Course Prefixes and Numbers
Course prefixes used at Ball State University, in alphabetical order, are as follows:
ACC Accounting
ACE Athletic coaching education
ACR Art: crafts
ADS Art: design
AED Art: education
AFA Art: fine arts
AFAM African American studies
AFR African studies
AHS Art: history
AHSC Allied health science
AMST American studies
ANAT Anatomy
ANTH Anthropology
APHY Applied physics
AQUA Aquatics
AR Arabic
ARCH Architecture
ART Art
ASIA Asian studies
ASTR Astronomy
AT Athletic training
BA Business analytics
BED Business education
BIO Biology
BIOT Biotechnology
BL Business law
BOT Botany
BUSA Business administration
CANS Canadian studies
CAP College: architecture and planning
CC Classical culture
CCIM College: communication, information, and media
CFA College: fine arts
CH Chinese
CHEM Chemistry
CIS Computer information systems
CJC Criminal justice and criminology
CM Construction management
COMM Communication studies
CPSY Counseling psychology
CRPR Creative project
CS Computer science
CSHU College: sciences and humanities
CT Computer technology
CTE Career and technical education
DANC Dance
DISS Doctor’s dissertation
DOC Doctoral candidate
ECON Economics
ECYF Early childhood, youth, and family studies
EDAC Education: adult and community
EDAD Education: administration
EDAL Education: all-grade
EDCC Education: community college
EDCU Education: curriculum
EDEL Education: elementary
EDFO Education: foundations
EDGE Education: general
EDHI Education: higher
EDJH Education: junior high/middle school
EDMU Education: multicultural
EDPS Educational psychology
EDRD Education: reading
EDSE Education: secondary
EDST Education: studies
EDSU Education: supervision
EDTE Education: technology
EMDD Emerging media design and development
EMHS Emergency management and homeland security
ENEF English as a foreign language
ENG English
ENIE English: intensive English institute
ENT Entrepreneurship
EURO European studies
EXSC Exercise science
FASH Fashion
FCFC Family and consumer sciences: family and child
FCED Family and consumer sciences: education
FCGI Family and consumer sciences: general
FCS Family and consumer sciences
FIN Finance
FL Foreign languages
FR French
GCM Graphic Communications Management
GEOG Geography
GEOL Geology
GER German
GERO Gerontology
HIST History
HONR Honors
HOSP Hospitality and food management
HSC Health science
ICOM Icommunication
ICS Information and communication sciences
ID Interdepartmental
IDES Interior Design
IEI Intensive English Institute
INAD Internship: fashion apparel design
INFM Internship: fashion merchandising
INTB International business administration
INSA International study abroad
INTS International study abroad
IS International studies
ISOM Information systems and operations management
ITAL Italian
JAPA Japanese
JOUR Journalism
KINE Kinesiology
LA Landscape architecture
LAS Latin-American studies
LAT Latin
LSCM Logistics and supply chain management
MAST Master’s candidate
MATH Mathematical sciences
MBA Master of business administration
MEDT Medical technology
METC Meteorology and climatology
MGT Management
MIL Military science
MKG Marketing
MMP Music media production
MUHI Music history and musicology
MUSC School of Music
MUSE Music education
MUSP Music performance
MUST Music theory and composition
NEWS News
NREM Natural resources and environmental management
NSE National student exchange
NUR Nursing
NUTR Nutrition
PEP Physical education: professional
PFW Physical fitness/wellness
PHIL Philosophy
PHYC Physics
PHYS Physiology
PLAN Urban planning
PMGT Residential property management
POLS Political science
PR Public relations
PS Performance studies
PSYS Psychological science
RE Real estate
RELS Religious studies
RES Research paper
RMI Risk management and insurance
SCI Science
SNLN Sign language
SOC Sociology
SOCW Social work
SOPS Social psychology
SP Spanish
SPAA Speech pathology and audiology
SPCE Special education
SPST Sports studies
SPTA Sport administration
SS Social studies
SUST Sustainability
TCOM Telecommunications
TDPT Technology: department
TEDU Technology: education
THEA Theatre
THES Thesis
TPRE Technology preparation
UD Urban design
VBC Virginia Ball center
WELN Wellness
WGS Women’s and gender studies
WPP Writing proficiency program
WWIN Workplace wellness interdisciplinary
ZOOL Zoology
Courses at Ball State are identified by prefix and course number. Course numbers are categorized as follows:
Courses numbered below 100 are not offered for credit toward graduation.
Courses numbered from 100 to 199 are primarily freshman courses.
Courses numbered from 200 to 299 are primarily sophomore courses.
Courses numbered from 300 to 399 are primarily junior courses.
Courses numbered from 400 to 499 are primarily senior courses.
Courses numbered 500 and higher are graduate courses.
In course descriptions, the course number is immediately after the prefix. If a number in parentheses follows, it is the most recent former number of the course.
A student who earns credit in a course under any other number may not earn credit in it under its current number except under the terms of course repetition. It is the responsibility of the student to not duplicate courses.
The number in parentheses after the descriptive title of the course is the credit value of the course. It shows the specific total number of credits that can be earned in the course unless another statement in the description permits earning a greater number of credits. The credits may also be listed as a range (for example, 1-5, which means a student can earn up to 5 credits in the course); or as two possibilities (for example, 3 or 6, which means a student can earn either 3 or 6 credits in the course).
Prerequisite refers to a course or courses or other requirements that must be satisfied before the described course.
Parallel indicates a course or courses that must be taken at the same time as the described course.
Prerequisite recommended indicates a course that is not required but would provide additional preparation for the course described.
For More Information
Details about programs, financial aid, or other rules are available in the following publications:
Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities
Competency Credit Alternatives
Student Advising Handbook
For additional information about admission, transfer credit, etc., contact the Office of Admissions, 765-285-8300 or 800-482-4BSU; TTY users only 765-285-2205.
For more information about fees, contact the Office of the Bursar, 765-285-1643.
For more information about residency, contact the Office of the Registrar, 765-285-1722.