Abbreviations

Course Section Number Key

If a course section number contains one or more letters, the following definitions apply:

A 1st and 3rd quarter sections; Summer Session I

B 2nd and 4th quarter sections; Summer Session II

C Cohort Section – Restricted to students belonging to a specific cohort with courses taught at BSC’s main campus. Contact department for more information.

D Interactive Video Conferencing Section – Synchronous-2-Way Interactive Audio/Video section. Additional fee required.

F Off-Campus Section – Lecture-based course held off-campus or offered through off- campus programs.

G Grant Section – Offered in cooperation with the Grants and Sponsored Projects office. Contact Off-Campus Programs at 508.531.6011 or offcampus@bridgew.edu.

H Honors Section – Primarily offered to students enrolled in the Commonwealth Honors Program. See Honors Program.

J Study Abroad or Out of State – Study tours or courses offered through Bridgewater State College in foreign countries or out of state. See International Programs.

P Off-Campus Program Cohort Section – Registration requires consent of Off-Campus Programs. Restricted to students enrolled in a specific off-campus cohort. Contact Off-Campus Programs at 508.531.6011 or offcampus@bridgew.edu.

R Restricted Section – Registration is restricted. Contact sponsoring department for details.

T Reserved Section – Requires consent of Academic Achievement Center.

V Video/DVD Section – Offered through prerecorded programs on videotape or DVD. Supplemental class meetings on campus may be required. Additional fee required.

W Web Section – Internet courses offered exclusively over the World Wide Web.

X Web-Hybrid Section – Fifty to seventy-five percent of the course is web-based and remaining content requires in-person class meetings. (From 8 to 19 hours)

Y Web-Based with some Lecture Section – Internet courses where 80 percent or more is conducted over the World Wide Web.
Supplemental class meetings on campus are required. (No more than 8 hours)

Z Intersession Section – Held between semesters or sessions.

Guide to Abbreviations

Classroom Key

ART = Art Building
ATC = Adrian Tinsley
BDN = Boyden Hall
BUR = Burnell Hall
FLD = Outdoor Athletic Fields
HNT = Hunt Hall
HRG = Harrington Hall
HRT = Hart Hall
KLY = Kelly Gymnasium
LIB = Maxwell Library
MKC = Moakley Center
RCC = Rondileau Campus Center
SCI = Conant Science Building
TIL = Tillinghast Hall
WEB = Web only

ATTLEB = Attleboro Site
BDNAUD = Boyden Auditorium, Ground Floor
BURLIB = Burnell Library
FLDBBL = Alumni Baseball Field
FLDSBL = Alumni Softball Field
FLDSCR = Soccer Field
FLDTRK = Swenson Track
KLYLG` = Kelly Gymnasium Large Gym
KLYSG = Kelly Gymnasium Small Gym
KLYPOL = Kelly Gymnasium Pool
LIBLEC = Library Lecture Hall, Ground Floor
OFFCMP = Off Campus Site
SCILEC = Science Lecture Hall, First Floor

Scheduling Key

TBA = To be announced
M = Monday
T = Tuesday
W = Wednesday
R = Thursday
F = Friday
S = Saturday
U = Sunday

MWF = Monday, Wednesday, Friday sequence
TR = Tuesday, Thursday sequence

Course Prefix Key

Accounting and Finance.................................ACFI
Anthropology..................................................ANTH
Arabic..............................................................LAAR
Art...................................................................ARTH, ARTS
Athletic Training............................................ATTR
Aviation Science............................................AVSC
Biology...........................................................BIOE, BIOF, BIOL
Business .........................................................ACFI, MGMT
Cape Verdean Creole....................................LACV
Chemistry......................................................CHEM
Chinese..........................................................LACH
Coaching.......................................................PHED
Communications COMM
Communication Disorders COMD
Computer Science........................................COMF, COMP
Counseling (see also CNSA, CNMH, CNSG)...CNGC
Criminal Justice..............................................CRJU
Dance..............................................................THEA, PHED
Early Childhood............................................ECED, ECPK
Earth Sciences................................................EASC
Economics......................................................ECON
Education (Master’s Core) ...........................EDMC
Education (PreK-12, Middle School,
High School)(see also HSED, MSED).......EDHM
Educational Leadership................................EDLE
Elementary Education..................................ELED
English .........................................................ENGL
English as a Second Language ...................ENSL
Exercise Physiology ...................................PHED
Exercise Science/Health Fitness ................PHED
Finance .......................................................ACFI
Foreign Languages .....................................LANG
(also see individual language)
French..........................................................LAFR
Freshman Skills...........................................FRSK
General Counseling.....................................CNGC
(see also CNSA, CNMH, CNSG)
General Science............................................GSCI
Geography...................................................GEOG
German.......................................................LAGE
Graduate Program Planning ......................GRPP
Health.........................................................HEAL
High School (Secondary Education).........EDHM, HSED
History........................................................HIST
Information Systems.................................COMP, MGMT
Instructional Technology..........................INST
Interdisciplinary.......................................INTD, NSCI, WMST
Italian.......................................................LAIT
Japanese..................................................LAJA
Library.....................................................LIBR
Management.........................................MGMT
Marketing............................................MGMT
Mathematics........................................MATH, MATC
Media ..................................................MED
Mental Health Counseling ..................CNMH
(see also CNGC) Middle School Education
MSED, EDHM Motor Development Therapy/Adapted
Physical Education..............................PHED
Music ...................................................MUSC
Natural Sciences................................NSCI
(see also Interdisciplinary)
Philosophy............................................PHIL
Physical Education..................................HED
Physical Education/Teacher Licensure.....PHED
Physical Geography................................GEOG
Physical Science......................................PHSC
Physics.....................................................PHYS
Political Science......................................POLI
Portuguese...............................................LAPO
Psychology..............................................PSYC
Reading....................................................READ
Recreation................................................RECR
Russian ....................................................LARU
School Administration ...........................EDLE
School Counseling .................................CNSG
(see also CNGC)
Secondary Education.............................HSED, EDHM, MSED
Social Work...........................................SCWK
Sociology................................................SOCI
Spanish...................................................LASP
Special Education...................................SPED
Speech Communication.........................COMM
Student Affairs Counseling...................CNSA
(see also CNGC) Theater and Dance.....TEA
Women’s and Gender Studies................WMST
(see also Interdisciplinary)