FGCU Academic Catalog
FGCU Catalog
General Information
- Academic Calendar
- Accreditation
- Colleges
- Degrees Awarded
- Financial Aid
- Registration and Records
- Student Affairs
- Student Guidebook
- Tuition, Fees and Student Accounts
- University Notices
- Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles
Undergraduate Information
- Academic Resources and Honors Program
- Admissions, Undergraduate
- Communication and Computation Skills
- Equivalencies AP, CLEP, IB, AICE, DSST
- General Education Requirements
Graduate Information
Academic Programs
Course Information
Course Descriptions 2012-2013 Catalog Year
Course descriptions, prerequisites, corequisites are available on the FGCU website at http://icarus.fgcu.edu:8080/CourseDescriptions/.
Availability of Courses
The university does not offer all of the courses listed in the catalog each year. The Schedule of Classes should be consulted to determine which courses are offered each semester.
Definition of Prefixes
| ACG | Accounting: General |
| ADV | Advertising |
| AEB | Agriculture Economics and Bus. |
| AEC | Agricultural Education and Communication |
| AFA | African-American Studies |
| AFH | African History |
| AFS | African Studies |
| AMH | American History |
| AML | American Literature |
| AMS | American Studies |
| ANG | Anthropology - Graduate |
| ANT | Anthropology |
| APK | Applied Kinesiology |
| ARE | Education: Art Education |
| ARH | Art History |
| ART | Art |
| ASH | Asian History |
| ASL | American Sign Language |
| ASN | Asian Studies |
| AST |
Astronomy |
| ATR | Athletic Training |
| BCH | Biochemistry (Biophysics) |
| BME | Biomedical Engineering |
| BOT | Botany |
| BSC | Biological Science |
| BUL | Business Law |
| CAP | Computer Applications |
| CCE | Civil Construction Engineering |
| CCJ | Criminal Justice |
| CDA | Computer Design/Arch. |
| CEG | Civil Geotechnical Engineering |
| CEN | Computer Engineering |
| CES |
Civil Engineering Structures |
| CET | Computer Engineering Technology |
| CGN | Civil Engineering |
| CGS | Computers General Studies |
| CHI | Chinese |
| CHM | Chemistry |
| CHS | Chemistry - Specialized |
| CJC | Corrections |
| CJE | Law Enforcement |
| CJJ | Juvenile Justice |
| CJL | Law & Process |
| CLP | Clinical Psychology |
| CMM | Creek/Muskogee/Mikasuki |
| CNT | Computer Networks |
| COM | Communication |
| COP | Computer Programming |
| COT | Computer Theory |
| CPO | Comparative Politics |
| CRW | Creative Writing |
| CWR | Civil Water Resources |
| DAA | Dance Activities |
| DEP | Developmental Psychology |
| EBD | Education: Emotional/Behavioral Disorders |
| ECO | Economics |
| ECP | Economic Problems & Policy |
| ECS | Economic Systems & Development |
| EDA | Educational Administration |
| EDE | Education: Elementary |
| EDF | Education: Found. & Policy |
| EDG | Education: General |
| EDH | Education - Higher |
| EDM | Education: Middle School |
| EDS | Education Supervision |
| EEC | Education: Early Childhood |
| EED | Education: Emotional Disorders |
| EEL | Engineering: Electrical |
| EES | Environmental Engineering Science |
| EEX | Education: Excp. Child Core |
| EGI | Education: Gifted |
| EGM | Engineering Science |
| EGN | Engineering |
| ELD | Education: Spec. Learn. Disab |
| EME | Education: Technology & Media |
| EMR | Education: Mental Retardation |
| ENC | English Composition |
| ENG | English - General |
| ENL | English Literature |
| ENS |
English as a Second Language |
| ENT | Entrepreneurship |
| ENV | Engineering: Environmental |
| EPI | Educator Preparation Institutes |
| ESE | Education: Secondary |
| ESL | English as Second Language |
| EUH | European History |
| EVR | Environmental Studies |
| EVS | Environmental Science |
| EXP | Experimental Psychology |
| FIL | Film |
| FIN | Finance |
| FRE | French Language |
| GEA | Geography: Regional Areas |
| GEB | General Business |
| GER | German |
| GEY | Gerontology |
| GIS | Geography: Information Science |
| GLY | Geology |
| GRA | Graphic Arts |
| GRE | Classical Greek (Language Study) |
| HEB | Ancient Hebrew |
| HFT | Hospitality Management |
| HIS | General History |
| HLP | Health/Leisure/Physical Education |
| HSA | Health Services Administration |
| HSC | Health Sciences |
| HUM | Humanities |
| HUS | Human Services |
| IDC | Interdisciplinary Computing |
| IDH | Interdisciplinary Honors |
| IDS | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| IHS | Interdisciplinary Health Svcs |
| INP | Indust. & Applied Psychology |
| INR | International Relations |
| ISC | Interdisciplinary Science |
| ISM | Computer Information Systems |
| ISS | Interdisc. Social Sciences |
| ITA | Italian Language |
| JOU | Journalism |
| JPN | Japanese |
| KOR | Korean Language |
| LAE | Language Arts & English Ed. |
| LAH | Latin American History |
| LAS | Latin American Studies |
| LAT | Latin (Language Study) |
| LEI | Leisure |
| LIN | Linguistics |
| LIT | Literature |
| MAA | Mathematics-Analysis |
| MAC | Math Calculus & Precalculus |
| MAD | Mathematics-Discrete |
| MAE | Education: Mathematics Ed |
| MAN | Management |
| MAP | Mathematics Applied |
| MAR | Marketing |
| MAS | Mathematics-Algebraic Struct. |
| MAT | Mathematics |
| MCB | Microbiology |
| MGF | Mathematics-General & Finite |
| MHF | Mathematics-History & Found. |
| MHS | Ed Counseling Mental Hlth Svcs |
| MLS | Medical Lab. Science |
| MMC | Mass Media Communication |
| MTG | Math-Topology & Geometry |
| MUE | Music: Education |
| MUG | Music: Conducting |
| MUH | Music: History/Musicology |
| MUL | Music Literature |
| MUN | Music Ensembles |
| MUO | Music: Opera/Musical Theatre |
| MUS | Music |
| MUT | Music: Theory |
| MVB | Applied Music: Brasses |
| MVK | Applied Music: Keyboard |
| MVP | Applied Music: Percussion |
| MVS | Applied Music: Strings |
| MVV | Applied Music: Voice |
| MVW | Applied Music: Woodwinds |
| NGR | Nursing, Graduate |
| NUR | Nursing Undergraduate |
| OCB | Biological Oceanography |
| OCC | Chemical Oceanography |
| OCE | Oceanography: General |
| OCG | Geological Oceanography |
| OCP | Physical Oceanography |
| ORH | Ornamental Horticulture |
| ORI | Oral Interpretation |
| OTH | Occupational Therapy |
| PAD | Public Administration |
| PCB | Process Biology |
| PEL | Phys. Edu. Acts. - (Gen) Object Centrd., Land |
| PEO | Phys. Edu Acts. (Profnl) - Object Centrd., Land |
| PET | Education: Physical Ed Theory |
| PGY | Photography |
| PHH | Philosophy, History of |
| PHI | Philosophy |
| PHM | Philosophy of Man and Society |
| PHP | Philosophers and Schools |
| PHT | Physical Therapy |
| PHY | Physics |
| PHZ | Physics (continued) |
| PLA | Paralegal/Legal Assistant/Legal Administration |
| POR | Portuguese Language |
| POS | Political Science |
| POT | Political Theory |
| PPE | Personality |
| PSB | Psychobiology |
| PSY | Psychology |
| PUP | Public Policy |
| PUR | Public Relations |
| QMB | Quant. Methods in Business |
| RED | Reading Education |
| REE | Real Estate |
| REL | Religion |
| RMI | Risk Mngt. & Insurance |
| RTT | Radio/Television Technology |
| RTV | Radio/Television |
| RUS | Russian Language |
| SCE | Education: Science Education |
| SDS | Education: Student Develop Svcs |
| SLS | Student Life Skills (Learning) |
| SMT | Science or Mathematics Teaching |
| SOP | Social Psychology |
| SOW | Social Work |
| SPA | Speech Path. & Audiology |
| SPC | Speech Communication |
| SPM | Sports Management |
| SPN | Spanish Language |
| SPT | Spanish Lit. in Translation |
| SPW | Spanish Lit. (Writings) |
| SSC | Social Science Elective |
| SSE | Education: Social Studies Ed |
| STA | Statistics |
| SYA | Sociological Analysis |
| SYD | Socio. of Demo. & Area Studies |
| SYG | Sociology, General |
| SYO | Social Organization |
| SYP | Social Processes |
| TAX | Taxation |
| THE | Theatre |
| TPA | Theatre Prod. & Admin. |
| TPP | Theatre Perf. & Perf. Training |
| TRA | Transportation & Logistics |
| TSL | Teaching Eng. as Second Lang. |
| TTE | Transportation Engineering |
| URP | Urban and Regional Planning |
| VIC | Visual Communication |
| WOH | World History |
| WST | Women's Studies |
| ZOO | Zoology |
