The university offers courses numbered 1000 to 2990 to students in the lower division of undergraduate schools and courses numbered 3000 to 4999 to students in the upper division of undergraduate schools. Graduate courses are numbered from 6000 to 9999. Certain courses are offered to undergraduate, graduate and professional students jointly. Such courses are numbered appropriately for each class and degree program.
Courses in the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry are numbered from 5000 to 5990. Developmental and remedial courses, which do not carry academic credit for graduation purposes, have course numbers of 0999 and below.
