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Course Levels
The first digit of a course number indicates the class level of the course. Freshmen have permission to take sophomore-level (200) courses, provided they have met the prerequisites. Junior and senior level courses (300 and 400) are considered to be upper-division courses.
 100-level course designation: Courses with no prerequisites, survey courses, courses defining basic concepts or presenting the terminology of a discipline. Assumptions and Expectations: 1. Students possess writing ability sufficient to compose definitions, paragraphs, or essays where appropriate; 2. Students possess reading skills sufficient to comprehend college-level material in textbook and monograph form. Where specified, completion of remedial course work should be a prerequisite.
 200-level course designation: Courses of intermediate college-level difficulty; courses with 100-level course(s) as prerequisite(s); or survey courses devoted to particular areas or fields within a discipline. Assumptions: 1. Students will have completed college composition (ENG 101) or the equivalent; 2. Students possess general skills such as recognition, reading, appropriate quantitative skills, and varying degrees of fluency in writing and articulateness in expression; 3. Students are acquainted with the basic language, terminology, or methodology of the subject itself; 4. Students are, in that subject, at a stage of understanding where they can progress towards significant conclusions, experiments, and/or explorations. Expectations: 1. Students can proceed at a reasonable pace without difficulties in comprehension; 2. Students can cope with assignments involving reading and comprehending a specified amount of material and/or preparing organized papers; 3. Students will accomplish a substantial amount of work, for example: study a number of books or work through a comprehensive textbook, write a number of papers, or demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of the material covered.
 300-level course designation: Courses of advanced difficulty taken by upper division students. These are often considered to be courses in the concentration offered for students clearly interested and qualified in a subject. Assumptions: Students are at ease and comfortable in the field; they have acquired an adequate general knowledge in the area to pursue some study in depth with the proper methodological tools. Expectations: 1. Students have the ability to do research, or to obtain relevant information in the field through the proper use of libraries; 2. Students are fluent in the language of the field so as to read and analyze relevant information; 3. Students are able to combine the results of the research or the reading into cohesive statements; 4. Students are able to produce substantial work, such as a paper of "term-paper" length or a creative or experimental project.
 400-level course designation: Advanced upper-division courses, seminars, practicums, or internships for upper division students. Assumptions: 1. Students have completed a substantial amount of work on the 300 level. 2. Students have the capacity to work independently under the guidance or supervision of an instructor. Expectations: Students complete research project or paper.
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