Courses

The University reserves the right to change course offerings at any time.

A student who lacks the stated prerequisites for a course may be permitted to enroll by the Instructor. Such students must inform the Instructor that they lack the prerequisites, and the Instructor will make appropriate efforts to ascertain that they are properly qualified. Students enrolled who do not meet the prerequisites of a course may be disenrolled from that course. The Instructor will notify the Registrar's Office of this action.

Where appropriate, a department may limit enrollment in a particular course. Such limitations, other than class size, must be explicitly stated.

Some departments will make further subdivisions of courses at some levels.

About UVM Undergraduate Courses

Course Levels

Undergraduate courses are offered at the following levels:

  • 0000-Level courses do not count toward graduation requirements and are used for pre-college, other unique undergraduate experiences, and administrative purposes.
  • 1000-Level courses are introductory courses and have no prerequisites unless they are in a sequence.
  • 2000-Level courses are intermediate courses and have a minimum prerequisite of 3 hours of prior study at the introductory level in the discipline, or in another specified discipline, or some specified equivalent preparation.
  • 3000-Level courses are advanced Junior/Senior courses and have a minimum prerequisite of 3 hours of prior study at the intermediate level in the discipline, or in a related discipline, or some specified equivalent preparation.
  • 4000-Level courses are capstone/Senior courses and have a minimum prerequisite of 3 hours of prior study at the intermediate level in the discipline, or in a related discipline, or some specified equivalent preparation.

Enrollment Restrictions

Provided students meet the course prerequisites/restrictions, enrollment restrictions by undergraduate course-level follow:

  • Undergraduate and Professional and Continuing Education students may enroll in courses at levels 0000-4000.
  • Graduate students may only enroll in courses at levels 0000-4000 with permission from the Graduate College. Courses at levels 0000-2000 will not count toward the graduate degree. Master's students can count 3 credits at levels 3000-4000 towards their degree. Doctoral students can count 6 credits at level 3000-4000 towards their degree. 

Other Course Information

Information about UVM graduate courses can be found here.

Course subjects are alphabetized by name in the course list. Course prefixes appear in major and minor requirement descriptions.

Special Topics Course Policy - Information for Faculty

A course offered under the Special Topics course rubric (i.e., X990) may be presented up to three times within a ten-year period before it must be submitted for review as a permanent course offering listed under a unique course number in the Catalogue.