COURSES

Undergraduate Courses

Lower Division Courses

These courses, numbered 1­99, are open to all students for lower division credit, but are designed primarily for freshmen and sophomores.

Upper Division Courses

These courses, numbered 100­199, are open to all students who have met the necessary prerequisites as indicated in the catalog course description. Preparation should generally include completion of one lower division course in the given subject or completion of two years of college work.

Variable-Unit Courses

Subject to approval by the department chair, an instructor may arrange to give a special study course (numbers 90X, 92, 97T, 97TC, 98, 99, 190X, 192, 194H, 197T, 197TC, 198, 199) to interested students.

• 90X/190X (Seminar) are seminar courses for in-depth examination of a special topic within the subject area.
• 92/192 (Internship) courses enable individual students to obtain practical experience to complement their educational goals or to explore potential career interests and opportunities. Students must have completed 84 units before enrolling in course 192.
• 97T/197T (Tutoring) and 97TC/197TC (Tutoring in the Community) are courses for students who want to tutor in a subject in which they are proficient--generally in their major field--while enrolled as an undergraduate.
• 98/198 (Directed Group Study) courses are set up on a one-time basis for a group of students in a subject for which no regular courses have been established.
• 99 (Special Study for Undergraduates) is a course arranged for an individual student who shares with an instructor an academic interest that cannot be accommodated within the formal course structure.
• 194H (Special Study for Honors Students) courses are for individual students with honor status, as determined by the department offering the course, and who have completed 84 units.
• 199 (Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates) courses are the upper division counterparts of course 99, and involve supervised independent study and research requiring adequate background in the subject proposed for study as well as prior completion of 84 units.

Credit in courses 99, 194H and 199 is limited to a total of 5 units per term.

Autotutorial Courses are courses in which students instruct themselves at their own pace. These courses can be identified by the letters AT on their course numbers, e.g., 13AT, 141AT.

Research Conference Courses are courses in which advanced undergraduate students may participate in critical discussions of staff research activities. These one-unit courses are numbered 190C and are graded on a Passed/Not Passed basis.

Graduate Courses

Courses numbered 200­299 are open to graduate students and to undergraduates who have completed 18 units of upper division work basic to the subject matter of the course. However, admission is subject to the approval of the instructor in charge of the course. Grading in 290C courses and variable-unit 299 or 299D courses is Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory.

Professional Courses for Teachers and Nurse Practitioners

Courses numbered 300­399 are teacher-training courses in the Division of Education and in other departments and are especially intended for teachers or prospective teachers. Included are courses designed to provide instruction to teaching assistants. Also included are courses for certification of family nurse practitioners and physician assistants. These courses are open only to students enrolled in those programs.

Other Professional Courses

Courses numbered 400­499 are professional training courses. Graduate students should consult their faculty adviser or contact the Graduate Studies Office before registering in 400 series courses to determine if graduate credit may be awarded for the course in question.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites for courses should be noted carefully; the responsibility for meeting these requirements rests on the student. If you can demonstrate that your preparation is equivalent to that specified by the prerequisites, the instructor may waive these requirements for you. However, the prerequisite that requires that you complete 84 units before registering in the course may not be waived.

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Here is a sample of how a course is listed in this catalog.

190. Proseminar in Nutrition (1) I, II, III. The Staff

Seminar--1 hour. Prerequisite: senior standing; course 111. Discussion of human nutrition problems. Each term will involve a different emphasis among experimental, clinical and dietetic problems of community, national and international scope.
May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)

Top line: course number; title; units; quarters offered; instructor(s).

Paragraph following: course instructional format; prerequisite; course description; grading if other than letter grading.

Quarters offered: the quarter in which a course is intended to be given is shown as follows:

I. Fall Quarter (September to December) or Fall Semester (August to December), School of Law

II. Winter Quarter (January to March) or Spring Semester (January to May), School of Law

III. Spring Quarter (April to June)

IV. Summer Quarter (July to September) for students in the School of Medicine only

Alternate Year Designation

Some course descriptions will include the phrase "Offered in alternate years." If the course number is marked with an asterisk (*), this indicates that the course will not be offered this academic year, but will be offered the following year. If the course number is not marked with an asterisk, this indicates that the course will be offered this academic year, but will not be offered the following year.

Multi-Quarter Courses

A series of course numbers followed by two or three letters (for example, Physics 110A-110B-110C) is continued through three successive quarters, ordinarily from September to June. The first quarter course listed this way is a prerequisite to the second, and the second is prerequisite to the third. On the other hand, where A and B portions of a course are listed separately (for example, Economics 160A and 160B), the A course is not a prerequisite to B, unless it is specifically mentioned in the list of prerequisites.

Expanded Course Descriptions

You may find that, because of space limitations, the descriptions in the General Catalog will not include all the information you would like about a course. The faculty has responded to this need by writing the "Expanded Course Descriptions," giving more detailed explanations about each course offering. These descriptions are available each quarter to assist students in selecting their courses. They contain such information as course goals, texts used, preparation required of students, basis for grading, course format, special assignments (papers, field trips, etc.), and a topical outline of the material to be covered.

Copies of the "Expanded Course Descriptions" are available for on-campus use at the Shields Library Reference and Periodicals desks, the College deans' offices, advisers' offices, advising centers, departmental offices, The First Resort and in the dormitories at the head residents' offices.

The course offerings and instructors listed in this catalog are subject to change without notice. For more current quarter offerings and instructors, refer to the Class Schedule and Room Directory, available in the UCD Bookstore.

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