Courses

Course Delivery Options

Granite State College offers flexible day and evening classes in addition to Weekend Intensive, Saturday, online, and hybrid classes. Classes are offered at our nine centers located throughout the state as well as many off-site locations.

Intensives
Instead of spanning twelve weeks, an intensive may last only four weekends or six Saturdays. Or, it may be a long weekend educational retreat held offsite.

Online Interactive Courses
Online courses are offered either fully online or as a hybrid by incorporating one or more classroom sessions. Each supports an innovative and dynamic environment for teaching and learning. While taking online courses, learners and their instructor build an online community where ideas are discussed and exchanged using a variety of effective tools and resources including: discussion boards, chat sessions, and e-mail.

Online Degrees and Courses
Granite State College offers six accredited totally online degrees plus a wide variety of courses. Online degrees provide the flexibility to complete your work from wherever you have online access. Technical assistance is available from Granite State College support staff.

Online Associate Degrees are available in:

• A.A. General Studies
• A.S. Business
• A.S. Behavioral Science

Online Bachelor's Degrees are available in:

• B.A. Liberal Studies
• B.S. Behavioral Science
• B.S. Applied Technology
• B.S. Business Management
• B.S. Criminal Justice
• B.S. Self-Design

Independent Study
Independent studies are initiated and designed by students in collaboration with their advisor and faculty mentor. This option allows you to explore unique topics of interest that are unavailable in a traditional class format.

Course Descriptions
Courses grouped by curriculum areas, appear below. The course descriptions give you details about each course.

Course Numbering System
Lower Division

• 400-499 Developmental Skills credits may not be applied to a degree program)
• 500-549 Introductory undergraduate courses without prerequisites
• 550-599 Intermediate undergraduate courses

Upper Division

• 600-649 Advanced level undergraduate courses open to those with junior status or permission
  
• 650-750 Advanced/Integrative level undergraduate courses open only to those with senior status or permission.

Curriculum Designations
Click on a specific curriculum to see a course description list.

• APST - Applied Studies
• ARTS - Arts and Culture
• BEHS - Behavioral Sciences
• CHCP - Child Care
• CMPL - Computers
• COMM - Communication
• CRIM - Criminal Justice
• CRIT - Critical Thinking
• ECO - Economics
• EDU - Education
• ENG - English
• HIS - History
• HLTC - Health Care
• HUMN - Humanities
• INST - Instructional
• LIBR - Library Techniques
• MATH - Mathematics
• MGMT - Management
• PLGL - Paralegal
• POL - Political Science
• PRSP - Perspectives
• PSY - Psychology
• SCI - Science
• SDLR - Self-Directed Learning
• SOC - Sociology
• SOSC - Social Science

USNH Course Numbering System

Keene State College
The courses are numbered as follows:
For courses numbered below 100, credits do not apply toward graduation.

• 100/200-level courses are introductory and intermediate courses usually taken during the freshman and sophomore years.
• 300/400-level courses are upper division courses, usually taken by juniors and seniors.
• 500-level courses are graduate courses but are open to senior undergraduates with permission of the appropriate Keene State College Dean.
• 600-level courses are graduate courses only; they are not open to undergraduates.

Plymouth State University
Courses are numbered for the convenience of the faculty and students to help in the proper selection of courses. Students should be careful to note whether or not they are eligible to take specific courses.

• First-year: courses numbered 100-199. Introductory courses for the general student population.
• Sophomore: courses numbered 200-299. Introductory courses generally for the majors and courses which serve other majors.
• Junior: courses numbered 300-399. Upper-level courses which usually have at least one prerequisite.
• Senior: courses numbered 400-499. Typically reserved for capstone
• Graduate: courses numbered 500-599.Courses in the majors. They would usually have at least one prerequisite.

Note: Special permission required for first-year students to take 300-400 level courses, and for sophomores to take 400-level courses.

University of New Hampshire
The system of numeric designation is as follows:

• 200-299: Courses in Thompson School of Applied Science.
• 300-399: Associate in arts/associate in sciences courses. Courses may be taken for credit only by associate degree or non-degree students. Credits may not be applied to baccalaureate degrees.
• 400-499: Introductory courses not carrying prerequisites and generally falling within University and college requirements.
• 500-599: Intermediate-level courses for undergraduate credit only.
• 600-699: Advanced-level undergraduate courses. Entrance to course number 600 and above normally requires junior standing.
• 700-799: Advanced-level undergraduate courses. Ordinarily not open to freshmen and sophomores.
• 800-899: Courses that carry graduate credit only and therefore are open only to admitted or special graduate students.

Note: University System of New Hampshire policy states that courses taken at any of the institutions will transfer to the other institutions depending upon institutional program requirements and providing that the grade earned meets the policy of the college or university. Use in transfer will be determined by the receiving institution. Anyone taking a course from another institution needs to verify its use in his/her program with the department or assigned advisor prior to registration.