Course Options and Requirements

Course Options &
Requirements

Course Option Categories

For the purpose of meeting option requirements, the university categorizes its courses as follows:

Arts/Humanities
(All Language courses can count for credit as Arts/Humanities courses)
Art History (MACS)
Greek and Roman Studies (GRST, GRHS, GREK)
Dramatic Art (DRAM)
English and Creative Writing (ENGL)
General Courses, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (GART) **
Intercultural Studies (INCS)
Music-Academic Studies (MUSC)
Music-Performance Studies (MUSP)
Philosophy (PHIL)
Visual Arts (VSAR, CNMA)
Women's and Gender Studies* (WGST)

Here's a list of courses available for you to take in Arts/Languages/Social Science/Science

*The following Women's and Gender Studies courses may be taken for Arts credit: WGST-1600, WGST-1200, WGST-1300, WGST-2300, WGST-2190, WGST-2360, WGST-2700, WGST-3590, and WGST-3850.

**The following course may be taken for Arts credit: ANZO-1600.

Arabic (ARAB)
French (FREN)
German (GRMN)
Ancient Greek (GREK)
Italian(ITLN)
Latin (LATN)
Spanish (SPAN)
Hebrew (JWST)

Here's a list of courses available for you to take in Arts/Languages/Social Science/Science

Note: Courses in all languages listed above that may be used to satisfy language requirements include: XXXX-1000, XXXX-1010, XXXX-1020, XXXX-2000, XXXX-2010, XXXX-2020, XXXX-3000, XXXX-3010. All French Studies courses count as language requirements. ARAB-1100 and ARAB-1110 also count as language requirements. All other courses in any language listed above count only as Arts courses.

Biology (BIOL)
Biochemistry (BIOC)
Chemistry (CHEN)
Computer Science (COMP)
Economics (ECON)***
Environmental Science (ESCI)
Forensic Sciences (FRSC)
General Courses, Faculty of Science (SCIE)
Mathematics (MATH)
Physics (PHYS)
Statistics (STAT)
Women's and Gender Studies (WGST)**

Here's a list of courses available for you to take in Arts/Languages/Social Science/Science

** Women's and Gender Studies WGST-2500 will satisfy either a Social Science or a Science requirement.

***All Economics courses will be permitted to satisfy either Science or Social Science requirements.

Note: For students in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences the following Nursing courses will satisfy a Science requirement: NURS-3510, and NURS-3910.

If you’re having a hard time figuring out which courses to take or if you’re not sure if you’re on the right track reach out to us for help. Talk to an academic advisor if you have program specific questions, and for general inquiries you can ask.UWindsor.

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Understanding Course Codes

All courses have a unique code made up ofthe subject code and the catalogue number.

Subject Code Listing

Subject Codes

More about course codes

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Course Options &
Requirements