Course Listing Legends

Course Numbering System

Course numbers are prefixed with the letter code representing the discipline, as shown below:

Prefix	Discipline
ACAD	Academic Writing
ACCT	Accounting
ADMN	Administrative Studies
ANTR	Anthropology
ASTR	Astronomy
BIOL	Biology
CHEM	Chemistry
CLAS	Classical Studies
COSC	Computer Science
CHFS	Child and Family Studies
CRJS	Criminal Justice
CULT	Culture and the Arts
DIGI	Digital Humanities
ECON	Economics
EDUC	Education
ENGL	English Studies
ENSC	Environmental Science
ESPA	Spanish
FILM	Film
FAVA	Fine Arts
FREN	French
GEND	Gender Equality and Social Justice
GSCI	General Science
GEOG	Geography
GEOL	Geology
HIST	History
JURI	Law and Justice
MATH	Mathematics
MKTG	Marketing
MUSC	Music
NATI	Native Studies
NURS	Nursing
ORGS	Organizational Studies
PHED	Physical and Health Education
PHIL	Philosophy
PHYS	Physics
POLI	Political Science
PSYC	Psychology
RLCT	Religions and Cultures
RUSS	Russian
SOCI	Sociology
STEC	Science and Technology
SWLF	Social Welfare and Social Development
TMGT	Technology Management
UNIV	University Success

Course Numbering Identification

Nipissing University courses are numbered as follows:

Four letters to indicate the discipline;

Four numbers to designate the course;

Five characters to indicate the particular section of a given course.

Example:

PSYC	1106	FA001
Discipline (Psychology)	Course Number	Section

The first and last digits in the course number are particularly significant.

The first digit indicates the year level at which the course is normally taken:

1000-1999	courses are normally taken at first year level.
2000-3999	courses are normally taken at second or third year level.
4000-4999	courses are normally taken at fourth year level and restricted to honours students.
5000-5999	courses are normally taken at graduate level and restricted to masters students
9000	courses are those for which non-equivalent advanced standing or transfer credit has been granted.

Unless otherwise indicated in the course description, normally the last digit indicates whether the course is a six-credit or a three-credit course, and whether the course may count towards a major.

Last digit 5	=	a six-credit course which may count towards a major or a minor;
Last digit 0	=	a six-credit course which may not count towards a major or minor;
Last digit 6 or 7	=	a three-credit course which may count towards a major or a minor;
Last digit 1 or 2	=	a three-credit course which may not count towards a major or minor;
Last digit 8 or 9	=	a one and one-half credit course.

Unless otherwise stated in the course description, courses will count in their respective discipline for liberal degrees.

Subdivisions within the discipline may be indicated by the second and third digits according to the wishes of the academic unit concerned.

In the section segment of course identification, the first two characters identify the period of time in which a course will be offered (see below). The last three characters indicate the section number (when multiple sections of a course are offered).

FA	–	September to December
WI	–	January to April
FW	–	September to April
SP	–	Spring
SS	–	Spring/Summer
SU	–	Summer

Courses offered on the main campus in North Bay will be in the section range of 000 to 099. Courses offered on the Muskoka Campus in Bracebridge will be in the section range of 500 to 599. Courses offered by distance education will be in the section range of 800 to 899.

Language courses are normally taught in the respective language (e.g. French, Latin, Russian, Spanish).

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