Florida State University 2008-2009 General Bulletin Undergraduate Edition
Course Prefixes, Definitions, and Locations
How to Find a Course:
The following list presents course subjects alphabetically by letter prefix. The column to the right contains the department(s) and/or program(s) offering that course subject. The departments/programs can be found, alphabetically, in the "Academic Departments and Programs" section of this Bulletin, where each course offered in a given program is listed, including title, description, and credit hours.
Course Symbols
| Prefix | Definition | Program(s) |
| ACG | Accounting: General | Accounting |
| ADE | Adult Education | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| ADV | Advertising | Communication |
| AFA | African-American Studies | African-American Studies |
| AFH | African History | History |
| AFR | Aerospace Studies | Aerospace Studies |
| AMH | American History | History |
| AML | American Literature | English |
| AMS | American Studies | American and Florida Studies |
| ANG | Anthropology: Graduate | Anthropology |
| ANT | Anthropology | Anthropology |
| APK | Applied Kinesiology | Physical Education |
| ARA | Arabic Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| ARE | Art Education | Art Education |
| ARH | Art History | Art Art History Classics |
| ART | Art | Art |
| ASH | Asian History | Classics History |
| ASL | American Sign Language | Communication Disorders |
| ASN | Asian Studies | Asian Studies Russian and East European Studies |
| AST | Astronomy | Physics |
| BCC | Basic Clinical Clerkship | Medicine |
| BCH | Biochemistry (Biophysics) | Biological Science Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| BME | Biomedical Engineering | Chemical and Biomedical Engineering |
| BMS | Basic Medical Sciences | Medicine |
| BOT | Botany | Biological Science |
| BSC | Biological Sciences | Biological Science |
| BUL | Business Law | Risk Management/Insurance and Real Estate and Program in Business Law |
| CAP | Computer Application Development | Computer Science |
| CBH | Comparative Psychology and Animal Behavior | Psychology |
| CCE | Civil Construction Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| CCJ | Criminology and Criminal Justice | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| CDA | Computer Design/Architecture | Computer Science |
| CEG | Civil Geotechnical Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| CEN | Computer Software Engineering | Computer Science |
| CES | Civil Engineering Structures | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| CGN | Civil Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| CGS | Computer General Studies | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Communication Disorders Computer Science Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Management Information Systems |
| CHD | Child Development | Family and Child Sciences |
| CHI | Chinese | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| CHM | Chemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| CHS | Chemistry: Specialized | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| CHT | Chinese Literature in Translation | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| CIS | Computer Science and Information Systems | Computer Science |
| CJC | Corrections | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| CJE | Law Enforcement | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| CJJ | Juvenile Justice | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| CJL | Law and Process | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| CLA | Classical and Ancient Studies | Classics History |
| CLP | Clinical Psychology | Psychology |
| CLT | Classical Literature in Translation | Classics |
| CNT | Computer Networks | Computer Science |
| COA | Home Economics: Consumer Affairs | Textiles and Consumer Sciences |
| COM | Communication | Communication |
| COP | Computer Programming | Computer Science |
| COT | Computing Theory | Computer Science |
| CPO | Comparative Politics | Political Science |
| CPS | Comparative Policy Studies | Social Science |
| CRW | Creative Writing | English |
| CTE | Home Economics: Clothing, Textiles and Merchandising | Textiles and Consumer Sciences Interior Design |
| CWR | Civil Water Resources | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| CZE | Czech Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| DAA | Dance, Emphasis on Activities | Dance |
| DAE | Dance Education | Dance Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| DAN | Dance | Dance |
| DEM | Demography | Sociology |
| DEP | Developmental Psychology | Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Psychology |
| DIE | Dietetics | Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences |
| DIG | Digital Media | Art |
| EAB | Experimental Analysis of Behavior | Psychology |
| EAP | English as a Second Language for Academic Purposes | English Middle and Secondary Education |
| EAS | Aerospace Engineering | Mechanical Engineering |
| EBD | Education: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| ECH | Engineering: Chemical | Chemical and Biomedical Engineering |
| ECO | Economics | Economics |
| ECP | Economic Problems and Policy | Economics Finance |
| ECS | Economic Systems and Development | Economics |
| EDA | Education: Administration | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies |
| EDE | Education: Elementary | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| EDF | Education: Foundations and Policy Studies | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Middle and Secondary Education |
| EDG | Education: General | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Middle and Secondary Education |
| EDH | Education: Higher | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies |
| EDM | Education: Middle School | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Middle and Secondary Education |
| EDP | Educational Psychology | Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| EDS | Education Supervision | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Educational Leadership and Policy Studies |
| EEC | Education: Early Childhood | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| EEE | Engineering: Electrical and Electronic | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| EEL | Engineering: Electrical | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| EES | Environmental Engineering Science | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| EEX | Education: Exceptional Child-Core Competencies | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| EGI | Education: Gifted | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| EGM | Engineering Science | Mechanical Engineering |
| EGN | Engineering: General | Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering Statistics |
| EIN | Industrial Engineering | Industrial Engineering |
| ELD | Education: Specific Learning Disabilities | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| EMA | Materials Engineering | Industrial Engineering Mechanical Engineering |
| EME | Education: Technology and Media | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| EML | Engineering: Mechanical | Mechanical Engineering |
| EMR | Education: Mental Retardation | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| ENC | English Composition | English |
| ENG | English: General | English |
| ENL | English Literature | English |
| ENV | Engineering: Environmental | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| ESC | Earth Science | Geological Sciences Meteorology Oceanography |
| ESI | Industrial/Systems Engineering | Industrial Engineering |
| EUH | European History | Classics History |
| EUS | European Studies | Russian and East European Studies |
| EVI | Education: Visually Impaired-Blind | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| EVT | Education: Vocational/Technical | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies |
| EXP | Experimental Psychology | Psychology |
| FAD | Family Development | Family and Child Sciences |
| FIL | Film | Communication Motion Picture, Television, and Recording Arts |
| FIN | Finance | Finance Multinational Business Operations |
| FLE | Foreign Language Education | Classics Middle and Secondary Education |
| FOL | Foreign and Biblical Languages | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| FOS | Food Science | Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences |
| FOW | Foreign and Biblical Languages, Comparative Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| FRE | French Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| FRT | French in Translation and/or Translation Skills | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| FRW | French Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| FSS | Food Service System | Hospitality Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences |
| GEA | Geography: Regional Areas | Geography |
| GEB | General Business | Accounting Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management Finance Management Management Information Systems Marketing |
| GEO | Geography: Systematic | Geography |
| GER | German | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| GET | German Literature in Translation | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| GEW | German Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| GFD | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics |
| GIS | Geographic Information Systems | Geography |
| GLY | Geology | Geological Sciences |
| GMS | Graguate Medical Sciences | Medicine |
| GRA | Graphic Arts | Art |
| GRE | Classical Greek (Language Study) | Classics |
| GRW | Classical Greek Literature (Writings) | Classics |
| HBR | Modern Hebrew Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics Religion |
| HEE | Home Economics Education | Family and Child Sciences Textiles and Consumer Sciences |
| HFT | Hospitality Management | Hospitality Management |
| HHD | Housing and Home Design | Textiles and Consumer Sciences |
| HIS | General History and Historiography | History |
| HME | Home Economics: Home Management and Equipment | Textiles and Consumer Sciences |
| HOE | Home Economics: General | Family and Child Sciences Textiles and Consumer Sciences |
| HSC | Health Sciences | Health Policy Research Middle and Secondary Education Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences |
| HUM | Humanities | Humanities |
| HUN | Human Nutrition | Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences |
| IDS | Interdisciplinary Studies | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| IHS | Interdisciplinary Health Sciences | Medicine |
| IND | Interior Design | Interior Design |
| INP | Industrial and Applied Psychology | Psychology |
| INR | International Relations | International Affairs Political Science |
| ISC | Interdisciplinary Sciences | Biological Science Chemistry and Biochemistry Computational Science Meteorology Oceanography Psychology |
| ISM | Information Systems Management | Management Information Systems |
| ISS | Interdisciplinary Social Sciences | Social Science |
| ITA | Italian Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| ITT | Italian Literature in Translation | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| ITW | Italian Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| JPN | Japanese | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| JPT | Japanese Literature in Translation | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| KOR | Korean Language and Literature | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| LAE | Language Arts and English Education | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services English Middle and Secondary Education |
| LAH | Latin American History | History |
| LAS | Latin American Studies | Latin American and Caribbean Studies |
| LAT | Latin (Language Study) | Classics |
| LAW | Law | Law |
| LEI | Leisure | Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| LIN | Linguistics | Anthropology Communication Disorders English Middle and Secondary Education Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| LIS | Library and Information Studies | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Information Studies |
| LIT | Literature | English |
| LNW | Latin Literature (Writings) | Classics |
| MAA | Mathematics: Analysis | Mathematics |
| MAC | Mathematics: Calculus and Precalculus | Mathematics |
| MAD | Mathematics: Discrete | Mathematics |
| MAE | Mathematics Education | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Mathematics Middle and Secondary Education |
| MAN | Management | Finance Management Marketing Multinational Business Operations |
| MAP | Mathematics: Applied | Mathematics Meteorology Oceanography |
| MAR | Marketing | Marketing Multinational Business Operations |
| MAS | Mathematics: Algebraic Structures | Mathematics |
| MAT | Mathematics | Mathematics |
| MCB | Microbiology | Biological Science |
| MEL | Medical Science Electives | Medicine |
| MET | Meteorology | Meteorology |
| MGF | Mathematics: General and Finite | Mathematics |
| MHF | Mathematics: History and Foundations | Mathematics |
| MHS | Mental Health Services | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| MMC | Mass Media Communication | Communication |
| MOB | Molecular Biophysics | Molecular Biophysics |
| MSL | Military Science and Leadership | Military Science |
| MTG | Mathematics: Topology and Geometry | Mathematics |
| MUC | Music: Composition | Music |
| MUE | Music Education | Music |
| MUG | Music: Conducting | Music |
| MUH | Music: History/Musicology | Music |
| MUL | Music Literature | Music |
| MUM | Music: Commercial/Management/Administration | Music |
| MUN | Music Ensembles | Music |
| MUO | Music: Opera/Music Theatre | Music |
| MUR | Music: Church | Music |
| MUS | Music | Music |
| MUT | Music: Theory | Music |
| MUY | Music: Therapy | Music |
| MVB | Applied Music: Brasses | Music |
| MVH | Historical Instruments | Music |
| MVJ | Applied Music: Jazz | Music |
| MVK | Applied Music: Keyboard | Music |
| MVO | Applied Music: Other Instruments | Music |
| MVP | Applied Music: Percussion | Music |
| MVS | Applied Music: Strings | Music |
| MVV | Applied Music: Voice | Music |
| MVW | Applied Music: Woodwinds | Music |
| NGR | Nursing: Graduate | Nursing |
| NUR | Nursing: Generic Undergraduate | Nursing |
| OCB | Biological Oceanography | Oceanography |
| OCC | Chemical Oceanography | Oceanography |
| OCE | General Oceanography | Oceanography |
| OCG | Geological Oceanography | Oceanography |
| OCP | Physical Oceanography | Mathematics Meteorology Oceanography |
| ORI | Oral Interpretation | Communication |
| PAD | Public Administration | Public Administration and Policy |
| PAX | Peace Studies | International Affairs |
| PCB | Process Biology | Biological Science |
| PCO | Psychology for Counseling | Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| PEL | Physical Education Activities (General): Land-Object Centered | Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| PEM | Physical Education Activities (General): Land-Performance Centered | Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| PEN | Physical Education Activities (General): Water, Snow, Ice | Oceanography Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| PEO | Physical Education Activities (Professional): Land-Object Centered | Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| PEP | Physical Education Activities (Professional): Land-Performance Centered | Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| PET | Physical Education Theory | Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| PGY | Photography | Art |
| PHC | Public Health Concentration | Health Policy Research |
| PHH | Philosophy, History of | Philosophy |
| PHI | Philosophy | Philosophy Religion |
| PHM | Philosophy of Man and Society | Philosophy Political Science |
| PHP | Philosophers and Schools | Philosophy |
| PHY | Physics | Chemical Physics Physics |
| PHZ | Physics: Continued | Physics |
| POR | Portuguese Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| POS | Political Science | Political Science Public Administration and Policy |
| POT | Political Theory | Political Science |
| POW | Portuguese Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| PPE | Personality | Psychology |
| PRT | Portuguese in Translation | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| PSB | Psychobiology | Biological Science Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Psychology |
| PSC | Physical Sciences | Chemistry and Biochemistry Physics |
| PSY | Psychology | Psychology |
| PUP | Public Policy | Political Science |
| PUR | Public Relations | Communication |
| QMB | Quantitative Methods in Business | Finance Management Information Systems Marketing Statistics |
| RCS | Rehabilitation Counseling Services | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services |
| RED | Reading | English |
| RED | Reading Education | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Middle and Secondary Education |
| REE | Real Estate | Risk Management/Insurance and Real Estate and Program in Business Law |
| REL | Religion | Religion |
| RMI | Risk Management/Insurance | Risk Management/Insurance and Real Estate and Program in Business Law |
| RTV | Radio-Television | Communication |
| RUS | Russian Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| RUT | Russian Literature in Translation | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| RUW | Russian Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SCE | Science Education | Biological Science Chemistry and Biochemistry Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Meteorology Middle and Secondary Education |
| SCW | Serbo-Croatian Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SDS | Student Development Services | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| SEC | Serbo-Croation Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SED | Speech Education | Communication |
| SLL | Slavic Languages | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SLS | Student Life Skills (Learning) | Student Life Skills |
| SOP | Social Psychology | Psychology |
| SOW | Social Work | Social Work |
| SPA | Speech Pathology and Audiology | Communication Disorders |
| SPC | Speech Communication | Communication |
| SPM | Sports Management | Sport Management, Recreation Management and Physical Education |
| SPN | Spanish Language | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SPS | School Psychology | Educational Psychology and Learning Systems |
| SPT | Spanish Literature in Translation and/or Translation Skills | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SPW | Spanish Literature (Writings) | Modern Languages and Linguistics |
| SRK | Sanskrit Language | Religion |
| SSE | Social Studies Education | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Middle and Secondary Education |
| STA | Statistics | Statistics |
| SYA | Sociological Analysis | Sociology |
| SYD | Sociology of Demography/Area Studies/Sociological Minorities | Sociology |
| SYG | Sociology: General | Sociology |
| SYO | Social Organization | Sociology |
| SYP | Social Processes | Educational Psychology and Learning Systems Sociology |
| TAX | Taxation | Accounting |
| THE | Theatre Studies and General Resources | Theatre |
| TPA | Theatre Production and Administration | Theatre |
| TPP | Theatre Performance and Performance Training | Theatre |
| TSL | Teaching English as a Second Language | Childhood Education, Reading, and Disability Services Middle and Secondary Education |
| TTE | Transportation Engineering | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| URP | Urban and Regional Planning | Urban and Regional Planning |
| URS | Urban and Regional Studies | Urban and Regional Planning |
| WOH | World History | History |
| WST | Women's Studies | Women's Studies |
| ZOO | Zoology | Biological Science |