Feb 03, 2026  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

COURSE PREFIXES


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    
FNCE  Finance NURS Nursing