USF General Course Information

NOTE: The State Department of Education is charged with the development and coordination of a common course designation and numbering system for community colleges and the State University System which will improve program planning, increase communication among community colleges and universities, and facilitate the transfer of students. As part of this effort, changes will be made system-wide in course prerequisites, course levels, etc. These changes are not reflected in this catalog and will be implemented during the academic year. Students should check with the academic advising office in their college or regional campus, the Center for Academic Advising for undeclared majors, or the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies for current 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
Graduate Level
6000-Up

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

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
Bachelor of Independent Studies - Arts and Sciences
Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering - Engineering
Biology - Arts and Sciences
Business and Office Education - Education
Chemistry - Arts and Sciences
Chemical Engineering - Engineering
Chinese (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Civil and Environmental Engineering - Engineering
Classics - Arts and Sciences
Common Body of Knowledge - Business Administration
Communication - Arts and Sciences
Communication Sciences and Disorders - Arts and Sciences
Computers in Education - Education
Computer Science and Engineering - Engineering
Computer Service Courses - Engineering
Cooperative Education - University-wide Courses
Criminology - Arts and Sciences
Dance - Fine Arts
Early Childhood Education - Education
Economics - Business Administration
Electrical Engineering - Engineering
Elementary Education - Education
English - Arts and Sciences
English Education - Education
Environmental Science & Policy - Arts and Sciences
Finance - Business Administration
Fine Arts Interdisciplinary - Fine Arts
Foreign Language 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
Human Services - Arts and Sciences
Industrial and Management Systems - Engineering
Industrial/Technical Education - Education
Information Systems & Decision Sciences - Business Administration
IInterdisciplinary Studies - Arts and Sciences
International 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 & Information Science - 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
Military Science (Army ROTC) - 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 - Professional - Education
Physics - Arts and Sciences
Polish (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Political Science - Arts and Sciences
Portuguese (Language) - Arts and Sciences
Psychological and Social Foundations of Education - Education
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
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

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

College/Department/Program - Common Course Prefixes

University-wide Courses
Aeropspace Studies (Air Force ROTC) - AFR
Architecture - ARC
Cooperative Education - IDS
Honors Program - IDH
Military Science (Army ROTC) - MIS
Off-Campus Term - IDS
Public Health - HSC

College of Arts and Sciences
Africana Studies - AFA, AFH, AFS, AMH,AML, AMS, ANT, CPO, HUM, INR, ISS, PHI, PHM, PUP, SPC
American Studies - AMS, PGY
Anthropology - ANT
Astronomy - AST
Bachelor of Independent Studies - HUM, IDS, ISC, ISS
Biology - BOT, BSC, ENY, MCB, PCB, ZOO
Chemistry - BCH, CHM, CHS
Classics - CLA, CLT
-- Greek - GRE, GRW
-- Latin - LAT, LNW
Communication - COM, ORI, SPC
Communication Sciences & Disorders - SPA
Criminology - CCJ, CJT
Economics - ECN, ECO, ECP, ECS, GEB, QMB
English - AML, CRW, ENC, ENG, ENL, LAE, LIN, LIT, REA, WST
Environmental Science & Policy - EVR
Geography - GEA, GEO, MET, URF
Geology - GLY, OCE, OCG
Gerontology - GEY, HUS
Government & International Affairs
--International Studies - AFA, ASN, EUS, INR, LAS, WST
--Political Science - CPO, INR, POS, POT, PUP, URP
--Public Administration - PAD
History - AFH, AMH, ASH, EUH, HIS, LAH, WST
Humanities - HUM
Interdisciplinary Sciences - ISC
Interdisciplinary Social Sciences - ISS, STA
Language
-- General Foreign Languages - ENS, FLE, FOL, FOW, LIN, TSL
-- Arabic - ARA
-- Chinese - CHI
-- French - FRE, FRW
-- German - GER, GET, GEW
-- Greek - GRK
-- Hebrew - HBR
-- Italian - ITA, ITW
-- Japanese - JPN
-- Polish - POL
-- Portuguese - POR
-- Russian - RUS, RUT
-- Spanish - SPN, SPT, SPW
-- Yoruba - YOR
Liberal Studies - IDS
Library & Information Science - LIS
Linguistics - ENS, LIN, TSL
Mass Communications - ADV, FIL, JOU, MMC, PGY, PUR, RTV, VIC
Marine Science - OCB, OCC, OCE, OCG, OCP
Mathematics - CGS, COP, MAA, MAC, MAD, MAE, MAP, MAS, MAT, MGF, MHF, MTG, STA
Medical Technology - MLS
Microbiology - MCB
Philosophy - PHH, PHI, PHM, PHP, WST
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 Education - SCE*
Social Science Education - SSE*
Social Work - SOW
Sociology - SYA, SYD, SYG, SYO, SYP
Women's Studies - AFA, AMH, AMS, ANT, COM, LIT, PHI, PHM, POS, PUP, REL, SOP, SPT, SYD, WST

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

College of Education
Adult Education - ADE, BTE, DEC, EIA, EIV, EVT, OST
Art Education - ARE, EDG
Business and Office Education - BTE
Computers in Education - EME
Content Specializations - ARE, FLE, MAE, SCE, SED, SSE
Elementary Education - ARE, EDE, EDG, EDS, HLP, LAE, MAE, RED, SCE, SSE
English Education - LAE
Foreign Language Education - FLE
Higher Education - EDH
Humanities Education - HUM
Industrial/Technical Education - EIA, EIV, EVT
Measurement-Research - EDF
Music Education - MUE
Physical Education - Elective - HLP, PEL, PEM, PEN, PEQ, PET
Physical Education - Professional - HLP, HSC, PEP, PEQ, PET
Psychological & Social Foundations of Education - EDF, IDS, MHS, SDS, SLS, SPS
Reading Education - RED
Science Education - SCE
Social Science Education - SSE
Special Education - EDG, EED, EEX, EGI, ELD, EMR, EPH

College of Engineering
Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering - EGN
Chemical Engineering - ECH
Civil and Environmental Engineering - CEG, CES, CGN, CWR, EMA, ENV, TTE
Computer Science & Engineering - CAP, CDA, CEN, CIS, COP, COT, EEL, ESI
Computer Service Courses - CGS, COP, ETG, ETI
Electrical Engineering - EEL, ELR
Industrial and Management Systems - EIN, ESI
Mechanical Engineering - EAS, EML

College of Fine Arts
Art - ARH, ART, FIL, PGY
Dance - DAA, DAE, DAN
Fine Arts Interdisciplinary - IDS
Music - MUC, MUE, MUG, MUH, MUL, MUN, MUO, MUS, MUT, MVB, MVJ, 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, International Studies, Women’s Studies
AFH - Africana Studies, History
AFR - Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)
AFS - Africana Studies
AMH - Africana Studies, History, Women's Studies
AML - Africana Studies, English
AMS - Africana Studies, American Studies, Women’s Studies
ANT - Africana Studies, Anthropology, Women’s Studies
APB - Biology
ARA - Arabic (Language)
ARC - Architecture
ARE - Art Education, Elementary Education
ARH - Art History
ART - Art
ASH - History
ASN - International Studies
AST - Astronomy
BCH - Chemistry
BMS - Medicine, Medical Sciences
BOT - Biology
BSC - Biology
BTE - Business & Office Education
BUL - General Business Administration
CAP - Computer Science & Engineering
CBH - Psychology
CCJ - Criminology
CDA - Computer Science & Engineering
CEG - Civil & Environmental Engineering
CEN - Computer Science & Engineering
CES - Civil & Environmental Engineering
CGN - Civil & Environmental Engineering
CGS - Computer Service Courses, Mathematics, Mathematics Education
CHI - Chinese
CHM - Chemistry
CHS - Chemistry
CIS - Computer Science & Engineering
CJT - Criminology
CLA - Classics , Religious Studies
CLP - Psychology
CLT - Classics
COM - Communication, Women's Studies
COP - Computer Service Courses, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics
COT - Computer Science & Engineering
CPO - Africana Studies, Political Science
CRW - English
CWR - Civil & Environmental Engineering
DAA - Dance
DAE - Dance
DAN - Dance
DEC - Distributive & Marketing Education
DEP - Psychology
EAS - Mechanical Engineering
ECH - Mechanical Engineering
ECO - Economics
ECP - Economics
ECS - Economics
EDE - Elementary Education
EDF - Psychological & Social Foundations, Measurement-Research
EDG - Curriculum & Instruction, Education - General, Educational Leadership, Elementary Education, Theatre Education
EDH - Higher Education
EEC - Early Childhood Education
EED - Special Education
EEL - Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering
EEX - Special Education
EGI - Special Education
EGM - Civil & Environmental Engineering
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 & Environmental Engineering
EML - Mechanical Engineering
EMR - Special Education
ENC - English
EME - Computers in Education
ENG - English
ENL - English
ENS - Linguistics
ENV - Civil Engineering and Mechanics
ENY - Biology
EPH - Special Education
ESI - Industrial & Management Systems Engineering
ETG - Computer Service Courses
ETI - Computer Service Courses
EUH - History
EUS - International Studies Program
EVR - Environmental Science & Policy
EVT - Industrial & Technical Education
EXP - Psychology
FIL - Art, Mass Communications
FIN - Finance
FLE - Foreign Language Education, French (Language)
FOL - General Foreign Languages
FRE - French (Language)
FRW - French (Language)
GEA - Geography
GEB - Common Body of Knowledge, General Business Administration
GEO - Geography
GER - German (Language)
GET - German (Language)
GEW - German (Language)
GEY - Gerontology, Psychology
GLY - Geology
GMS - Medical Sciences, Medicine
GRE - Greek (Classics), Religious Studies
GRK - Greek (Language)
GRW - Greek (Classics)
HBR - Hebrew (Language)
HEB - Religious Studies
HIS - History
HLP - Elementary Education, Physical Education - Elective
HSC - Public Health
HUM - Africana Studies, Bachelor of Independent Studies, Humanities
HUN - Nursing
HUS - Gerontology
IDH - Honors Program
IDS - Bachelor of Independent Studies, Cooperative Education, Fine Arts Interdisciplinary, Honors Program, Liberal Studies, Off-Campus Term
INP - Psychology
INR - Africana Studies, International Studies, Political Science
ISC - Bachelor of Independent Studies
ISM - Information Systems & Decision Sciences
ISS - Africana Studies, Bachelor of Independent Studies, International Studies, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
ITA - Italian (Language)
ITW - Italian (Language)
JOU - Mass Communications
JPN - Japanese (Language)
LAE - Elementary Education, English Education
LAH - History
LAS - International Studies
LAT - Latin (Classics)
LIS - Library and Information Science
LIT - English, Women’s Studies
LNW - Latin (Classics)
MAA - Mathematics
MAC - Mathematics
MAD - Mathematics
MAE - Elementary Education, Mathematics, Mathematics Education
MAN - General Business Administration, Management
MAP - Mathematics
MAR - Marketing
MAS - Mathematics
MAT - Mathematics
MCB - Biology
MET - Geography
MGF - Mathematics
MHF - Mathematics
MHS - Psychological & Social Foundations of Education
MIS - Military Science (Army ROTC)
MLS - Medical Technology
MMC - Mass Communications
MTG - Mathematics
MUC - Music
MUE - Elementary Education, Music Education
MUG - Music
MUH - Music
MUL - Music
MUN - Music
MUO - Music
MUS - Music
MUT - Music
MVB - Music
MVJ - 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 - Geology, Marine Science
OCP - Marine Science
ORI - Communication
PAD - Public Administration
PCB - Biology
PEL - Physical Education - Elective
PEM - Physical Education - Elective
PEN - Physical Education - Elective
PEP - Physical Education - Professional
PEQ - Physical Education - Professional
PET - Physical Education - Elective, Physical Education - Professional
PGY - American Studies, Art , Mass Communications
PHH - Philosophy
PHI - Africana Studies, Philosophy, Women's Studies
PHM - Africana Studies, Philosophy, Women's Studies
PHP - Philosophy
PHY - Physics
PHZ - Physics
POL - Polish (Language)
POR - Portuguese (Language)
POS - Political Science, Women's Studies
POT - Political Science
PPE - Psychology
PSB - Psychology
PSY - Psychology
PUP - Africana Studies, Political Science, Women's Studies
PUR - Mass Communications
QMB - Information Systems & Decision Sciences
RCS - Rehabilitative Counseling
REA - English
RED - Elementary Education, Reading Education
REE - Finance
REL - Religious Studies, Women’s Studies
RMI - Finance
RTV - Mass Communications
RUS - Russian (Language)
RUT - Russian (Language)
SCE - Elementary Education, Science Education
SDS - Psychological & Social Foundations of Education
SLS - Psychological & Social Foundations of Education
SOP - Psychology, Women’s Studies
SOW - Social Work
SPA - Communication Sciences & Disorders
SPC - Africana Studies, Communication
SPN - Spanish (Language)
SPS - Psychological & Social Foundations
SPT - Spanish (Language), Women's Studies
SPW - Spanish (Language)
SSE - Elementary Education, Social Science Education
STA - Mathematics, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
SUR - Civil & Environmental Engineering
SYA - Sociology
SYD - Sociology, Women's Studies
SYG - Sociology
SYO - Sociology
SYP - Sociology
TAX - Accounting
THE - Theatre
TPA - Theatre
TPP - Theatre
TSL - Linguistics
TTE - Civil & Environmental Engineering
URP - Geography, Political Science
VIC - Mass Communications
WST - History, International Studies, Women’s Studies
YOR - Yoruba (Language)
ZOO - Biology

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Effective Date: Semester I, 1998

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