You are in the official 2001-2002 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
Course Prefixes, Symbols, and Terms
The following chart is a guide to the appropriate prefixes used in this catalog for the university's departments and programs of study.
A ETH Applied Ethics
A I S American Indian Studies
A SCI Animal Sciences
A SP Aerospace Studies
ACCT Accountancy
AF AM African American
AG BS Agricultural Business; Graduate
AG EC Agricultural Economics
AG ED Agricultural Education
AGRI Agriculture; Graduate
ANTH Anthropology
ARM Armenian
ARM S Armenian Studies
ART Art
ART H Art History
ARTDS Art and Design
ASAM Asian American Studies
ATHL Athletics
B A Business Administration
BIOL Biology
BIOSC Biological Science Core
BOT Botany
BUS Business
C E Civil Engineering
C R P City and Regional Planning
C SCI Computer Science
CFS Child and Family Studies
CHEM Chemistry
CHIN Chinese
CLS Chicano and Latin American Studies
COMM Communication
COM S Community Service
CONST Construction Management
COUN Counselor Education
CR SC Crop Science -- Agronomy and Vegetable Crops
CRIM Criminology
CSD Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies
CSH Consumer Science and Housing
CSB Craig School of Business
CST CalState TEACH
CTET Curriculum, Teaching, and Educational Technology
DANCE Theatre Arts
DRAMA Theatre Arts
DS Decision Sciences
E E Electrical Engineering
EAD Educational Administration
ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECOL Ecology
ECON Economics
EDL Educational Leadership
EDU Education
EHD Education and Human Development
ENGL English
ENGR Engineering
ENOL Enology
ENSC Environmental Science
ENTR Entrepreneurship
ERF Educational Research, Foundations
ESL English as a Second Language
ETH S Ethnic Studies
F L Foreign Language
F M Fashion Merchandising
FCS Family and Consumer Science
FIN Finance
FN Food and Nutrition
FREN French
FR SC Fruit Science
FSC Food Science
FSM Food Systems Management
G S Graduate Studies
GD Graphic Design
GENET Genetics
GEOG Geography
GEOL Geology
GERM German
GERON Gerontology
GPA Graduate Public Administration
GRK Greek
H EC Home Economics Education
H S Health Science
HEBR Hebrew
HHS Interdisciplinary Health and Human Services
HIST History
HMONG Hmong
HONOR Honors
HRM Human Resource Management
HUM Humanities
I E Industrial Engineering
I T Industrial Technology
I S A International Studies - Abroad
I S C International Studies Course
ID Interior Design
INTD Interdisciplinary
INTD (number) NEX Nexus General Education
IPC Interprofessional Collaboration
IS Information Systems
ISA International Studies Abroad
ISC International Studies Course
ITAL Italian
JAPN Japanese
KINES Kinesiology
KAC Kinesiology Activity
LATIN Latin
LEE Literacy and Early Education
LING Linguistics
M COM Mass Communication
M E Mechanical Engineering
M S Military Science
M SCI Marine Science
MATH Mathematics
MBA Master of Business Administration
MCJ Mass Communication and Journalism
ME AG Mechanized Agriculture
MGT Management
MICRO Microbiology
MKTG Marketing
MSA Master of Science in Accountancy
MUSIC Music
N SCI Natural Science
NURS Nursing
NUTR Nutrition
OH Ornamental Horticulture
P E Physical Education
P SCI Physical Science
PAX Peace and Conflict Studies
PH Master of Public Health
PH TH Physical Therapy
PHIL Philosophy
PHYAN Physiology/Anatomy/Development
PHYS Physics
PL PR Plant Protection
PL SI Political Science
PLANT Plant Science
PLT H Plant Health
PORT Portuguese
PSYCH Psychology
RES Revising and Editing Skills
RLS Recreation and Leisure Studies
S C Solutions Center
S SCI Social Science
S WRK Social Work
SKT Sanskrit
SOC Sociology
SPAN Spanish
SPED Special Education
SW Soil and Water
UNIV University
VIT Viticulture
W S Women's Studies
ZOOL Zoology
General Education
A1 - G.E. FOUNDATION
A2 - G.E. FOUNDATION
A3 - G.E. FOUNDATION
B1 - G.E. BREADTH
B2 - G.E. BREADTH
B4 - G.E. FOUNDATION
C1- G.E. BREADTH
C2 - G.E. BREADTH
D1 - G.E. BREADTH
D2 - G.E. BREADTH
D3 - G.E. BREADTH
E1 - G.E. BREADTH
IA - G.E. INTEGRATION
IB - G.E. INTEGRATION
IC - G.E. INTEGRATION
MI - G.E. MULTICULTURAL/INTERNATIONAL
Course Numbering System
1-99
Lower-division courses are designed for first- and second-year
students but open to the others.
100-199
Upper-division courses designed for third-, fourth- and fifth-year
students; counted as graduate work for students with graduate
status; permitted for use on a master's degree program only with
departmental approval
190
Independent study, undergraduate
200-297
Graduate-level courses are designed for use in master's degree,
credential, certificate of advanced study, and doctorate curricula.
Access to these courses is limited to those who have been officially
admitted to a graduate degree, advanced certificate, or credential
program. Last-semester undergraduate seniors wanting to enroll
in 200-level courses must meet all criteria listed on the Undergraduate
Petition to Enroll in Graduate (200-level) Courses available from
the Division of Graduate Studies.
290
Independent study, graduate
298
Graduate Degree Project. Restricted to graduate students having
received official notification by the Division of Graduate Studies
of approval for advancement to candidacy. For complete eligibility
requirements, see Criteria
for Thesis and Project under Graduate Studies. Project schedule
numbers are obtainable through the student's department. Failure
to meet the eligibility requirements may result in cancellation
of such enrollment. Project enrollment is not available through
Extension or Open University.
299
Graduate Degree Thesis/Dissertation. Registration in this
course is restricted to graduate students who have officially
been notified of their advancement to candidacy by the Division
of Graduate Studies and who have filed an approved thesis committee
assignment form with the Division of Graduate Studies. For complete
eligibility requirements, see Criteria
for Thesis and Project under Graduate Studies. Thesis schedule
numbers are obtainable through the student's department. Failure
to meet eligibility requirements may result in cancellation of
such enrollment. Thesis enrollment is not available through Extension
or Open University.
300-399
Designed to meet professional needs that cannot be served
by regular established course offerings. These courses are offered
only through Extension and summer sessions. They assume completion
of the bachelor's degree and/or appropriate professional service
and are focused upon the problems that enrolled students encounter
in their professional service. Although these courses are designed
primarily for purposes other than the partial fulfillment of degree
and credential requirements, they may, with approval by the department,
be applied toward the undergraduate major. They may be used as
part of the 40-unit upper-division requirement for the B.A. degree
and as electives in the fulfillment of the total requirements
for a baccalaureate degree and/or credential. They may not be
used to meet the requirements of a master's degree or a joint
doctoral degree.
400-499 are upper-division courses in CSU system programs administered by California State University, Fresno. Enrollment provisions listed for courses numbered 100-199 apply to these courses as well.
600-699 are graduate courses in CSU system programs administered by California State University, Fresno. Enrollment provisions listed for courses numbered 200-299 apply to these courses as well.
Course Numbering Symbols
A-B Two-semester course normally taken in sequence
A, B Listed as separate courses; may be taken independently
F Field course
G For graduate students only; these courses are designed for use in the first year of two-year master's degree programs; they consist of an intensive combination of material normally offered at the undergraduate level.
H Honors
L Laboratory associated with another course
M Multiple subject designation for education courses/methods designation for communication courses
N Non-majors
R Remedial course
S Service Learning courses
T Topics course, varied area subject matter, repeatable for credit with different title and description
W Writing skills course, meets upper-division requirement for graduation
Z Semester abroad program courses
Course Descriptions. Courses are listed by number, title, units, and maximum total credit. Each unit generally represents one hour per week in class and two hours of preparation. Courses involving laboratory, activity, or other application normally require additional hours of class attendance. Lecture-laboratory hours indicate deviation from the usual one class hour per week for one unit of credit. Prerequisites are listed at the beginning of the course description. Course offerings are listed each semester in the Schedule of Courses.
Prerequisites. Course prerequisites are designed to protect students by ensuring that they have the necessary background and preparation for success in the course. Transfer courses with equivalent content are accepted in lieu of stated prerequisites. Students should check the prerequisites carefully before registering in a course to be sure that they have been met. The instructor can deny admission to a course if a student has not met the prerequisites.
Permission of Instructor. The instructor has the authority to waive the stated prerequisites for a course if it is in the interest of the student to do so and if in the instructor's judgment, the student has a background sufficiently adequate to permit satisfactory performance in the course.
Students will not receive credit for courses in foreign language or mathematics if credit has been awarded previously for a higher numbered course for which the lower numbered course is a prerequisite.
CAN. The California Articulation Number identifies some
of the transferable, lower-division, introductory (preparatory)
courses commonly taught on California college campuses. The CAN
(ex. CAN ECON 2) is listed parenthetically at the end of the course
description.
Courses
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