Oct 14, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Course Descriptions


Course Abbreviations

Elizabeth City State University has established a set of standardized abbreviations for its departments and courses. These abbreviations should be used in making out class schedule forms and at all times when referring to specific course offerings.

System of Course Numbers

Each course is defined by a Course Abbreviation and a number. The number of each course has three digits. The first digit indicates the classification level. The second and the third digit distinguish the course from other courses in the classification. The parentheses following the course name represent the number of credits being given for the course and the term(s) when it is offered. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are required courses.

Example:

ART (Art) 130 (First Level Classification): Art Appreciation (Title of Course) (2) (Credits) (F; S; SS) (Course offered Fall, Spring, Summer).

Abbreviations & Corresponding Departments

The following chart represents the courses offered in relation to their Departments:

ACCT — Accounting — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

ART — Art — Department of Music and Visual Arts

ARTH — Art History — Department of Music and Visual Arts

ATC — Air Traffic Control — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

AVI — Aviation Science — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

AVNC — Avionics — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

BFIN — Banking and Finance — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

BIOL — Biology — Department of Natural Sciences

BKED — Birth- Kindergarten Educ. — Department of Education

BMIS — Management Information Systems — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

BTEC — Biotechnology — Department of Natural Sciences

BUAD — Business Administration — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

CHEM — Chemistry — Department of Natural Sciences

CJ — Criminal Justice — Department of Social Sciences

CONT — Continuing Education — Department of Education

CSC — Computer and Information Science — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

DGM — Digital Media Arts — Department of Music and Visual Arts

ECON — Economics — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

EDUC — Education — Department of Education

ELEM — Elementary Education — Department of Education

EM — Emergency Management — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

ENGL — English — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

ENGT — Engineering Technology — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

ENSC — Environmental Science — Department of Natural Sciences

FL — Foreign Language — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

FLT — Flight — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

FREN — French — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

GEOG — Geography — Department of Social Sciences

GEOL — Geology — Department of Natural Sciences

GLBS — Global Studies — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

HIST — History — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

HLTH — Health — Department of Health and Human Services

HMLS — Homeland Security — Department of Social Sciences

HPE — Health and Phys. Educ. — Department of Health and Human Services

HWLL — Health and Wellness Promotion — Department of Health and Human Services

INDS — Interdisciplinary Studies — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

JOUR — Journalism — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

KIN — Kinesiology — Department of Health and Human Studies

MATA — Applied Mathematics — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

MATH — Mathematics — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

MCOM — Mass Communications — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

MECP — Mechanical Power — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

MECT — Mechanical Technology — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

MIS — Military Science — Department of Military Science

MNGT — Management — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

MRKT — Marketing — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

MUS — Music — Department of Music and Visual Arts

MUSA — Applied Music — Department of Music and Visual Arts

PAD — Public Administration — Department of Social Sciences

PE — Physical Education — Department of Health and Human Services

PESM — Sport Management — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

PHIL — Philosophy — Department of Social Sciences

PFIN — Retirement Planning — Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management

PHIS — Public History — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

PHS — Public Health and Sanitation— Department of Health and Human Services

PHSC — Pharmaceutical Science — Department of Health and Human Services

PHYS — Physics — Department of Natural Sciences

POLS — Political Science — Department of Social Sciences

PSY — Psychology — Department of Health and Human Services

READ — Reading — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

RELG — Religion — Department of Social Sciences

SADM — School Administration — Department of Education

SOC — Sociology — Department of Social Sciences

SOWK — Social Work — Department of Health and Human Services

SPAN — Spanish — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

SPCH — Speech — Department of English, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies

SPED — Special Education — Department of Education

SSCI — Space Science — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

STAT — Statistics — Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Technology

SUST — Sustainability Studies — Department of Natural Sciences

UAS — Unmanned Aircraft Systems — Department of Aviation and Emergency Management

Terms

F — FALL SEMESTER

S — SPRING SEMESTER

SS — SUMMER SESSION

Other Abbreviations used by Departments and in Course Descriptions are:

30–40 — Section Numbers for Extended Day / Weekend Program

51-52 — North Carolina Model Teacher Education Consortium

CE — Continuing Education

DL — Distance Learning

H — Honors

M — Military Science

S — Language Arts Section for Special Programs

QRS — Restricted Enrollment

PDP — Departmental Permission Required

S/C — Language Arts Sections for Special Program/Conference

CRDT — Credit

HR — Hour

SEC — Section

BLDG — Building

LAB — Laboratory

LEC — Lecture

SEM — Semester

NFR — New Freshman

FR — Freshman

SO — Sophomore

JR — Junior

SR — Senior

SDG — Second Degree Graduate

SPU — Special Undergraduate

SPG — Admitted Graduate

CER — Certification

LIC — Licensure Only

TS — Transient Student

GR — Graduate

NG — Non-matriculating Graduate

Prerequisite Courses — Courses beyond the freshman year usually have “prerequisites.” This means that certain courses must be taken before the student can register for the advanced course. The prerequisite may also require “consent of the department chair.” The student must secure the permission from the above person(s) before he or she registers for the advanced course. “Consent of the department chair” is usually required for courses in which there is limited laboratory space and/or equipment, or in which specific skills and aptitudes are required.

Co-requisite Courses — This means that certain courses must be taken at the same time.

Each student is advised to obtain a copy of the Handbook from his or her major department. The handbook will provide information about the courses students must take and the entrance and exit requirements for them.

 

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Accounting

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