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Course Numbering:
SUNY New Paltz courses are designated by a five-digit course number. The first two numbers represent the department that offers the course. The following three digits signify seven different levels:
- 0-99: Open to students requiring development or remedial work (non-credit learning).
- 100 level: Open to all undergraduate students.
- 200 level: Open to all undergraduate students.
- 300 level: Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.
- 400 level: Open only to juniors and seniors.
- 500 level: Open to graduate students and to qualified seniors by permission. A permission form, available in departmental offices, must be used to obtain approval.
- 700 level: Open only to graduate students.
0-299 level represents lower-division classes, whereas 300-700 represent upper-division level classes.
Key to 2-digit Department Codes
- 07 Anthropology
- 09 Art Studio
- 10 Art Education
- 11 Art History
- 12 Astronomy
- 15 Biology
- 17 Black Studies
- 20 Business Administration
- 22 Chemistry
- 25 Computer Science
- 30 Center for Academic Development and Learning
- 33 Economics
- 34 Education-Interdisciplinary
- 35 Elementary Education
- 36 Secondary Education
- 38 Educational Studies
- 39 Special Education
- 40 Electrical Engineering
- 41 English
- 42 Haggerty Institute English as a Second Language Program
- 46 Foreign Languages- French
- 47 Engineering
- 48 Geography
- 50 Geological Sciences
- 52 Foreign Languages- German
- 53 Journalism Program
- 55 Foreign Languages- KiSwahili
- 56 Foreign Languages- Hebrew
- 57 Foreign Languages- Japanese
- 58 History
- 59 Foreign Languages- Italian
- 60 Foreign Languages- Latin
- 61 Latin American Studies
- 63 Linguistics
- 64 Mathematics
- 66 Music
- 70 Nursing
- 71 Philosophy
- 75 Physics
- 77 Political Science and International Relations
- 80 Psychology
- 84 Foreign Languages- Russian
- 87 Sociology
- 88 Communication Disorders
- 89 Foreign Languages- Spanish
- 90 Communication and Media
- 91 Theatre Arts
- 94 Women's Studies
- 99 Interdisciplinary
