Course Numbering

Graduate courses are numbered at the 800- or 900-level. Courses numbered "800P" may have an undergraduate counterpart numbered at the 400-level or may be taught by non-graduate faculty. (These 400-numbered courses are listed in the undergraduate catalog.) 

Courses numbered 800 (without the "P") are designated primarily for study beyond the bachelor's degree or towards a Master's degree. One half of a student's Master's degree must be numbered with 800 (non-P) courses.

Courses numbered at the 900-level are designated primarily for study beyond the Master's Degree. 

Dual-Listed (P-Course) Courses

Dual-listed courses are usually courses that are offered concurrently for both undergraduate and graduate students. These courses are taught by the same instructor and occur in the same physical or online space. However, the expectations must be clearly differentiated between the two student groups.

Dual-listed courses with an undergraduate component must have distinct undergraduate and graduate components in terms of assessments. In line with accreditation criteria, graduate students are expected to complete more challenging work, and their assessments will reflect higher expectations than those for undergraduates enrolled in the same course.

Graduate students cannot enroll in a dual-listed course if they have previously received credit for that course at the undergraduate level, and a dual-listed course completed at the undergraduate level cannot be retroactively changed to a graduate-level course once it has been recorded on transcripts.