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Undergraduate Edition 2020-2021

Course Descriptions

Course Abbreviations

Elizabeth City State University has established a set of standardized abbreviations for its departments and courses. These abbreviations should be used in making out class schedule forms and at all times when referring to specific course offerings.

System of Course Numbers

Each course is defined by a Course Abbreviation and a number. The number of each course has three digits. The first digit indicates the classification level. The second and the third digit distinguish the course from other courses in the classification. The parentheses following the course name represent the number of credits being given for the course and the term(s) when it is offered. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are required courses.

Example:

ART (Art) 130 (First Level Classification): Art Appreciation (Title of Course) (2) (Credits) (F; S; SS) (Course offered Fall , Spring, Summer).

Abbreviations & Corresponding Departments

The following chart represents the courses offered in relation to their Departments:

ACCT — Accounting — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
ART — Art — Department of Music and Visual Arts
ARTH — Art History — Department of Music and Visual Arts
ATC — Air Traffic Control — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management
AVI — Aviation Science — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management
AVNC — Avionics — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management
BFIN — Banking and Finance — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
BIOL — Biology — Department of Natural Sciences
BKED — Birth-Kindergarten Educ. — Department of Education 
BMIS — Management Information — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
BTEC — Biotechnology — Department of Natural Sciences
BUAD — Business Administration — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
CHEM — Chemistry — Department of Natural Sciences
CJ — Criminal Justice — Department of Social Sciences
CONT — Continuing Education — Department of Education
CSC — Computer and Information Science — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
DGM  — Digital Media Arts — Department of English and Digital Media Arts
ECON — Economics — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
EDUC — Education — Department of Education
ELEM — Elementary Education — Department of Education
 EM —
  Emergency Management —  Department of Aviation and Emergency Management
ENGL — English — Department of English and Digital Media
ENGT — Engineering Technology — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
ENSC — Environmental Science — Department of Natural Sciences
FL — Foreign Language — Department of English and Digital Media
FLT — Flight — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management
FREN — French — Department of English and Digital Media
GEOG — Geography — Department of Social Sciences
GEOL — Geology — Department of Natural Sciences
GLBS — Global Studies — Department of Social Sciences
HIST — History — Department of Social Sciences
HLTH — Health — Department of Health and Human Services
HMLS  — Homeland Security  — Department of Social Sciences
HPE — Health and Phys. Educ. — Department of Health and Human Services
 INDS — Interdisciplinary Studies  — Department of Social Sciences
JOUR — Journalism — Department of English and Digital Media
 KIN —  Kinesiology —  Department of Health and Human Studies
MATA — Applied Mathematics — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
MATH — Mathematics — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
MCOM — Mass Communications — Department of English and Digital Media
MECP — Mechanical Power — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
MECT — Mechanical Technology — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
MIS — Military Science — Department of Military Science
MNGT — Management — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
MRKT — Marketing — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
MUS — Music — Department of Music and Visual Arts
MUSA — Applied Music — Department of Music and Visual Arts
PAD — Public Administration — Department of Social Sciences
PE — Physical Education — Department of Health and Human Services
PESM — Sports Management — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
PHIL — Philosophy — Department of Social Sciences
PFIN — Retirement Planning — Department of Business, Accounting and Sports Management
PHIS — Public History — Department of Social Sciences
PHS — Public Health — Department of Health and Human Services
PHSC — Pharmaceutical Science — Department of Health and Human Services
PHYS — Physics — Department of Natural Sciences
POLS — Political Science — Department of Social Sciences
PSY — Psychology — Department of Health and Human Services
READ — Reading — Department of English and Digital Media
RELG — Religion — Department of Social Sciences
SADM — School Administration — Department of Education
SOC — Sociology — Department of Social Sciences
SOWK — Social Work — Department of Health and Human Services
SPAN — Spanish — Department of English and Digital Media
SPCH — Speech — Department of English and Digital Media
SPED — Special Education — Department of Education
SSCI — Space Science — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management
STAT — Statistics — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology
UAS — Unmanned Aircraft Systems — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

Terms

F — FALL SEMESTER S — SPRING SEMESTER SS — SUMMER SESSION

Other abbreviations used by Departments and in Course Descriptions are:

30–40 — Section Numbers for Extended Day / Weekend Program
51-52 — North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium
CE — Continuing Education
DL — Distance Learning
H — Honors
M — Military Science
S — Language Arts Section for Special Programs
QRS — Restricted Enrollment
PDP — Departmental Permission Required
S/C — Language Arts Sections for Special Program/Conference
CRDT — Credit
HR — Hour
SEC — Section
BLDG — Building
LAB — Laboratory
LEC — Lecture
SEM — Semester
NFR — New Freshman
FR — Freshman
SO — Sophomore
JR — Junior
SR — Senior
SDG — Second Degree Graduate
SPU — Special Undergraduate
SPG — Admitted Graduate
CER — Certification
LIC — Licensure Only
TS — Transient Student
GR — Graduate
NG — Non-matriculating Graduate

Prerequisite Courses — Courses beyond the freshman year usually have "prerequisites." This means that certain courses must be taken before the student can register for the advanced course. The prerequisite may also require "consent of the department chair." The student must secure the permission from the above person(s) before he or she registers for the advanced course. "Consent of the department chair" is usually required for courses in which there is limited laboratory space and/or equipment, or in which specific skills and aptitudes are required.

Co-requisite Courses — This means that certain courses must be taken at the same time.

Each student is advised to obtain a copy of the Handbook from his or her major department. The handbook will provide information about the courses students must take and the entrance and exit requirements for them.

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