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Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are listed in alphabetical order by subject.

The abbreviations shown in this section are also listed on MyMadison(https://mymadison.jmu.edu/) and student transcripts.

Subject Abbreviations¹

Subject	Abbreviation
Accounting	ACTG
Africana Studies	AFST
AIRS	AIRS
American Studies	AMST
Anthropology	ANTH
Arabic	ARAB
Architectural Design	ARCD
Art	ART
Art Education	ARED
Art History	ARTH
Astronomy	ASTR
Athletic Training Education Program	ATEP
Biology	BIO
Biotechnology	BIOT
Business	COB
Business Analytics	BSAN
Business and Marketing Education	BMED
Business Law	BLAW
Chemistry	CHEM
Chinese	CHIN
Classics	CLAS
Communication Sciences and Disorders	CSD
Communication Studies	SCOM
Computer Information Systems	CIS
Computer Science	CS
Continuing Education	CE
Criminal Justice	CRJU
Cross Disciplinary Studies	CDS
Dance	DANC
Early Childhood Education	ECED
Economics	ECON
Education	EDUC
Elementary Education	ELED
Engineering	ENGR
English	ENG
Environment	ENVT
Environmental Management	ENVM
Exceptional Education	EXED
Family Studies	FAM
Finance	FIN
Foreign Language	FL
Foreign Language Education	FLED
French	FR
General Business	BUS
General Education
Geographic Science	GEOG
Geology	GEOL
German	GER
Gerontology	GERN
Graphic Design	GRPH
Greek	GRK
Health	HTH
Health Services Administration	HSA
History	HIST
Honors	HON
Hospitality Management	HM
Human Resource Development	HRD
Humanitarian Affairs	HUMN
Inclusive Early Childhood Education	IECE
Independent Scholars	IND
Individualized Study	IS
Industrial Design	INDU
Integrated Science and Engineering	CISE
Integrated Science and Technology	ISAT
Intelligence Analysis	IA
Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies	IDLS
Interdisciplinary Science	ISCI
Interdisciplinary Social Science	ISS
International Affairs	INTA
International Business	IB
Interprofessional Education	IPE
Italian	ITAL
Japanese	JAPN
Justice Studies	JUST
Kinesiology	KIN
Korean	KOR
Latin	LAT
Learning, Technology and Leadership Education	LTLE
Management	MGT
Marketing	MKTG
Materials Science	MATS
Mathematics	MATH
Mathematics Education	MAED
Media Arts and Design	SMAD
Middle and Secondary Education	MSSE
Middle Education	MIED
Military Science	MSCI
Music	MUS
Music Education	MUED
Music Industry	MUI
Music Instruction, Applied	MUAP
Nonprofit Studies	NPS
Nursing	NSG
Nutrition	NUTR
Persian	PERS
Philosophy	PHIL
Physics	PHYS
Political Science	POSC
Portuguese	PORT
Psychology	PSYC
Public Policy and Administration	PPA
Reading Education	READ
Religion	REL
Russian	RUS
Social Work	SOWK
Sociology	SOCI
Spanish	SPAN
Sport and Recreation Management	SRM
Studies Abroad
Swahili	SWA
Teaching English as a Second Language	TESL
Technical Translation	TR
Theatre	THEA
University Studies	UNST
Vocational Education	VOED
Women's and Gender Studies	WGS
Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication	WRTC

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