Appendix B: Course Abbreviations
The University offers courses in the following fields of study. The abbreviations in the second column are used in catalogs, course schedules, and student records. Some of the fields listed are offered only at the graduate level.
| Field of Study | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Accounting | ACC |
| Actuarial foundations | ACF |
| Advertising | ADV |
| Aerospace engineering | ASE |
| African and African diaspora studies | AFR |
| Air force science | AFS |
| American Sign Language | ASL |
| American studies | AMS |
| Ancient history and classical civilization | AHC |
| Anthropology | ANT |
| Applied learning and development | ALD |
| Arabic | ARA |
| Architectural engineering | ARE |
| Architectural interior design | ARI |
| Architecture | ARC |
| Art education | AED |
| Art history | ARH |
| Asian American studies | AAS |
| Asian studies | ANS |
| Astronomy | AST |
| Bassoon | BSN |
| Bengali | BEN |
| Biochemistry | BCH |
| Biology | BIO |
| Biomedical engineering | BME |
| Bridging disciplines | BDP |
| Business administration | B A |
| Business, government, and society | BGS |
| Chemical engineering | CHE |
| Chemistry | CH |
| Chinese | CHI |
| Civil engineering | C E |
| Clarinet | CLA |
| Classical civilization | C C |
| Cognitive science | CGS |
| Communication | COM |
| Communication sciences and disorders | CSD |
| Communication studies | CMS |
| Community and regional planning | CRP |
| Comparative literature | C L |
| Computational science, engineering, and mathematics | CSE |
| Computer science | C S |
| Conducting | CON |
| Core texts and ideas | CTI |
| Creative writing | CRW |
| Cultural studies | CLS |
| Curriculum and instruction | EDC |
| Czech | CZ |
| Danish | DAN |
| Design | DES |
| Developmental studies | DEV |
| Double bass | D B |
| Drum set | DRS |
| Dutch | DCH |
| Economics | ECO |
| Educational administration | EDA |
| Educational psychology | EDP |
| Electrical engineering | E E |
| Energy and earth resources | EER |
| Engineering management | ENM |
| Engineering mechanics | E M |
| Engineering studies | E S |
| English | E |
| English as a second language | ESL |
| Ensemble | ENS |
| Environmental science | EVS |
| Euphonium | EUP |
| European studies | EUS |
| Finance | FIN |
| Fine arts | F A |
| Flute | FLU |
| Foreign language education | FLE |
| French | FR |
| French civilization | F C |
| French horn | F H |
| General engineering | G E |
| Geography | GRG |
| Geological sciences | GEO |
| German | GER |
| German, Scandinavian, and Dutch studies | GSD |
| Government | GOV |
| Greek | GK |
| Guitar | GUI |
| Harp | HAR |
| Harpsichord | HSC |
| Health and society | H S |
| Health education | HED |
| Hebrew | HEB |
| Hindi | HIN |
| History | HIS |
| Human development and family sciences | HDF |
| Human dimensions of organizations | HDO |
| Human ecology | H E |
| Humanities | HMN |
| Indigenous languages of Latin America | LAL |
| Information studies | INF |
| International business | I B |
| International relations and global studies | IRG |
| Islamic studies | ISL |
| Italian | ITL |
| Italian civilization | ITC |
| Japanese | JPN |
| Jewish studies | J S |
| Journalism | J |
| Kinesiology | KIN |
| Korean | KOR |
| Landscape architecture | LAR |
| Latin | LAT |
| Latin American studies | LAS |
| Law | LAW |
| Legal environment of business | LEB |
| Liberal arts | L A |
| Liberal arts honors | LAH |
| Linguistics | LIN |
| Malayalam | MAL |
| Management | MAN |
| Management information systems | MIS |
| Manufacturing systems engineering | MFG |
| Marine science | MNS |
| Marketing | MKT |
| Materials science and engineering | MSE |
| Mathematics | M |
| Mechanical engineering | M E |
| Medieval studies | MDV |
| Mexican American studies | MAS |
| Middle Eastern languages and cultures | MEL |
| Middle Eastern studies | MES |
| Military science | M S |
| Molecular biology | MOL |
| Music | MUS |
| Music business | MBU |
| Music recording technology | MRT |
| Natural sciences | NSC |
| Naval science | N S |
| Neuroscience | NEU |
| Norwegian | NOR |
| Nursing | N |
| Nutrition | NTR |
| Oboe | OBO |
| Opera | OPR |
| Operations management | O M |
| Operations research and industrial engineering | ORI |
| Organ | ORG |
| Pashto | PSH |
| Percussion | PER |
| Persian | PRS |
| Petroleum and geosystems engineering | PGE |
| Pharmacy | PHR |
| Pharmacy graduate studies | PGS |
| Philosophy | PHL |
| Physical education | PED |
| Physical science | P S |
| Physics | PHY |
| Piano | PIA |
| Polish | POL |
| Portuguese | POR |
| Portuguese civilization | PRC |
| Psychology | PSY |
| Public affairs | P A |
| Public health | PBH |
| Public relations | P R |
| Radio-television-film | RTF |
| Real estate | R E |
| Recorder | REC |
| Religious studies | R S |
| Rhetoric and writing | RHE |
| Risk management | R M |
| Russian | RUS |
| Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies | REE |
| Sanskrit | SAN |
| Saxophone | SAX |
| Science | SCI |
| Science and technology commercialization | STC |
| Science, technology, and society | STS |
| Serbian/Croatian | S C |
| Slavic | SLA |
| Slavic and Eurasian languages | SEL |
| Social science | S S |
| Social work | S W |
| Sociology | SOC |
| Spanish | SPN |
| Spanish civilization | SPC |
| Special education | SED |
| Statistics | STA |
| Statistics and data sciences | SDS |
| Studio art | ART |
| Swahili | SWA |
| Swedish | SWE |
| Tamil | TAM |
| Telugu | TEL |
| Textiles and apparel | TXA |
| Theatre and dance | T D |
| Trombone | TRO |
| Trumpet | TRU |
| Tuba | TBA |
| Turkish | TUR |
| Tutorial course | T C |
| Undergraduate studies | UGS |
| Urban studies | URB |
| Urdu | URD |
| UTeach-liberal arts | UTL |
| UTeach-natural sciences | UTS |
| Vibraphone | VIB |
| Viola | VIA |
| Violin | VIO |
| Violoncello | V C |
| Visual art studies | VAS |
| Voice | VOI |
| Women’s and gender studies | WGS |
| Writing | WRT |
| Yiddish | YID |
| Yoruba | YOR |