Core Credit Abbreviation
The course number provides important information about a course, including whether or not it receives Core credit and, in some cases, which Core requirement it meets. Because some courses exist in several Core versions, or in Core and non-Core versions, students should pay careful attention to course numbers and to which version of a course they take.
Numbers for courses that meet Core requirements begin with the letters "C," "R," "W," or "X." Those prefixes, along with the two-letter Required Course Indicator (RCI), provide information on the Core area a given course will meet.
Core Course Numbering
- C.
- Satisfies a requirement in one of the Core areas except Studies in Race and Writing-intensive.
- R.
- Satisfies the Studies in Race requirement, and may also fulfill another Core requirement, as indicated in the RCI.
- W.
- Satisfies a Writing-Intensive requirement.
- X.
- Satisfies a requirement in one of the Core areas, and also satisfies a Writing-Intensive requirement.
Required Course Indicators
- AC.
- American Culture
- AR.
- The Arts
- CO.
- Composition
- IA.
- Intellectual Heritage (first level)
- IB.
- Intellectual Heritage (second level)
- IN.
- The Individual and Society
- IS.
- International Studies
- LA.
- Language (first level)
- LB.
- Language (second level)
- QA.
- Quantitative Reasoning (first level)
- QB.
- Quantitative Reasoning (second level)
- RC.
- Composition and Studies in Race
- RS.
- Studies in Race
- SA.
- Science and Technology (first level)
- SB.
- Science and Technology (second level)
- WI.
- Writing-intensive
- WR.
- Studies in Race and Writing-intensive
- XA.
- The Arts, Studies in Race, and Writing-intensive
- XC.
- American Culture, Studies in Race, and Writing-intensive
- XN.
- The Individual and Society, Studies in Race, and Writing-intensive
- XS.
- International Studies, Studies in Race, and Writing-intensive
Core Policy