Course Numbers
Course Numbers
1XX = Course for first-year students in the discipline and/or for preps, e.g. PY150Y.
2XX = Course for second-year students in the discipline and/or for lower mids.
3XX = Course for third-year students in the discipline and/or for upper mids. Introductory-level courses that are open only for upper mids or seniors are also marked at the 300-level. Examples of this might be the upper-class version of Physics (PY350Y) and U.S. History for new upper mids and seniors (HI350Y).
4XX = Course for fourth-year students in the discipline and/or for seniors. Departments like H&SS that mainly have one level of course offerings for both upper mids and seniors may mark all upper-level electives at the 400-level.
Additional hundreds designation (for Languages and Math only):
5XX = Course for fifth-year students in the discipline
6XX = Course for fifth-year students in the discipline
X0X-X7X = The majority of classes are marked here—there is generally no distinction in the challenge level within this range, though a 0, 1, or 2 may indicate that the course is designed to be more approachable.
X8X-X9X = Honors-level courses (note one exception is independent studies, which are X99, but not honors courses).
No specific meaning. These are now available to expand the number of electives that are possible to keep in the course catalog.
F = Fall
S = Spring
P = Portals (Summer)
Y = Year-long