Course Prefix Identification and Coding Rationale

Courses are identified by a prefix, which refers to the department offering the course, a four-digit number, a decimal point, and a two-digit number indicating the section number. Not all departmental prefixes represent fields in which a degree is offered; some represent minors and others only courses. This system is consistent across the university.

• 1000-level courses are intended for Freshmen (full-time, credit-earning students in their first year of coursework at AUC).
• 2000-level courses are intended primarily for Sophomore students.
• 3000-level courses are normally designed for Juniors.
• 4000-level courses are designated for Seniors, although superior students of Sophomore or Junior standing may be admitted with permission of the department offering the course.
• 5000 and 6000-level courses are designed and intended for graduate and post-graduate students.

However, when the 5000-level courses have 1 as the second digit, (i.e. 51XX) this indicates that the course may be taken by advanced (Senior and, in exceptional cases approved by the instructor, Junior level) undergraduate students as well. The same applies to 6000-level courses, which are generally intended for PhD level students. When 6000-level courses have 1 as the second digit (i.e. 61XX), this indicates that the course may be taken by advanced Masters-level students as well.

The second, third, and fourth digits are used by individual departments and programs to indicate the subarea, concentration or specialization within a degree offered, or proper sequence of courses within a particular subarea.

Courses ranging from 52XX-59XX are open to graduate students; however, a senior student who has a B average may take two graduate courses, not exceeding six credits, either for graduate credit or for completion of requirements for the bachelor’s degree. In this case the chair of the department concerned must notify the registrar’s office.

The departmental prefixes used in labeling courses are given below:

Schools/Departments	PREFIX	Description

Core Curriculum	CORE SEMR	Core Curriculum Seminar
The Academy of Liberal Arts
Department of Arabic Language Instruction	ALNG ALIN ALIS ALWT AIAS	Arabic Language Credit Courses Arabic Language Intensive Arabic Language Intensive Summer Arabic Writing Courses Center for Advanced Arabic Studies in Cairo
Department of English Language Instruction	ELIN ENGL	Intensive English English
Department of Rhetoric and Composition	RHET	Rhetoric and Composition
School of Business
Department of Accounting	ACCT	Accounting
Department of Economics	ECON	Economics
Department of Management	BADM CEMS ENTR FINC INTB MGMT MKTG MOIS OPMG	Business Administration International Management Entrepreneurship Finance International Business Management Marketing Management of Information Systems Operations Management
Executive Master in Business Administration Program	EMBA	Executive Master in Business Administration
Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration	BUSC	School of Business CO-OP
School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Department of Journalism & Mass Communication	JRMC	Journalism and Mass Communication
Department of Law	LAW	Law
Department of Public Policy and Administration	PPAD	Public Policy and Administration
Center for Migration and Refugee Studies	MRS	Migration and Refugee Studies
Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism	TVDJ	Television and Digital Journalism
Middle East Studies Program	MEST	Middle East Studies
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research	AMST	American Studies
The Cynthia Nelson Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies	GWST	Gender and Women’s’ Studies
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Applied Linguistics	APLN LING	Applied Linguistics Linguistics
Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations	ARIC TRST	Arab and Islamic Civilizations Translation
Department of English & Comparative Literature	ECLT	English and Comparative Literature
Department of History	CREL HIST	Comparative Religion History
Department of International and Comparative Education	EDUC TEAL	Education Teaching and Learning
Department of Philosophy	PHIL	Philosophy
Department of Political Science	POLS	Political Science
Department of Psychology	PSYC	Psychology
Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology	ANTH EGPT SOC SOC/ANTH	Anthropology Egyptology Sociology Anthropology/Sociology
Department of the Arts	ARTV DSGN FILM MUSC THTR	Visual Arts Graphic Design Film Music Theatre
School of Sciences and Engineering
Department of Architecture	ARCH	Architecture
Department of Biology	BIOL	Biology
Department of Chemistry	CHEM SCI (except for SCI 1020 )	Chemistry Science
Department of Computer Science and Engineering	CSCE	Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Construction Engineering	CENG	Construction Engineering
Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering	ECNG	Electronics and Communications Engineering
Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science	DSCI MACT	Data Science Mathematics, Actuarial Science
Department of Mechanical Engineering	MENG	Mechanical Engineering
Department of Petroleum and Energy Engineering	PENG	Petroleum Engineering
Department of Physics	PHYS	Physics
Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology	GHHE GREN	Global Public Health Sustainable Development
Biotechnology Program	BIOT	Biotechnology
Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Program	All 6000 level courses in: BIOT CENG CHEM CSCE ECNG ENVE MACT MENG NANO PHDE PHDS PHDS/PHDE	Biotechnology Construction Engineering Chemistry Computer Science and Engineering Electronics and Communications Engineering Environmental Engineering Mathematics and Actuarial Science Mechanical Engineering Nanotechnology Ph.D. in Engineering Ph.D. in Applied Sciences Ph.D. in Applied Sciences and Ph.D. in Engineering
Environmental Engineering Program	ENVE	Environmental Engineering
Nanotechnology Program	NANO	Nanotechnology
Robotics, Control and Smart Systems Program	RCSS	Robotics, Control and Smart Systems
Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research	ENGR	Graduate ENGR courses
Office of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies	ENGR SCI 1020	Undergraduate ENGR courses Scientific Thinking
Libraries and Learning Technologies	LALT	Libraries and Learning Technology

Note Concerning Course Schedules

Most course descriptions indicate the semester that each course is usually offered, but this information is subject to change and some courses are not taught every year. The registrar’s office publishes a detailed schedule of courses offered at the beginning of each semester which contains accurate information on which courses are offered, at what time and by whom they are taught. Please check the Registrar’s Schedule of Classes webpage.

For long-term planning, students should consult their advisers and/or individual departments for help designing their programs of study. Students coming from the United States, especially year-abroad students, should contact the university’s office in New York for current information about specific course offerings.

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Course Prefix Identification and Coding Rationale

Note Concerning Course Schedules