Course & Location Information
By clicking on the section title of the course in the schedule of classes (e.g., 'Writing and Rhetoric'), you can see additional information specific to that section. This includes prerequisites, corequisites, registration restrictions, and any section-specific text. Section-specific text indicates when sections are reserved for particular populations (Honors, Learning Communities, etc.). This is also where activity types such as field trips may be posted.
Subject Codes
Subject codes are abbreviations of the name of the department or of the field of study within the department.
Course FAQs
The first digit of the course number indicates the year level in which the course is intended to be taken and the minimum class rank a student should have achieved to enroll in the course. The second and third digits may indicate the subject area or the place of a course in a sequence or series of courses in a department.
- 001-100 - Non-credit courses that are not applicable to degrees
- 101-199 - Courses for Freshmen
- 200-299 - Courses for Sophomores
- 300-399 - Courses for Juniors
- 400-499 - Courses for Seniors
- 500-799 - Master's Level Courses
- 800-999 - Doctoral Level Courses
Seniors may take 500-level courses for undergraduate credit only under specified conditions as outlined in the graduate catalog, and may apply in advance of registration to enroll in a graduate course. Seniors approved to receive undergraduate credit for 500-level courses will be expected to meet the same requirements as the graduate students in the course.
The section numbers designate a specific campus, type of class, or time of day.
- 01-49 - Regular on-campus day classes
- 20-49 - Lab sections
- 50-59 - Classes in distance programs
- 60-69 - Additional regular on-campus day classes
- 70-79 - On-campus evening and Saturday resident credit classes
- 80-89 - WCU classes at the Asheville-Biltmore Park campus
- 90-99 - Additional regular on-campus evening classes
Standard class times for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are 50 minutes in length, and class times for Tuesday and Thursday are normally 75 minutes. Classes should have a 15 minute break between periods; however, some classes may meet at non standard meeting times. Class meeting day codes are listed below.
- M - Monday
- T - Tuesday
- W - Wednesday
- R - Thursday
- F - Friday
- S - Saturday
- U - Sunday
- TBA - Indicates class days and times to be arranged by the department head
The campus shows the location where the course is taught.
- Cullowhee - Main campus
- Cullowhee West - Health and Human Sciences Building
- Asheville Biltmore Park - Asheville campus located in Biltmore Park
- Distance - online campus for students in distance learning programs