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Feb 03, 2026
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2025-2026 Academic Catalog
COURSE PREFIXES
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All classes are identified with a three or four letter course prefix which corresponds to an academic subject. Not all course prefixes are obvious or intuitive, though. Here is a list of Washington Adventist University course prefixes and their subject description.
| ACCT |
Accounting |
FREN |
French |
NUTR |
Nutrition |
| ANTH |
Anthropology |
GART |
Graphic Arts |
PADM |
Public Administration |
| BDA |
Business Data Analytics |
GEOG |
Geography |
PEAC |
Physical Education Activity |
| BIOL |
Biology |
HCAD |
Health Care Administration |
PETH |
Physical Education Theory |
| BRMD |
Broadcast Media |
HIST |
History |
PHIL |
Philosophy |
| BUAD |
Business |
HLSC |
Health Science |
PHYS |
Physics |
| CHEM |
Chemistry |
HMNT |
Humanities |
PLST |
Political Studies |
| COMM |
Communication |
HNRS |
Honors |
PREL |
Public Relations |
| COOP |
Experiential Education |
INSY |
Information Systems (Nontraditional) |
PSYC |
Psychology |
| CPSY |
Counseling Psychology |
INTD |
Interdepartmental |
RADC |
Radiologic Technology - Clinical |
| CPTR |
Computer Science |
JOUR |
Journalism |
RADT |
Radiologic Technology |
| CSYS |
Information Systems (Traditional Programs) |
LEAD |
Leader Education & Development |
RELB |
Religion: Bible Studies |
| ECON |
Economics |
LITR |
Literature |
RELL |
Religion: Languages |
| EDEC |
Education - Early Childhood |
LTHC |
Long-term Health Care |
RELP |
Religion: Pastoral Theology |
| EDSP |
Education - Special Education |
MATH |
Mathematics |
RELT |
Religion: Theology |
| EDUC |
Education |
MGMT |
Management |
SCHC |
School Counseling |
| ENGL |
English |
MKTG |
Marketing |
SCI |
Science |
| ENGR |
Engineering |
MUHL |
Music History/Literature |
SOCI |
Sociology |
| ENSL |
English as a Second Language |
MUPF |
Music Performance |
SPAN |
Spanish |
| ENWR |
English Writing |
MUPI |
Music Private Instructions |
SPPA |
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology |
| FLNG |
Foreign Language |
MUTH |
Music Therapy |
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| FNCE |
Finance |
NURS |
Nursing |
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