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Course Levels

  • 1000-1999:  Introductory lower-division undergraduate courses, usually taken by first-year students and generally do not include prerequisites.
  • 2000-2999:  Lower-division undergraduate courses usually taken by second- or third-year students where content is built on materials from the first-year level and may include a minimal amount of prerequisite preparation.
  • 3000-3999:  Upper-division undergraduate courses usually taken by third- or fourth-year students and are normally courses in the major, those at the highest levels of the Marquette Core Curriculum and those that often include significant prerequisite preparation.
  • 4000-4999:  Advanced upper-division undergraduate courses that require a high degree of disciplinary sophistication or specificity in content; these courses assume considerable prerequisite knowledge and experience and include courses such as independent study, independent research, capstone courses, internships or those undergraduate courses that are cross-listed with graduate or professional courses.
  • 5000-5999:  Post-baccalaureate/graduate courses that may be cross-listed with 4000-level courses; open to those undergraduate students who have been accepted into an approved Marquette accelerated degree program; to those undergraduate students who have received permission from the Graduate School to take a graduate-level course in anticipation of pursuing a graduate degree after completing a bachelor's degree; to all graduate students; or, by permission, for those students seeking a professional degree.
  • 6000-6999:  Master's-level graduate courses; open to graduate students, to those undergraduate students who have been accepted into an approved Marquette accelerated degree program, or by permission for those students seeking a professional degree.
  • 7000-7999:  Professional-level courses; open to students seeking a professional degree, or by permission for students seeking a graduate degree; may be cross-listed with 4000-level courses.
  • 8000-8999:  Doctoral-level graduate courses; open to students seeking a Ph.D.
  • 9000-9999:  Special designation courses created at the discretion of the Office of the Registrar (e.g., full-time equivalency courses; study abroad placeholder courses for billing and financial aid distribution, etc.).