Departments establish and oversee their  particular areas of study.  Each has outlined their course offerings, pre-requisites, major, minor, concentration, and emphasis requirements. Please be aware that not all courses are offered every year.  For additional information about program requirements or course offerings, contact the appropriate department chair directly.

Course Numbering System

Courses numbered at the 100-and 200-levels are primarily for first-year students and sophomores; courses numbered at the 300-and 400-levels are primarily for juniors and seniors.  In general, courses numbered in the 250s, 450s or 460s are research courses or directed study courses; those numbered in the 470s are independent study courses; and those numbered in the 280s, 290s, 480s or 490s are either selected or advanced topics courses. Honors courses, which may be developed for individual senior students, are numbered at 500.  

Course Restrictions

English Courses:   ENGL 102 Seminar in Literature and Compositionis reserved for second semester first-year students. Students who do not complete this General Education requirement by the end of their second semester will need to seek an override to register for the course in a future semester. Second-year students have priority registration for the 200-level English literature courses. Students who do not fulfill the 200-level English requirement by the end of their second year will need to request an override from the instructor in order to register for a literature course in a subsequent semester.

Math Courses:  MATH 160 Calculus for the Social Sciences and MATH 181 Calculus I are mutually exclusive.  Students may NOT earn credit for both courses during their Wofford career.  

Modern Language Courses:  The 100- and 200-level language courses are typically reserved for incoming first-year students.  Students who do not pursue/complete the language requirement in their first year of enrollment will need to request an override to register in a future semester.  In addition,students who receive credit for a more advanced course normally may not take or repeat a less advanced course in the same language and receive credit for it.  For example, a student who earned credit for FREN 201 may not subsequently take FREN 101 and earn credit.

Course Credit Hour Limitations

Students may earn a maximum number of credit hours in the areas/courses as indicated below.

• 2 credit hours TOTAL in courses with the subject code of PHED
• 4 credit hours in EACH of the following courses:  CHEM 250, CHEM 450, CHIN 241, MUS 260
• 6 credit hours in EACH of the following courses:  COSC 280, ENGL 400, THEA 400
• 8 credit hours TOTAL in courses in Applied Music courses:  MUS 100, 101, 102, 150, 151, 260, 285, and 351