Rensselaer Catalog
Course Descriptions
Descriptions of all undergraduate and graduate courses are linked from their four-letter department names (see below). The credit hours for each course are stated at the end of the description; contact hours are stated only if they differ from the credit hours.

It is generally expected that, when so indicated, courses will be given in the term shown. However, the university reserves the right to withdraw any course for which interest is insufficient, or to make changes in time of offering or in staff. Current course listings are published each term, prior to registration, in posted announcements.

The course numbering system is alphanumeric beginning with a four-letter department name. This is followed by a dash, the three-digit course number, and a zero.

Below are the four-letter subject codes arranged by schools, each linked to a list of specific course descriptions.

Links to Course Descriptions:
Click the four-letter subject code for a complete course listing.

Architecture  (SOA)
ARCH Architecture
LGHT Lighting
Engineering  (SOE)
BMED Biomedical Engineering
CHME Chemical Engineering
CIVL Civil Engineering
DSES Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems
ECSE Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
ENGR General Engineering
ENVE Environmental and Energy Engineering
EPOW Electrical Power Engineering
ESCI Engineering Science
MANE Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
MTLE Materials Science and Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences (Humanities courses)  (HSSH)
ARTS Arts
COMM Communication
IHSS Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences
LANG Foreign Languages and Literature
LITR Literature
PHIL Philosophy
STSH Science and Technology Studies (Humanities Courses)
WRIT Writing
Humanities and Social Sciences (Social Sciences Courses)  (HSSS)
ECON Economics
PSYC Psychology
STSS Science and Technology Studies (Social Sciences Courses)
Faculty of Information Technology  (FIT)
ITEC Information Technology
Management and Technology  (LSOM)
MGMT Management
Science
ASTR Astronomy
BCBP Biochemistry and Biophysics
BIOL Biology
CHEM Chemistry
CISH Computer Science at Hartford
CSCI Computer Science
ISCI Interdisciplinary Science
ERTH Earth and Environmental Science
MATH Mathematics
MATP Mathematical Programming, Probability, and Statistics
PHYS Physics
Interdisciplinary and Other  (MISC)
IENV Interdisciplinary Environmental Courses
USAF Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC)
USAR Military Science (Army ROTC)
USNA Naval Science (Navy ROTC)
NSST Natural Science for School Teachers
 

2002-03 Catalog Home Course Descriptions School of Architecture School of Engineering
School of Humanities and Social Sciences Information Technology Lally School of Management and Technology School of Science


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