOO
College of Business Administration

Accounting - ACG, TAX
Common Body of Knowledge (Graduate) - GEB
Economics - ECO, ECP, ECS, GEB
Finance - FIN, REE, RMI
General Business Administration - BUL, CGS, COC, GEB, MAN
Information Systems & Decision Sciences - COC, CGS, GEB, QMB
Management - MAN, QMB
Marketing - MAR
College of Education

Administration/ Supervision - EDA, EDS
Adult Education - ADE, PEP, PET
Art Education - ARE, EDG
Business and Office Education - BTE
Computers in Education - CAP, CGS, EDF, EME
Content Specializations - ARE, ENE, FLE, MAE, MCE, SCE, SED, SSE
Counselor Education - EGC, SLS
Curriculum and Instruction - EDE, EDG, EDM, ESE, LAE, THE
Distributive & Marketing Education - DEC
Physical Education Elective - DAA, PEL, PEM, PEN, PEQ, PET
Elementary Education - ARE, EDE, EDG, EDS, EEC, HLP, LAE, MAE, MUE, RED, SCE, SSE
English Education - LAE
Foreign Language Education - FLE
Foundations Education - EDF, SPS
Higher Education - EDH
Humanities Education - HUM
Industrial/Technical Education - ETA, EVI, EVT
Measurement-Research - EDF
Music Education - MUE
Physical Education for Teachers - HES, LEI, PEQ, PET
Reading Education - RED
Science Education - SCE
Social Science Education - SSE
Special Education - EDG, EED, EEX, EGI, ELD, EMR, EPH, EVI
College of Engineering

Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering - EGN
Chemical Engineering - ECH, EMC
Civil Engineering and Mechanics - CEG, CES, CGN, CWR, EES, EMA, ENV, TTE
Computer Science & Engineering - CAP, CDA, CGS, CIS, COC, COP, COT, EEL, ESI
Computer Service Courses - CAP, CDA, COC, COP
Electrical Engineering - EEL, ELR
Engineering Technology - ETE, ETG, ETI, CGS
Industrial and Management Systems - EIN, ESI
Mechanical Engineering - EAS, EMC, EML, ENU
College of Fine Arts

Art - ARH, ART
Dance - DAA, DAN
Music - MUC, MUG, MUH, MUL , MUN, MUO, MUS, MUT, MVB, MVK, MVP, MVS, MVV, MVW
Music Education - MUE
Theatre - THE, TPA, TPP
College of Nursing

Nursing - HUN, NUR

Cross-Listing Departments/Programs Alphabetically by Prefix

Course Prefix - Department/Programs

ACG - Accounting
ADE - Adult Education
ADV - Mass Communications
AFA - Africana Studies, Women's Studies
AFH - Africana Studies, History
AFR - Air Force ROTC
AFS - Africana Studies, International Studies Program
AMH - Africana Studies, History
AML - English
AMS - American Studies, Women's Studies
ANT - Anthropology, Women's Studies
APB - Biology, Microbiology (Biology)
ARA - Arabic (Language)
ARE - Art Education, Content Specializations, Elementary Education
ARH - Art
ART - Art
ASH - History
ASN - International Studies Program
AST - Astronomy
BCC - Medicine
BCH - Chemistry
BMS - Medicine, Medical Sciences
BOT - Biology, Botany (Biology)
BSC - Biology
BTE - Business & Office Education
BUL - General Business Administration
CAP - Computer Service Courses, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics Education, Computers in Education, Content Specializations
CBH - Psychology
CCJ - Criminal Justice, Criminology
CDA - Computer Service Courses, Computer Science & Engineering
CES - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
CGN - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
CGS - Engineering Technology , Mathematics
CHM - Chemistry
CHS - Chemistry
CIS - Computer Science & Engineering
CHI - Chinese
CJT - Criminology
CLA - Ancient Studies (Religious Studies), Classics
CLP - Psychology
CLT - Classics
COC - Computer Service Courses, Computer Science & Engineering, General Business Administration, Information Systems & Decision Sciences
COE - Cooperative Education
COM - Communication
COP - Computer Service Courses, Computer Science & Engineering, Library, Media & Information Studies, Mathematics
COT - Computer Science & Engineering
CPO - Africana Studies, Political Science
CRW - English
CWR - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
DAA - Dance, Physical Education Elective
DAN - Dance
DEC - Distributive & Marketing Education
DEP - Psychology
EAS - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
ECH - Chemical and Mechanical Engineering
ECI - Civil Engineering and Mechanics
ECN - Economics
ECP - Africana Studies, Economics
ECS - Economics
EDA - Administration/Supervision
EDE - Curriculum, Elementary Education
EDF - Foundations, Measurement-Research, Computers in Education
EDG - Art Education, Curriculum, Communication-Speech Communication, Elementary Education, Special Education
EDH - Higher Education
EDM - Curriculum
EDS - Elementary Education, Administration/Supervision
EEC - Elementary Education
EED - Special Education
EEL - Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering
EES - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
EEX - Special Education
EGC - Counselor Education, Rehabilitation Counseling
EGI - Special Education
EGM - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
EGN - Basic & Interdisciplinary Engineering
EIA - Industrial & Technical Education
EIN - Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
EIV - Industrial & Technical Education
ELD - Special Education
ELR - Electrical Engineering
EMA - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
EMC - Chemical & Mechanical Engineering
EML - Chemical & Mechanical Engineering
EMR - Special Education
ENC - English
ENE - Computers in Education, Content Specializations
ENG - English
ENL - English
ENS - Linguistics
ENU - Chemical & Mechanical Engineering
ENV - Civil Engineering and Mechanics
ENY - Zoology (Biology)
EPH - Special Education
ESE - Curriculum
ESI - Industrial & Management Systems Engineering, Computer Science Engineering
ESL - Linguistics
ETE - Engineering Technology
ETG - Engineering Technology
ETI - Engineering Technology
EUH - History
EUS - International Studies Program
EVI - Special Education
EVT - Industrial/Technical Education
EXP - Psychology
FIL - Mass Communications
FIN - Finance
FLE - Content Specializations Foreign Language Education, French (Language)
FOL - General Foreign Languages
FOW - Romance (Language)
FRE - French (Language)
FRW - French (Language)
GEA - Geography
GEB - Common Body of Knowledge, Economics, General Business Administration, Information Systems & Decision Sciences
GEO - Geography
GER - German (Language)
GEW - German (Language)
GEY - Gerontology
GIA - Government & International Affairs
GLY - Geology
GMS - Medical Sciences, Medicine
GRE - Greek (Classics), Religious Studies
GRK - Greek (Classics)
GRW - Greek (Classics)
HBR - Hebrew (Language)
HEB - Ancient Studies (Religious Studies)
HES - Content Specialization, Physical Education for Teachers, Public Health
HIS - History
HLP - Elementary Education
HSC - Public Health
HUM - Africana Studies, Humanities, Humanities Education
HUN - Nursing
HUS - Human Services, Gerontology
IDH - Honors Program
IDS - Honors Program, Liberal Studies, Off-Campus Term
INP - Psychology
INR - Africana Studies, International Studies, Political Science
ISM - Information Systems & Decision Sciences
ISS - Africana Studies, International Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
ITA - Italian (Language)
ITW - Italian (Language)
JPN - Japanese (Language)
JOU - Mass Communications
LAE - Curriculum, Elementary Education, English, English Education
LAH - History
LAS - International Studies Program
LAT - Latin (Language)
LEI - Physical Education for Teachers, Sociology
LIN - Communication, English, Linguistics
LIS - Libraryand Information Science
LIT - English, Women's Studies
LNW - Latin (Classics)
MAA - Mathematics
MAC - Mathematics
MAD - Mathematics
MAE - Content Specialization, Elementary Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Education
MAN - Foundation Courses in Business (Graduate), General Business Administration, Management
MAP - Mathematics
MAR - Marketing
MAS - Mathematics
MAT - Mathematics
MCB - Microbiology (Biology)
MEL - Medicine
MET - Geography
MGF - Mathematics
MHF - Mathematics
MIS - Military Science
MLS - Medical Technology
MMC - Mass Communications
MTG - Mathematics
MUC - Music
MUE - Elementary Education, Music Education
MUG - Music
MUH - Anthropology, Music
MUL - Music
MUN - Music
MUO - Music
MUS - Music
MUT - Music
MVB - Music
MVK - Music
MVP - Music
MVS - Music
MVV - Music
MVW - Music
NGR - Nursing
NUR - Nursing
OCB - Marine Science
OCC - Marine Science
OCE - Geology, Marine Science
OCG - Marine Science
OCP - Marine Science
ORI - Communication
PAD - Public Administration
PCB - Biology, Marine Science, Microbiology (Biology), Zoology (Biology)
PEL - Physical Education Elective
PEM - Physical Education Elective
PEN - Physical Education Elective
PEP - Adult Education
PEQ - Physical Education Elective, Physical Education for Teachers
PET - Physical Education Elective, Physical Education for Teachers, Adult Education
PGY - Mass Communications, American Studies, Art
PHH - Philosophy
PHI - Linguistics, Philosophy
PHM - Africana Studies, Philosophy
PHP - Philosophy
PHS - Physics
PHY - Physics
PHZ - Physics
POL - Polish
POR - Portuguese (Language)
POS - Political Science, Women's Studies
POT - Political Science
POW - Portuguese (Language)
PPE - Psychology
PSB - Psychology
PSY - Psychology
PUP - Africana Studies, Political Science
PUR - Mass Communications
QMB - Information Systems & Decision Sciences, Management
REA - English
RED - Elementary Education, Reading Education
REE - Finance
REL - Religious Studies, Women's Studies
RMI - Finance
RSC - Rehabilitative Counseling
RTV - Mass Communications
RUS - Russian (Language)
RUT - Russian (Language)
RUW - Russian (Language)
SCE - Content Specializations, Elementary Education, Science Education
SED - Communication, Communication-Speech Communication, Speech Communication-English Education Content Specializations
SLS - Counselor Education
SOP - Psychology, Women's Studies
SOW - Human Services, Social Work
SPA - Communication Science & Disorders
SPC - Communication
SPN - Spanish (Language)
SPS - Foundations
SPT - Spanish (Language)
SPW - Spanish (Language)
SSE - Content Specialization, Elementary Education, Social Science Education
STA - Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
SUR - Civil Engineering and Mechanics
SYA - Sociology
SYD - Sociology
SYG - Sociology
SYO - Sociology
SYP - Sociology
TAX - Accounting
THE - Theatre
TPA - Theatre
TPP - Theatre
TSL - Linguistics
TTE - Civil Engineering & Mechanics
URF - Geography
URP - Political Science, Public Administration
VIC - Mass Communications
WOH - History
WST - History, International Studies Program, Women's Studies
YOR - Yoruba (Language)
ZOO - Biology, Marine Science, Zoology (Biology)

Alphabetical Listing of Departments and Programs

Course descriptions are listed by college under the following department and program headings:

Department/Program - College

Accounting - Business Administration
Administration/Supervision - Education
Adult Education - Education
Africana Studies - Arts and Sciences
Air Force ROTC - University-wide Courses
American Studies - Arts and Sciences
Ancient Studies (Religious Studies) - Arts and Sciences
Anthropology - Arts and Sciences
Arabic (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Army ROTC - University-wide Courses
Art - Fine Arts
Art Education - Education
Astronomy - Arts and Sciences
Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering - Engineering
Biology - Arts and Sciences
Botany (Biology) - Arts and Sciences
Business and Office Education - Education
Chemistry - Arts and Sciences
Chemical Engineering - Engineering
Chinese (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Civil Engineering and Mechanics - Engineering
Classics - Arts and Sciences
Common Body of Knowledge - Business Administration
Communication - Arts and Sciences
Communication Science and Disorders - Arts and Sciences
Computers in Education - Education
Computer Science and Engineering - Engineering
Computer Service Courses - Engineering
Cooperative Education - University-wide Courses
Content Specializations - Education
Counselor Education - Education
Criminology - Arts and Sciences
Curriculum and Instruction - Education
Dance - Fine Arts
Distributive and Marketing Education - Education
Economics - Business Administration
Electrical Engineering - Engineering
Elementary Education - Education
Engineering Technology - Engineering
English - Arts and Sciences
English Education - Education
Finance - Business Administration
Foreign Language Education - Education
Foundations Education - Education
French (Language) - Arts and Sciences
General Business Administration - Business Administration
General Foreign Languages - Arts and Sciences
Geography - Arts and Sciences
Geology - Arts and Sciences
Gerontology - Arts and Sciences
German (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Government & International Affairs - Arts and Sciences
Greek (Classics) - Arts and Sciences
Hebrew (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Higher Education - Education
History - Arts and Sciences
Honors Program - University-wide Courses
Humanities - Arts and Sciences
Humanities Education - Education
Human Services - Arts and Sciences
Industrial and Management Systems - Engineering
Industrial/Technical Education - Education
Information Systems & Decision Sciences - Business Administration
Interdisciplinary Studies - Arts and Sciences
International Social Studies - Arts and Sciences
Italian (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Japanese (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Language - Arts and Sciences
Latin (Classics) - Arts and Sciences
Liberal Studies - Arts and Sciences
Library, Media & Information Studies - Arts and Sciences
Linguistics - Arts and Sciences
Management - Business Administration
Marine Science - Arts and Sciences
Marketing - Business Administration
Mass Communications - Arts and Sciences
Mathematics - Arts and Sciences
Mathematics Education - Education
Measurement and Research - Education
Mechanical Engineering - Engineering
Medical Technology - Arts and Sciences
Microbiology (Biology) - Arts and Sciences
Military Science - University-wide Courses
Music - Fine Arts
Music Education - Education, Fine Arts
Nursing - Nursing
Off-Campus Term - University-wide Courses
Philosophy - Arts and Sciences
Physical Education, Elective - Education
Physical Education for Teachers - Education
Physics - Arts and Sciences
Polish (Langauge) - Arts and Sciences
Political Science - Arts and Sciences
Portuguese (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Psychology - Arts and Sciences
Public Administration - Arts and Sciences
Public & Community Health Education - Public Health
Reading Education - Education
Rehabilitation Counseling - Arts and Sciences
Religious Studies - Arts and Sciences
Romance (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Russian (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Social Science Education - Education
Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary - Arts and Sciences
Social Work - Arts and Sciences
Sociology - Arts and Sciences
Spanish (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Special Education - Education
Theatre - Fine Arts
Women's Studies - Arts and Sciences
Yoruba (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Zoology (Biology) - Arts and Sciences

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Margaret R. Martinroe - webCat@ugs.usf.edu
Publication Date: June 1, 1995

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