Please note course sections are created from the course catalog
. To offer a new course, it must be approved via a New Course Form 
before a section can be created. Additionally, please note that if Human Resources has not entered an instructor into the system, we are unable to attach that instructor to a course.
General Course Information
Schedule Rules and Definitions
Catalog Rules and Definitions
Cross-Listed Courses
Equivalent Courses
Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalent Courses
Registration Restrictions
General Course Information
New and Updating Current Courses
If you would like to request to add or reactivate a course, or if you want to make any changes to a current course, please complete a New Course Form 
and submit it with the appropriate signatures, including that of the dean of the school.
Inactive Courses
If a course is inactive, please indicate “inactive." Courses that have not been offered for the past 4 years (since Fall 2003) and will not be offered in the future should be identified as inactive. To reactivate a course, please complete a New Course Form and submit with appropriate signatures. Due to the required amount of work to re-activate a course, please be sure to only inactive courses that will not be offered again.
Special Topics Courses
Each course name and number has one course description. For Special Topics courses, you may want to state, “Topics may vary. Please consult with the department for additional information” for the course description. You may also include a URL, which will allow interested students to access your web site directly from the on-line course descriptions that are posted in the online GA and schedule. Please note that we can tailor individual short titles for each course section in the schedule of course offerings.
Distribution Credit
As part of the annual distribution credit roll-call each year in March, the Office of the Registrar requests of each academic dean’s office their proposed distribution credit designations for the upcoming academic year. Distribution credit for the upcoming academic year is then assigned accordingly. Please Note: This official request from the Office of the Registrar is only made once each year in March for the upcoming academic year.
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Schedule Rules and Definitions
Field
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Comments
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Req’d
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Example
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Course Name & Number
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Will appear exactly as it does in the catalog (GA). If the course does not yet exist in the catalog, a New Course Form must be submitted before the section is created.
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X
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ANTH 200
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Course short title
(Section only)
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Limited to 30 characters. Changes to the section title will post in the course schedule, but will not change the catalog (GA) title. Two sections of the same course may have different titles.
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INTRO TO STUDY OF LANGUAGE
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Credit hours
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The credit of a section cannot differ from the catalog (GA).
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X
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3 credit hours
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Section
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001
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Days
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MWF
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CRN
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Five-digit course reference number unique to each section each term.
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20232
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Time
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Please try to adhere to standard time blocks  .
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8:00-8:50am
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Instructor
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The primary instructor is the main instructor responsible for the course. If only one instructor is listed for a course, then he/she is the primary instructor. Please include complete name, including middle initial.
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Enrollment Cap
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Please review all enrollment caps and indicate a different enrollment cap, if desired. For closed and permission required courses, please keep the enrollment cap to 0. If no enrollment cap is provided, it will default to 20 students.
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20 (default)
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Group Enrollment
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Please verify the total cap of cross-list courses; enrollment of cross-listed courses cannot exceed the cross-list cap.
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20
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Permission Required
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To require permission during ESTHER registration enrollment caps will be set to 0. If a course is listed as Instructor Permission Required or Department Permission Required, the course will require instructor or department permission prior to registration. Students must submit a Special Registration form to add these classes.
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Cross-listed Courses
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Courses which are cross-listed and offered Spring 2008 (ANTH/LING 200); does not include equivalencies (i.e. LING 200/400).
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LING 200
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Part of Term
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Three options exist for this section “Full Term”, “1st Term”, and “2nd Term” (excluding Jones School and MLS). All sections default to “Full Term” unless indicated otherwise.
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Grade Mode
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Standard indicates letter grades (default). Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory indicates S/U grading; for graduate level and non-graded lab courses only. Grade mode cannot vary between sections of a course.
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Standard
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Catalog Rules and Definitions
Cross-Listed Courses
Curricular Requirements:
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Cross-listed courses must have the exact same curricula and course requirements. Therefore, they cannot be taught at different student levels (undergraduate, graduate, etc.) or course levels (100, 200, 300, 400, etc.).
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Shared Attributes:
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Cross-listed courses must share a course title, credit hours, description, student level, meeting time and days, instructor, classroom, registration restrictions, recommendations, grade mode, repeatability, and distribution credit.
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Example:
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An example of cross-listed courses is ANTH 200 and LING 200.
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Student Restrictions:
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If a student takes more than one course that is part of the same cross-listing in the same semester, that student cannot receive credit for more than one of the courses.
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Course Schedule Implications:
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If one course in a cross-listing is offered, all courses in the cross-listing must be offered.
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Course Enrollments:
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The maximum enrollment for cross-listed courses may be different, but maximum enrollment for any cross-listed course cannot equal or exceed the maximum for the group of cross-listed courses. For example, the maximum enrollment for a group of cross-listed courses is 30. Therefore, one of the courses may have a maximum enrollment of 20, and the other may have a maximum enrollment of 10.
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Course Roster Implications:
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Course rosters for cross-listed courses are combined.
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Equivalent Courses
Curricular Requirements:
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Equivalent courses do not have the exact same curricula and course requirements. They may be taught at different course levels (100, 200, 300, 400, etc.).
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Shared Attributes:
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Equivalent courses may share a course title, credit hours, description, student level, meeting time and days, instructor, classroom, registration restrictions, recommendations, grade mode, repeatability, and distribution credit.
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Example:
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An example of equivalent courses is HIST 279 and HIST 379.
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Student Restrictions:
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If a student takes more than one course that is part of an equivalency in the same semester, that student cannot receive credit for more than one of the courses.
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Course Schedule Implications:
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If one course in an equivalency is offered, not all courses in an equivalency need to be offered.
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Course Enrollments:
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The maximum enrollments for equivalent courses are not connected so they can be different.
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Course Roster Implications:
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Course rosters for equivalent courses are not combined.
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Graduate/Undergraduate (GR/UG) Equivalent Courses
Curricular Requirements:
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GR/UG equivalent courses do not have the exact same curricula and course requirements. They are taught at different student levels (undergraduate, graduate, etc.).
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Shared Attributes:
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GR/UG equivalent courses may share a meeting time and days, instructor, classroom.
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Example:
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An example of equivalent courses is ANTH 200 and ANTH 500.
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Student Restrictions:
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If a student takes more than one course that is part of a GR/UG equivalency in the same semester, that student cannot receive credit for more than one of the courses.
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Course Schedule Implications:
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If one course in a GR/UG equivalency is offered, not all courses in a GR/UG equivalency need to be offered.
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Course Enrollments:
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The maximum enrollments for GR/UG equivalent courses are not connected so they can be different.
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Course Roster Implications:
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Course rosters for GR/UG equivalent courses are not combined.
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Registration Restrictions
- In order for registration restrictions to apply to an offering of a course (section), the restrictions must be applied to the course at the course level not the section level. When changing or adding a course, restrictions must be included on the New Course Form.
- Please note that if a registration restriction is listed, Esther registration may not be available. Students may submit a Special Registration Form to enroll in the course; approval signatures are required.
- Following are the registration restrictions from which you may choose:
Restriction
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Enforced via ESTHER
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Notes
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Instructor/Department Permission Required
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Yes
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ESTHER registration is disabled and the enrollment cap is set to zero. Students must complete a Special Registration Form  , have it signed, and return it to the Office of the Registrar.
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Registration Restriction
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Yes
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ESTHER checks to verify whether the student meets the registration restriction; if not, registration is not permitted.
The following restrictions are available:
- School
- Major
- Year of Study (based on hours, not matriculation term)
- Student Level
- Degree/Program
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Co-requisite(s)
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Yes
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ESTHER checks to verify whether the student is registered for the co-requisite course; if not, registration is not permitted.
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Pre-requisite(s)
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No
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ESTHER is not set up to verify whether the student meets the pre-requisites so registration is permitted. This restriction is listed in GA and the online course catalog and schedule of course offerings.
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