Upper-Division Courses Comprise all 300- and 400-Level Courses.

300-level course designation:

Courses of advanced difficulty taken by majors and upper-division students. These are often considered to be courses in the major offered for students clearly interested and qualified in a subject.

Assumptions:

Students are at ease and comfortable in the field; they have acquired an adequate general knowledge in the area to pursue some study in depth with the proper methodological tools.

Expectations:

1. Students have the ability to do research, or to obtain relevant information in the field through the proper use of libraries;
2. Students are fluent in the language of the field so as to read and analyze relevant information;
3. Students are able to combine the results of the research or the reading into cohesive statements;
4. Students are able to produce substantial work, such as a paper of "term-paper" length or a creative or experimental project.

400-level course designation:

Advanced upper-division courses, seminars, practicums, or internships for majors and upper-division students.

Assumptions:

1. Students have completed a substantial amount of work at the 300 level.
2. Students have the capacity to work independently under the guidance or supervision of an instructor.

Expectations:

Students are able to complete a research project or paper.