Unless otherwise indicated, all courses carry three semester hours of credit. Please note that not all courses are offered every semester or every year. Students should consult with their Academic Advisors to determine the frequency with which courses are offered and preplan their programs accordingly.
Courses numbered 100-299 are freshman, sophomore, or other introductory-level courses. Courses numbered 300-399 are junior or senior-level courses, requiring a background in the material. Courses numbered 400-499 are senior-level courses. Students should ensure that they have completed the prerequisites listed at the end of many course descriptions.
The University reserves the right to cancel courses with insufficient enrollment, and the curriculum is subject to change as a result of ongoing curricular revisions and program development.
Honors Courses
Students who achieve high levels of academic excellence (minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5) have the option of taking specially designated “Honors Courses.” Please see Course Schedules and Syllabi to see which Honors Courses are currently being offered.
Honor Courses may also include occasional interdisciplinary seminars open only to such students. More frequently, regular John Cabot University courses may be offered with an option of taking them for four academic credits as Honors Courses. Students who register for such courses as Honors Courses must complete additional assignments (e.g., research papers or portfolios) in which they delve more deeply into the subject matter in question. These additional assignments are graded on a "grant of Honors credit/no grant of Honors credit" basis and are not calculated into the final grade for the course. For the granting of Honors credit, students should produce work of a quality that would receive a B (3.00/4.00) or higher, and this will be noted on their transcripts. Students taking a course as an Honors Course also enjoy additional mentoring time with the instructor. Instructors for Honors Courses are chosen by the Dean of Academic Affairs in conjunction with the Department Chair, based on their expertise and teaching excellence.
For-Credit Research Assistantships
Students undertaking a for-credit research assistantship have an opportunity to deepen their research skills while sustaining a more advanced research project in a specific disciplinary area. Research assistants may earn one unit of academic credit (on a P/NP basis) for the completion of at least 45 hours of work. They must complete at least 90% of their work before the end of the semester in which they are registered in order to receive a passing grade.
Learn more about for-credit research assistantships
EXP One Credit Courses
These 1-credit courses are designed to provide students with opportunities to acquire useful technical or professional skills or to engage in academic topics they may enjoy exploring. This particular set of courses aims to encourage students to think out of the box and break intellectual boundaries. Read through our offerings, which will be updated regularly, and venture into unknown fields! EXP courses can be found in the drop-down menu below, grouped under EXP One Credit Courses.
EXP 1 credit courses will normally be offered on four Fridays, designated for each semester. These courses cannot be used to fulfill general distribution requirements, or as Major Electives, or towards the fulfillment of Minor requirements; they can only be taken as general electives. Students can take a maximum of three 1-credit courses within the 120-credit graduation requirement.
