Course Descriptions

Courses are numbered as follows:

• 001 through 099 – Orientation and developmental courses
• 100 through 199 – Undergraduate credit
• 200 through 299 – Undergraduate credit; sophomore classification may be required.

Course numbers ending in "U" denote a lower-division university course which originated at a state-supported university.  The course attribute identifies the originating university.  Only KCTCS Colleges which have pursued approval may offer these courses.  An example of this type of course is INF 120U Elementary Programming (3 credit hours).

Modular courses have four number or alpha characters with the first three numbers representing the parent course, e.g., CIT 1051 Computer Basics (0.5 credit hours) is the first module of CIT 105 Introduction to Computers (3 credit hours). The last character denotes the sequence of the module with either a numerical or alpha character. Course descriptions are published for recently approved courses, and those that have been offered in the preceding two-year period. Other active courses may be offered that are not published in the printed catalog.

• Pre-requisite – course which must be satisfactorily completed before enrolling in course - (example: ACC 201 Financial Accounting (3 credit hours) is a pre-requisite for ACC 202 Managerial Accounting (3 credit hours))
• Co-requisite – course which must be taken at the same time as another course - (example: ACR 101 Refrigeration Fundamentals Lab (2 credit hours) is a co-requisite for ACR 100 Refrigeration Fundamentals (3 credit hours))

Users of the printed KCTCS Catalog should visit https://catalog.kctcs.edu/course-descriptions/ to see Course Descriptions.

A robust Course Search is also available online at https://catalog.kctcs.edu/course-search/