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Graduate School Courses
View a complete list of courses offered at the University in the Course Catalog. (Choose “Graduate Catalog” from the drop-down box.) Check with your department to verify scheduled offerings.
Graduate CatalogWhat Makes a Course Graduate-Level?
View a complete list of courses offered at the University in the Course Catalog. (Choose “Graduate Catalog” from the drop-down box.) Check with your department to verify scheduled offerings
3000- and 4000-level Courses
These courses are primarily for advanced undergraduates, but are offered also for graduate credit when they carry the corresponding 6000-level number. To receive graduate credit in these courses, students must do extra graduate-level work as determined by the department and are graded according to graduate standards.
7000-level Courses
Courses numbered 7000 or above are restricted to graduate students and certain qualified Clemson University seniors. The 7000-level courses are designed primarily for degrees that emphasize professional practice rather than research.
A secondary listing of a course in parentheses means that the course is cross-listed with another program.
Special Courses
These courses do not count toward a graduate degree, and no letter grades are given
GS 7990: Comprehensive Studies, 1–15 Credits (1–15 and 0)
Independent Studies in Preparation for Comprehensive Examinations: Credit hours to be determined by the department head or program chair. A letter grade is not given, but satisfactory completion is indicated by a grade of “Credit.”
GS 8000: Research Proposal Development Seminar, 1 Credit (1 and 0)
Principles and Techniques for the Preparation of Research Proposals: Graded on a credit/no credit basis. Does not count toward a graduate degree. Prerequisite: Second year or graduate standing in current major.
Course Prefixes
| Course | Prefix |
|---|---|
| Accounting | ACCT |
| Agricultural Education | AGED |
| Agricultural Mechanization & Business | AGM |
| Animal & Veterinary Sciences | AVS |
| Anthropology | ANTH |
| Applied Economics | APEC |
| Architecture | ARCH |
| Art | ART |
| Art & Architectural History | AAH |
| Astronomy | ASTR |
| Athletic Leadership | AL |
| Audio Technology | AUDIO |
| Automotive Engineering | AUE |
| Biochemistry | BCHM |
| Bioengineering | BIOE |
| Biology | BIOL |
| Biomolecular Engineering | BMOL |
| Biosystems Engineering | BE |
| Chemical Engineering | CHE |
| Chemistry | CH |
| City & Regional Planning | CRP |
| Civil Engineering | CE |
| College of Architecture, Arts & Humanities | CAAH |
| College of Engineering & Science | CES |
| Communication Studies | COMM |
| Computer Science | CPSC |
| Construction Science & Management | CSM |
| Crop & Soil Environmental Science | CSEN |
| Digital Production Arts | DPA |
| Early Childhood Education | EDEC |
| Economics | ECON |
| Education | ED |
| Educational Counseling | EDC |
| Educational Foundations | EDF |
| Educational Leadership | EDL |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | ECE |
| Elementary Education | EDEL |
| Engineering & Science Education | ESED |
| English | ENGL |
| Entomology | ENT |
| Environmental & Natural Resources | ENR |
| Environmental Engineering & Science | EES |
| Environmental Science & Policy | ENSP |
| Environmental Toxicology | ETOX |
| Executive Leadership & Entrepreneurship | ELE |
| Experimental Statistics | EXST |
| Family & Community Studies | FCS |
| Finance | FIN |
| Food Science | FDSC |
| Food Technology | FDTH |
| Forestry | FOR |
| Forestry & Natural Resources | FNR |
| French | FR |
| Genetics | GEN |
| Geography | GEOG |
| Geology | GEOL |
| German | GER |
| Course | Prefix |
|---|---|
| Graduate Studies | GS |
| Graphic Communications | GC |
| Health Care Genetics | HCG |
| Health | HLTH |
| Health, Education & Human Development | HEHD |
| Historic Preservation | HP |
| Historic Preservation (College of Charleston) | HSPV |
| History | HIST |
| Horticulture | HORT |
| Human Centered Computing | HCC |
| Human Resource Development | HRD |
| Humanities | HUM |
| Industrial Engineering | IE |
| Integrated Pest Management | IPM |
| Landscape Architecture | LARCH |
| Language | LANG |
| Law | LAW |
| Literacy | EDLT |
| Management | MGT |
| Marketing | MKT |
| Master of Business Administration | MBA |
| Master of Health Administration | M H A |
| Materials Science & Engineering | MSE |
| Mathematical Sciences | MTHS |
| Mechanical Engineering | ME |
| Microbiology | MICRO |
| Middle-Level Education | EDML |
| Music | MUSC |
| Nursing | NURS |
| Nutrition | NUTR |
| Packaging Science | PKSC |
| Pan African Studies | P A S |
| Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management | PRTM |
| Philosophy | PHIL |
| Physics | PHYS |
| Planning, Design & the Built Environment | PDBE |
| Plant & Environmental Sciences | PES |
| Plant Pathology | PLPA |
| Policy Studies | POST |
| Political Science | POSC |
| Political Science (USC) | POLI |
| Psychology | PSYCH |
| Public Administration | PADM |
| Real Estate Development | RED |
| Religion | REL |
| Rhetorics, Communication & Information Design | RCID |
| Rural Sociology | RS |
| Secondary Education | EDSC |
| Sociology | SOC |
| Spanish | SPAN |
| Special Education | EDSP |
| Systems Engineering | SYSE |
| Theatre | THEA |
| Vocational-Technical Education | VTED |
| Wildlife & Fisheries Biology | WFB |
| Women's Studies | WS |
