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LU Policy Number: AS.060
Effective Date: 09/15/22
Approval Date: 09/15/22
Revised Date: N/A
Purpose: To establish a clear, coherent course numbering systems based on established criteria appropriate to the different levels of study within the University.
Additional Authority: N/A
Scope: Clarify the University course numbering system
Approval Authority: President
Responsible Authority: Academic Affairs
Recipients: N/A
Publications: Academic Catalog
Definitions: N/A
Policy Title
Life University Course Numbering System and Criteria Policy
Policy Statement
Number Definitions
001-099: Developmental courses.
100-299: Lower division courses.
300-499: Upper division courses.
001-099: Developmental courses taken during the student’s first three quarters of enrollment. Transitional courses that are designed for students who demonstrate deficiencies in key, pre- requisite, college-level skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. These courses are taken for institutional, non-transferrable credit and provide remedial instruction necessary for success in lower-division, gateway courses.
100-299: Lower-division courses primarily for freshmen and sophomore-level students.. Lower- division courses generally focus on foundational theories, concepts, perspectives, principles, methods, and procedures of critical thinking in order to provide a broad basis for more advanced courses. Lower-level courses are intended to prepare students for advanced study through the general education core, to expose students to the different fields of study, and to provide a foundation for the upper-division coursework for the various majors. Such courses have one or more of the following purposes:
• To acquaint students with the breadth of interdisciplinary fields in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and to the historical and contemporary practices of professional fields.
• To introduce essential skills of literacy such as information gathering, reading, writing, language, communication, numeracy, and sciences to prepare for continuing work in any field of higher education.
• To develop career readiness skills.
• To lay the foundation for upper-division coursework and to begin the development of analytical thinking and theoretical application.
300-499: Upper-division courses primarily for juniors and seniors. Prerequisites and other restrictions should be noted before registration. Upper-division courses focus on advanced, specialized concepts and topics within each discipline, and they emphasize problem-solving, analytical skills, and theoretical applications. These courses often build on the foundation provided by the skills and knowledge of lower-division education. The upper-division courses may require the student to synthesize topics from a variety of sources. They may require a greater responsibility or independence on the part of the student. The upper-division courses require instructors with specialized knowledge, skills, abilities, and preparation. Thus, many intermediate and all advanced baccalaureate courses in a field of study are properly located in the upper division. In addition, disciplines that depend heavily on prerequisites or the body of knowledge of lower-division coursework may properly be comprised of primarily upper-division courses. Such courses have the following purposes:
• The in-depth study or application of theories and methods.
• The refinement of essential skills associated with the baccalaureate.
• The development of specific knowledge, skills, and abilities designed to lead to post-baccalaureate employment, graduate study, or professional school.
001-499: This numbering scheme is reserved for all undergraduate-level courses (as outlined above)
5000-6999: This numbering scheme is reserved for all master-level courses. 7000: This numbering scheme is reserved for all doctoral-level courses.
8000 and above: This numbering scheme is reserved for all professional level program courses.
**lifted from ASU
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