A Quick Reference Guide to the Course Description Section of the Catalog
- Course prefix and number.
- Course title.
- Term(s) in which course is offered:
F = fall term
S = spring term
SS = summer term
- Semester credits obtained upon successful completion of course.
- Prerequisites or co-requisites, if any.
- Description of course.
- General education requirement categories this course satisfies, if any.
- Gordon Rule
- Each course is identified by a three letter prefix: MAC in the example above. If you know the course prefix, you can look in the Index to Course Prefixes (3-4) to find which department or departments offer courses using that prefix. Courses using the MAC prefix, for example, are taught in the Department of Mathematics.
- The FIRST DIGIT of the course number identifies the level of the course (here 2000 or freshman/sophomore level).
- To locate departments or content areas, please use the Index of Course Descriptions on the opposite page.
- General Education Categories are as follows:
- Composition (C)
- Mathematical Sciences (M)
- Humanities (H)
- Social and Behavioral Sciences (S)
- Physical (P) and Biological (B) Sciences
- International and Diversity Focus (I)
- GR-E or GR-M indicates the course satisfies the Gordon Rule Communication (GR-E) or Computation (GR-M) Requirement
- For information on Florida's Statewide Course Numbering System go to page 3-8.
- A Schedule of Courses is printed each term listing all courses offered that term.
- Course listings each term are also available online at www.registrar.ufl.edu