Course Prefixes/Subjects

All classes are identified with a two or three letter course prefix which corresponds to an academic subject. Not all course prefixes are obvious or intuitive, though. For example, the prefix for First Year Seminar is UCO, which stands for University College, and the prefix for First Year Writing is R C, which stands for Rhetoric and Composition. Here is a list of App State course prefixes and their subject description. Also, here is a list of Building Abbreviations

  • ACC - Accounting
  • ADM - Apparel Design and Merchandising
  • AMU - Applied Music
  • ANT - Anthropology
  • ARB - Arabic
  • ARH - Art History
  • ART - Art
  • A S - Appalachian Studies
  • AST - Astronomy
  • A T - Athletic Training
  • BIO - Biology
  • BSC - Building Sciences 
  • BUS - Business
  • CAS - College of Arts and Sciences
  • CED - Counselor Education
  • CHE - Chemistry
  • CHN - Chinese
  • CHS - College of Health Sciences
  • C I - Curriculum and Instruction 
  • CIS - Computer Information Systems
  • C J - Criminal Justice
  • COM - Communication
  • C S - Computer Science
  • CSD - Communication Sciences & Disorders
  • CTE - Career and Technical Education
  • DAN - Dance
  • DSN - Design
  • ECO - Economics
  • EDU - Education
  • ENG - English
  • ENT - Entrepreneurship
  • ENV - Environmental Science
  • E S - Exercise Science
  • FCS - Family and Child Studies
  • FER - Fermentation Science
  • FDN - Educational Foundations
  • FIN - Finance, Banking and Insurance
  • FRE - French
  • GES - Geological and Environmental Sciences
  • GER - German
  • GHY - Geography
  • GLS - Global Studies
  • GLY - Geology
  • GCM - Graphic Communications Management
  • G S - General Science
  • GWS - Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies
  • HCM - Health Care Management
  • H E - Higher Education
  • HIS - History
  • HON - Honors
  • HOS - Hospitality Management
  • HPC - Human Development and Psychological Counseling
  • HPE - Health and Physical Education
  • IDS - Interdisciplinary Studies
  • IND - Industrial Design
  • INT - Interior Design
  • ITC - Instructional Technology/Computers
  • JHP - Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
  • JPN - Japanese
  • LAT - Latin
  • LAW - Law
  • LDS - Leadership Studies
  • LIB - Library Science
  • LIT - Literacy Education 
  • LLC - Languages, Literatures and Cultures
  • MAT - Mathematics
  • MBA - Master of Business Administration
  • MFT - Marriage and Family Therapy
  • MGT - Management
  • MKT - Marketing
  • MSL - Military Science and Leadership
  • MTL - Media, Technology & Learning Design
  • MUS - Music
  • NUR - Nursing
  • NUT - Nutrition
  • P A - Public Administration
  • P E - Physical Education
  • P H - Public Health
  • PHL - Philosophy
  • PHO - Commercial Photography
  • PHY - Physics
  • PLN - Community and Regional Planning
  • POR - Portuguese
  • P S - Political Science
  • PSY - Psychology
  • R C - Rhetoric and Composition
  • R E - Reading Education 
  • REL - Religious Studies
  • RES - Research
  • R M - Recreation Management
  • RRI - Rural Resilience and Innovation
  • RSN - Russian
  • SAA - Student Affairs Administration 
  • SCM - Supply Chain Management
  • S D - Sustainable Development
  • SNH - Spanish
  • SOC - Sociology
  • SPE - Special Education
  • SSU - Somatic Sustainability
  • STT - Statistics
  • S W - Social Work
  • TEC - Sustainable Technology
  • THR - Theatre
  • UCO - University College/First Year Seminar
  • U S - University Studies
  • VTN - Veterinary Technology
  • WRC - Watauga Residential College 

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