Undergraduate Departmental Courses, Programs


This section of the catalog includes, in alphabetical order, department and program area requirements and course descriptions.

The University publishes an official timetable of classes before the beginning of each academic term. It lists the class period, building, and room assigned to each course offered that semester or summer session. On request to Enrollment Services, a co py of the timetable will be mailed.

Enrollment Restrictions

Enrollment in some University of North Dakota classes is restricted to students who have been admitted into specific major concentrations, who have achieved specific classification status, or who have completed course prerequisites. In some high demand areas, not all students who request a particular course may be admitted in a given semester because of staffing or other University limitations. Generally, the University registers undergraduate students in order of their classification; nevertheless, th e University does not guarantee that a student will be able to enroll in a specific course during any given semester.

Course Numbers

Courses numbered in the 100s are intended primarily for freshmen; in the 200s for sophomores; in the 300s for juniors; in the 400s for seniors and in the 500s for graduates. The numbers 199, 299, 399 and 499 are reserved for Honors Program Courses. Cre dit

All academic units are expressed in terms of the credit, which represents one class period of lecture or two hours of laboratory for each of the weeks that constitute a semester. Frequency of Offerings

The following symbols at the end of the course description indicate when and how often a class is usually available for registration. F usually every Fall semester, S usually every Spring semester, SS usually every Summer session, F/2 usually every oth er Fall semester, S/2 usually every other Spring semester.




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