SUNY Potsdam

Below are the Department Subject Code Abbreviations in order as listed in Class Schedule by Department. The full department name is listed in bold with the class schedule subject codes listed underneath:

Anthropology
ANTH: Anthropology
GEOG: Geography

Art
ARTM: Museum Studies
ARTH: Art Theory
ARTS: Art Studio

Biology                                                                          
BIOL

Business Administration
ACCT: Accounting
FINA: Finance
MGMT: Management
MKTG: Marketing

Chemistry
CHEM

Community Health/Wilderness Education
HLTH: Health
WILD: Wilderness Education

Computer Science
CIS

Economics and Employment Relations
ECON: Economics
EMRE: Employment Relations

Education – Undergraduate
EDLS: Educational Liberal Studies
EDUC: Education
SECD: Secondary Education

Education – Graduate
GRED: Education Graduate
GRDG: Reading Graduate
GRCN: Education Childhood - Ontario Grad
SPED: Special Education

English and Communication
COMM: Communication
COMP: Composition
LNGS: Linguistics
LITR: Literature
GECD: English Communication and Discourse - Graduate

Geology
GEOL

HISTORY  
HIST

Information and Communication Technology
IT

Mathematics
MATH

Modern Languages
ESL: English as a Second Language
LATN: Latin
ARAB: Arabic
CHIN: Chinese
FREN: French
GERM: German
ITAL: Italian
LANG: Languages
MOHK: Mohawk
SPAN: Spanish

Music
MUAC: Music related technical courses for all students
MUAI: Music Business for all students
MUAP: Performance courses for all students
MUCB: Musicianship Core Sequence courses for music majors
MUCC: Technical/professional courses for music majors
MUCE: Music education courses for music majors only
MUCH: Music history and literature for music majors only
MUCP: Performance courses for music majors only   
MUCR: Musical Studies Research
MUCS: Performance concentration for music majors only
MUCT: Music theory and composition for music majors only
MULH: Music history and literature for students other than music majors
MULP: Music performance for students other than music majors
MULT: Music theory for students other than music majors

Philosophy
PHIL

Physical Education
PE

Physics
PHYS

Politics
POLS

Psychology
PSYC

Statistics
STAT

Sociology
SOCI

Theatre Dance
DANC

Theatre Drama
DRAM

Off Campus Programs - International Study

NSE: National Student Exchange

OVS: Overseas

Interdisciplinary Studies

INTD: Honors Sem/Internships/Interdisciplinary

AN - Asian Studies

AS - Africana Studies

CS - Classical Studies - Contact: David Curry or Steve Stannish

ES - Environmental Studies - Contact: John Omohundro

GS - Global Studies - Contact: Susan Stebbins

NS - Native American Studies - Contact: Susan Stebbins

SL - Service Learning - Contact: Heather Sullivan-Catlin

WE - Wilderness Education - Contact: Mark Simon

WS - Women's and Gender Studies - Contact: Jackie Goodman

 Visit the General Education Abbreviations for a concise listing of these.