Course Listings

Reading Catalog Course Descriptions: Courses are listed by program. Not all courses listed in this catalog are offered every year. The university reserves the right to cancel any scheduled course or withdraw any program from the list of offerings when the best interests of the institution require such action.

Example Course Description:

GSBE 5101 — ­Responsible Conduct of Research (1:1:0): This course addresses the regulatory and ethical environment of today’s biomedical research, as well as topics such as authorship and data management. (F)

Subject Prefix: Indicates the course subject (GSBE = Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences El Paso)

First Digit in Course Number: Indicates the academic level of the course; graduate standing is a prerequisite for enrollment in any course within the 5000 series or above, as the series is intended only for graduate students. Although graduate students occasionally enroll in undergraduate courses to balance deficiencies in their prerequisite coursework, any coursework credited toward a graduate degree must, except in rare instances and with prior approval from the GSBS dean, be of graduate level (5000 series or above).

Second Digit in Course Number: Indicates the semester hour credit value of the course; for example, GSBE 5101 is a graduate-level course with 1 semester hour of credit.

Last Two Digits of Course Number: The distinguishing numbers of the course.

Numbers in Parentheses (1:1:0): The first number denotes the total credit hour value of the course, the second number represents lecture hours, and the third number represents lab hours. When the letter V precedes the numbers (e.g., V1-6), this indicates that the class is a variable credit course. Such courses are ordinarily research courses and permit enrollment for any number of hours, up to the limit indicated by the second number in parentheses.

Prerequisites: Some courses have specific prerequisites that must be met before a student is eligible to enroll.

Instructional Method: Information in parenthesis after the course description describes the course instructional method, defined as:

(F)	Traditional, face-to-face course
(H)	Hybrid course with a combination of face-to-face and significant web-based instruction
(O)	Online course with most, if not all, web-based instruction
(IVC)	A course in which synchronous instruction is delivered via two-way transmission between an instructor and student who are not in the same physical location

 

More than one instructional method (e.g., F/IVC) indicates that the instructional method varies by course section.