Curricular subject areas with codes

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subject area	abbreviation	code
subject area	abbreviation	code
Air Force Aerospace Studies	A F AERO	102
African Languages and Literature	AFRICAN	104
Afro-American Studies	AFROAMER	106
Agricultural and Applied Economics	A A E	108
Biological Systems Engineering	BSE	112
Life Sciences Communication	LSC	120
Agroecology	AGROECOL	130
Agronomy	AGRONOMY	132
American Indian Studies	AMER IND	140
Anatomy	ANATOMY	144
Anatomy & Physiology	ANAT&PHY	146
Anesthesiology	ANESTHES	148
Anthropology	ANTHRO	156
Art Department	ART	168
Art Education (Department of Art)	ART ED	176
Art History	ART HIST	180
Asian American Studies	ASIAN AM	184
Asian Languages and Cultures	ASIAN	185
Asian Languages and Cultures: Languages	ASIALANG	186
Astronomy	ASTRON	188
Microbiology	MICROBIO	192
Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education	RP & SE	194
Biochemistry	BIOCHEM	200
Biology	BIOLOGY	205
Biology Core Curriculum	BIOCORE	206
Biomedical Engineering	B M E	207
Botany	BOTANY	208
Biostatistics and Medical Informatics	B M I	210
Cell and Regenerative Biology	CRB	217
Chemical and Biological Engineering	CBE	220
Chemistry	CHEM	224
Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies	CHICLA	228
Human Development and Family Studies	HDFS	230
General Business	GEN BUS	231
Accounting and Information Systems	ACCT I S	232
Finance, Investment and Banking	FINANCE	233
Information Systems	INFO SYS	234
International Business	INTL BUS	235
Management and Human Resources	M H R	236
Marketing	MARKETNG	237
Operations and Technology Management	OTM	238
Real Estate and Urban Land Economics	REAL EST	239
Civil and Environmental Engineering	CIV ENGR	240
Risk Management and Insurance	R M I	241
Actuarial Science	ACT SCI	242
Classics	CLASSICS	244
Civil Society and Community Studies	CSCS	247
Communication Arts	COM ARTS	250
Communication Sciences and Disorders	CS&D	252
Comparative Literature	COMP LIT	260
Computer Sciences	COMP SCI	266
Counseling Psychology	COUN PSY	270
Consumer Science	CNSR SCI	271
Curriculum and Instruction	CURRIC	272
Dairy Science	DY SCI	292
East Asian Languages and Literature	E ASIAN	295
Economics	ECON	296
East Asian Area Studies	E A STDS	298
Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis	ELPA	305
Educational Policy Studies	ED POL	310
Educational Psychology	ED PSYCH	315
Electrical and Computer Engineering	E C E	320
Emergency Medicine	EMER MED	330
Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics	E M A	346
Engineering Physics	E P	347
Engineering Professional Development	E P D	348
English as a Second Language	ESL	351
English	ENGL	352
Entomology	ENTOM	355
Design Studies	DS	359
Environmental Studies - Gaylord Nelson Institute	ENVIR ST	360
Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center	M&ENVTOX	362
Family Medicine	FAM MED	370
Farm & Industry Short Course	FISC	375
Folklore Program	FOLKLORE	380
Food Science	FOOD SCI	390
Forest and Wildlife Ecology	F&W ECOL	396
French (French and Italian)	FRENCH	400
Genetics	GENETICS	412
Geography	GEOG	416
Geological Engineering	G L E	418
Geoscience	GEOSCI	420
German	GERMAN	424
German, Nordic, and Slavic	GNS	425
Greek (Classics)	GREEK	428
Obstetrics and Gynecology	OBS&GYN	436
Hebrew-Biblical	HEBR-BIB	441
Hebrew-Modern	HEBR-MOD	442
History	HISTORY	448
Medical History and Bioethics	MED HIST	452
History of Science	HIST SCI	456
Horticulture	HORT	476
Human Oncology	H ONCOL	480
Industrial and Systems Engineering	I SY E	490
Interdisciplinary Courses (CALS)	INTER-AG	494
Integrated Arts	INTEGART	495
Interdisciplinary Courses (Engineering)	INTEREGR	496
Interdisciplinary Courses (SOHE)	INTER-HE	498
Integrated Liberal Studies	ILS	500
Interdisciplinary Courses (L&S)	INTER-LS	502
Integrated Science	INTEGSCI	503
International Studies	INTL ST	504
Italian (French and Italian)	ITALIAN	508
Jewish Studies	JEWISH	510
Journalism and Mass Communication	JOURN	512
Landscape Architecture	LAND ARC	520
Languages and Cultures of Asia	LCA	521
Languages and Cultures of Asia - Languages	LCA LANG	522
Latin (Classics)	LATIN	524
Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies	LACIS	525
Law	LAW	528
Legal Studies	LEGAL ST	535
Library and Information Studies	L I S	544
Linguistics	LINGUIS	550
Literature in Translation	LITTRANS	551
Mathematics	MATH	600
Animal Sciences	AN SCI	604
Mechanical Engineering	M E	612
Medical Genetics	MD GENET	616
Medical Microbiology and Immunology	M M & I	620
Medical Physics	MED PHYS	621
Medical Sciences - Medical School	MED SC-M	622
Medical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine	MED SC-V	623
Medicine	MEDICINE	632
Medieval Studies	MEDIEVAL	633
Materials Science and Engineering	M S & E	636
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences	ATM OCN	640
Military Science	MIL SCI	644
Molecular Biology	MOL BIOL	650
Music	MUSIC	660
Music-Performance	MUS PERF	664
Naval Science	NAV SCI	672
Neurology	NEUROL	676
Neurological Surgery	NEURSURG	678
Neuroscience	NEURODPT	681
Neuroscience Training Program	NTP	682
Nuclear Engineering	N E	684
Collaborative Nursing Program	CNP	691
Nursing	NURSING	692
Nutritional Sciences	NUTR SCI	694
Occupational Therapy (Department of Kinesiology)	OCC THER	695
Oncology	ONCOLOGY	700
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	OPHTHALM	702
Patho-Biological Sciences	PATH-BIO	703
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	PATH	704
Pediatrics	PEDIAT	708
Pharmaceutical Sciences	PHM SCI	718
Pharmacology	PHMCOL-M	724
Pharmacy	PHARMACY	726
Pharmacy Practice	PHM PRAC	728
Social and Administrative Pharmacy	S&A PHM	732
Philosophy	PHILOS	736
Dance	DANCE	741
Kinesiology	KINES	742
Physical Therapy	PHY THER	745
Physician Assistant Program	PHY ASST	750
Physics	PHYSICS	754
Biomolecular Chemistry	BMOLCHEM	758
Physiology	PHYSIOL	762
Plant Pathology	PL PATH	766
Political Science	POLI SCI	778
Portuguese (Spanish and Portuguese)	PORTUG	782
Population Health Sciences	POP HLTH	810
Psychiatry	PSYCHIAT	814
Psychology	PSYCH	820
La Follette School of Public Affairs	PUB AFFR	826
Public Health	PUBLHLTH	828
Radiology	RADIOL	832
Rehabilitation Medicine	RHAB MED	840
Religious Studies	RELIG ST	856
Community and Environmental Sociology	C&E SOC	864
Scandinavian Studies	SCAND ST	872
Science and Technology Studies	STS	875
Senior Medical Program	SR MED	882
Slavic (Slavic Languages)	SLAVIC	888
Social Work	SOC WORK	896
Sociology	SOC	900
Soil Science	SOIL SCI	908
Spanish (Spanish and Portuguese)	SPANISH	912
Statistics	STAT	932
Comparative Biosciences	COMP BIO	934
Surgery	SURGERY	936
Surgical Sciences	SURG SCI	938
Therapeutic Science (Department of Kinesiology)	THER SCI	939
Theatre and Drama	THEATRE	942
University Forum	UNIV FOR	943
Urban and Regional Planning	URB R PL	944
Gender and Women’s Studies	GEN&WS	963
Zoology	ZOOLOGY	970
International Academic Programs - Study Abroad	STDYABRD	SAB
Registrar-Administrative Use	AdminUse	ZZZ