Per faculty legislation, the number of a course implies its level.<\/p>\n
The course number indicates the level of the course, with the exception of the first-year seminars, all of which are open only to first-year students and considered to be at the 100 level.<\/p>\n
Fall and Winter offerings<\/strong>: Short Term offerings<\/strong>: Independent Studies<\/strong> The above information is taken from the Bates Catalog (front page of “Courses of Instruction” section) and faculty legislation.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Per faculty legislation, the number of a course implies its level. The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":677,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2453","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","with-sidebar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4347,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2453\/revisions\/4347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/registrar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n100 – 199 – Generally courses numbered 100 to 199 are introductory and open to first-year students. They do not have prerequisites.
\n200 – 299 – Courses numbered 200-299 are designed primarily for sophomores, juniors, and seniors, though many are also open to first-year students. If they are open to first-year students they should be so designated in the course description in the Catalog<\/em>. Contact the Registrar’s office to update a course.
\n300 – 399 – Courses numbered 300-399 are designed for juniors and seniors.
\n400 – 499 – Courses at the 400 level represent specialized work for senior majors in the departments and programs.<\/p>\n
\ns10 – s29 – Generally, short term courses numbered S10 – s29 normally have no prerequisites, although they may require permission of the instructor;
\ns30 – s39 – Courses numbered s30 – s39 normally have prerequisites.
\ns40 – s49 – Courses numbers s40 – s49 are designed primarily for majors.<\/p>\n
\n360 is the designation for all independent studies and should be conducted at the 300-level.
\ns50 is the designation for independent research in Short Term.<\/p>\n