W&L Course Number

Per the University Catalog:

A course is the minimum amount of work in a given subject for which credit is granted. each course is indivisible and has a separate number and separate grade for each term. The credits awarded for each course are within parentheses after the course number. Thus Philosophy170: Introduction to Logic (3) indicates a one-term course granting three credits.

The term in which each course is offered and whether the class has a laboratory meeting are cited below the description of the course.

The listing of faculty by department/program is alphabetical, with the head or director noted at the top of the list in bold. Only regular faculty are listed, though others who teach, including visitors, are generally included under Matters of Record.

Courses are numbered on the following basis:

100-199-Introductory courses or course sequences ordinarily taken by first-years or sophomores.

200-299-Intermediate courses or course sequences, with or without prerequisites, ordinarily taken by sophomores or juniors.

300-399-Advanced courses or course sequences, with specified prerequisites (courses, class standing, or special permission) ordinarily taken by juniors or seniors. Students may be admitted to advanced courses

(1) if they have met the prerequisite, or (2) in exceptional cases, with the approval of the department and the appropriate dean.

400-499-Independent work (directed studies, guided research, writing and collaborative work, directed projects, tutorials, internships, senior theses, and honors theses). The last digit of the 400-level course number indicates the amount of credit offered.

Law Course Numbering

500 - 599-Foundational courses or course sequences ordinarily taken by first-year law students

600-699-Upper-level law courses or course sequences, most of which are seminars, designed to advance the legal education of second- and third-year law students

700-799-Upper-level law courses or course sequences, designed to advance the legal education of second- and third-year law students

800-899-Advanced-level law practicum

900-999-Advanced-level law courses, field placements, and externships