Certain numbers are reserved for generic courses that may be repeated for credit under the same number. Except in the School of Law, courses numbered 503, 601, and 603 are offered pass/no pass only.
Credit is assigned according to the workload in a particular course. Credit ranges indicate minimum and maximum credits available in a single course for a single term, and departments determine their own credit ranges.
Courses required for transcripted credentials (majors, minors, certificates, etc.) must generally have permanent course numbers, with some exceptions as listed below:
Undergraduate Policy
Undergraduate transcripted credentials may have a maximum of 2 required courses (or a max number of credits) from the generic course list below.
Allowable Generic Courses in the 2 required course maximum for undergraduate programs:
403 – Thesis
404 -- Internship
406 – Practicum
409 – Terminal Project or Capstone
Graduate Policy
For graduate transcripted credentials, a limited number of credits with the generic course numbers x01, x04, x05, and x06 may be approved by Graduate Council to be included in the required credits for a graduate program if the following conditions are met:
- The structure and content of the generic course have been documented, reviewed, and approved by the appropriate faculty body at the academic department and/or College level (for example, curriculum committee or full faculty depending on governance structure).
- Generic courses that will be required for the graduate program may be approved only when the structure and content of the generic course meets the definition listed in the University catalog and the guidance articulated by the Division of Graduate Studies.
- Outcomes of course:
- If the generic course always achieves the same outcomes within the program requirements, these outcomes need to be articulated in the graduate program description in CourseLeaf and submitted to the Graduate Council.
- If the generic course does not always achieve the same outcomes, the process by which the academic department and/or College oversees and reviews the appropriateness of each offering of the generic course to determine whether it satisfies the program requirements must be articulated and documented in the graduate program description in CourseLeaf.
When proposing a new program or a program revision, the proposer should upload a document in Courseleaf that addresses the 3 points listed above.
Thesis (503), Dissertation (603), and Terminal Project (609) are not subject to the above requirements and may be listed as degree requirements for graduate programs.
Graduate courses numbered x07, x08, and x10 may not be listed as required courses for a graduate program and must be regularized to be included as a degree requirement.
Approved By: University Senate Date: 05/24/2023
Motion Number: US22/23-20
Revision History:
Original US22/23-20 Date 05/24/2023