Courses of Instruction
General Information
This section of the Bulletin lists graduate courses with their credit hours and brief descriptions. All graduate courses require previous preparation. By consulting this catalog and an adviser or instructor, you may determine whether you have the necessary prerequisites.
Courses are listed alphabetically by department or area. With each department or area, we give in parentheses the university abbreviation and the division offering the courses. For example, Accountancy (ACC–Business Administration) means that ACC is the abbreviation for accountancy courses and they are offered by the Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration.
Course offerings are listed in course schedule booklets and online through BannerWeb at www.mymiami.muohio.edu. Course schedule booklets are available from the Registrar’s office or Graduate School.
Course descriptions are necessarily brief. For more information about a course, consult the instructor or department.
Abbreviations and Terms
Concurrent course: A course that must be taken during the same semester as another course because of linked content
Corequisite course: A course that must be taken prior to or during the same semester as another course because of linked content.
Credit/no-credit course: No grade is received for this course. You will receive credit for a B or better in a graduate course; you will not receive credit if your grade is lower. No more than one-fourth of your total hours (not counting thesis or dissertation) may count for a graduate degree this way. See the chapter “Registration, Grades, and Other Regulations” for more detail.
Cross-listed course: A course team-taught by two or more academic departments.
g.p.a.: Grade point average. See the chapter “Registration, Grades, Other Regulations” for more detail.
Lec., Lab.: Lecture and laboratory, used to indicate the number of semester hours earned in lecture and/or laboratory (for example, 3 Lec. 1 Lab.).
Offered infrequently: Courses offered every two to three years.
Prerequisite course: A course that must be completed before enrolling in a more advanced course.
Semester credit hour: Unit used to measure course work. The number of credit hours is usually based on the number of hours per week the class meets; for example, a three-hour course typically meets three times a week for 50 minutes each time. One credit hour is usually assigned for two or three hours in laboratory and studio courses.
Service course: Course designed by a department to serve the program requirements of another department or division. Choose a service course carefully. It may not meet the requirements for your department.
Sprint course: Course that meets for less than a full semester, usually in periods of five weeks, seven and a half weeks, or 10 weeks.
Summer only: Offered only in the summer.
Course Numbering System
500â850: Graduate-level courses. On occasion, a senior may take 500- and 600-level courses for undergraduate or graduate credit. Seniors must have approval of the course instructor, the academic adviser, and the Graduate School. See the chapter “Registration, Grades, and Other Regulations” for more detail.
599 and 699: Workshops or similar offerings. Workshops must go through an approval process each year.
700 and above: Restricted to graduate students.
Course numbers at two levels (such as 411/511), are open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. For graduate credit, you must register for the 500-level course. Graduate students must complete additional work to receive graduate credit.
Course numbers separated by a comma (such as 534, 535) are related. You may take one of the series and they may be taken in any order (unless otherwise indicated in the course description).
Course numbers separated by a hyphen (such as 571-572) must be taken in numerical order and both must be taken to receive credit for a degree.
Semester Credit Hours
Semester credit hours are indicated in parentheses following the course title, for example 615 Accounting and Management Decision Making (3). The maximum number of hours you can earn in a course may also be indicated, for example (3, maximum 6). Some courses, such as independent study, special topics, thesis hours, etc., carry variable credit.
Independent Study
Research, reading, and independent study courses frequently provide variable credit; proportionate time devoted to the course can be indicated on your record.
Frequency of Offerings
Information on frequency of offerings is provided to assist you in advance planning. These are normative patterns for program scheduling and are subject to change without notice based on student demand and other programmatic priorities.
