Abbreviations and codes
All courses offered on campus for this semester are listed in the following pages. Courses in the 100 and 200 series are lower-level courses usually for freshmen and sophomores; 300 and 400 series are upper-level courses for juniors and seniors; 500, 600, 700 and 800 series courses are graduate-level courses.
Students usually must have a bachelor’s degree to enroll in graduate-level courses; however, certain undergraduate students with the permission of the departments and the students’ advisers may take some 500-level courses.
Please note: The university reserves the right to discontinue any course announced in this schedule because of low enrollment or other reasons deemed sufficient by the university. To ensure high academic standards, the university reserves the right to close registration in a course after the maximum enrollment has been reached. In addition, the university reserves the right to make changes in faculty, fees or schedules as necessary.
Section numbers
The beginning letter or number indicates whether a course is an honors, variable credit, evening, laboratory or intersession course.
7XX = honors
8XX = variable credit (MCV Campus only)
9XX = evening
CXX = off campus
LXX = laboratory
VXX = intersession
Day codes
The following symbols are used for the days of the week:
U = Sunday
M = Monday
T = Tuesday
W = Wednesday
R = Thursday
F = Friday
S = Saturday
TBA = To be announced
ONLINE = Online section
The use of multiple symbols means that the class meets on each day indicated. MWF indicates Monday, Wednesday and Friday and TR indicates Tuesday and Thursday.
Comments/restrictions
Many sections have a comment that refers to the section preceding the comment. Please adhere to these comments. Ignoring the comments and enrolling in the class may result in enrollment in a class that you are not eligible to take. Note the message that a fee is required for a particular course. (The fee table lists the fees for the courses with the fee required message.) For example:
| CARD 207 INTRODUCTION COMPUTER TECHNIQUES (3) | ||||
| 16542 | Section 001 | |||
| M | 0100PM | 0545PM | PLLAK 0221A | STAFF |
| FEE REQUIRED - SEE http://www.vcu.edu/enroll/sa/tuition/specialfees.html | ||||
Many sections have major, school and classification restrictions placed on them by the department offering the course. Any restriction for a section is listed directly below that section’s listing. Enrollment in restricted courses is limited. For example:
| CARD 207 INTRODUCTION COMPUTER TECHNIQUES (3) | ||||
| 16542 | Section 001 | |||
| M | 0100PM | 0545PM | PLLAK 0221A | STAFF |
| MAJORS ONLY | ||||
This section of CARD 207 is only open to communication arts and design (CDE) majors. If your major is psychology (PSY) for example, you may not register for this section without an override. For example:
| MRBL 376 DYNAMICS OF RETAIL MANAGEMENT (3) | ||||
| 13080 | Section 001 | |||
| MW | 0330PM | 0445PM | BUSNS 3103 | LITTLE, M |
| RESTRICTED FROM BFO & SND MAJORS | ||||
This section is not open to BFO or SND majors.
Students also should refer to the appropriate bulletin for additional course requirements and co/prerequisites.
Building codes
| ANDRS | 913 W. Franklin St. – Anderson House |
| BFORD | 922 W. Franklin St. – Buford House |
| BLKBD | Blackboard |
| BOWE5 | 609 Bowe St. – Bowe Street Parking Deck, 5th Floor |
| BUSNS | 1015 Floyd Ave. – Business Building |
| CABEL | 901 Park Ave. – Cabell Library |
| CMMNS | 907 Floyd Ave. – Student Commons |
| CSGYM | 911 W. Cary St. – Cary Street Gym |
| DANCE | 10 N. Brunswick St. – VCU Dance Center |
| EGYPT | 1223 E. Marshall St. – Egyptian Building |
| ENGRB | 601 W. Main St. – Engineering Building |
| FSGYM | 817 W. Franklin St. – Franklin Street Gym |
| FTERR | 812 W. Franklin St. – Franklin Terrace |
| GBJNS | 305 N. 12th St. – George Ben Johnston Auditorium |
| GINTR | 901 W. Franklin St. – Ginter House |
| GRANT | 1008 E. Clay St. – Grant House |
| GSTHR | 934 W. Grace St. – Grace Street Theater |
| HIBBS | 900 Park Ave. – Hibbs Building |
| HUNTN | 810 W. Franklin St. – Hunton House |
| LEIGH | 1000 E. Clay St. – Leigh House |
| LFSCB | 1000 W. Cary St. – Trani Center for Life Sciences |
| LYONS | 520 N. 12th St. – Lyons Building |
| MCGRE | 1112 E. Clay St. – McGuire Hall |
| MEDSC | 1225 E. Marshall St. – Kontos Medical Sciences Building |
| MILLH | 916 W. Franklin St. – Millhiser House |
| MUSIC | 1015 Grove Ave. – Black Music Center |
| NEWTN | 1228 W. Broad St. – Beers-Newton House |
| NRSED | 1220 E. Broad St. – Nursing Education Building |
| OFCMP | Off campus |
| OLVED | 1015 W. Main St. – Oliver Hall-Education Wing |
| OLVPH | 1001 W. Main St. – Oliver Hall-Physical Science Wing |
| PLLAK | 325 N. Harrison St. – Pollak Building |
| PRFMA | 922 Park Ave. – Singleton Center for the Performing Arts |
| R916F | 916 W. Franklin St. (Rear) – Millhiser House |
| RANDM | 301 College St. – Randolph Minor Annex |
| RLEGH | 1001 W. Franklin St. – Raleigh Building |
| SANGR | 1101 E. Marshall St. – Sanger Hall |
| SMITH | 410 N. 12th St. – Smith Building |
| SSPLY | 221 N. Shafer St. – Shafer Street Playhouse |
| TEMPL | 901 W. Main St. – T. Edward Temple Building |
| THSTN | 808 W. Franklin St. – Thurston House |
| TMLIB | Tompkins-McCaw Library |
| TOBEA | To be announced |
| VMIBL | 1000 E. Marshall St. – VMI Building |
| WHOSP | 1200 E. Broad St. – West Hospital |
| WLLMS | 800 W. Franklin St. – Williams House |
| WOODB | 521 N. 11th St. – Wood Memorial Building |
| 1000B | 1000 W. Broad St. – School of the Arts Building |
| 107NM | 107 N. Morris St. |
| 109NH | 109 N. Harrison St. |
| 10SLN | 10 S. Linden St. |
| 1315F | 1315 Floyd Ave. |
| 612NL | 612 N. Lombardy St. |
| 701WG | 701 W. Grace St. |
| 908WF | 908 W Franklin St. |
