Course Designators
A course designator is a series of letters, e.g., HIST, used to identify courses in a particular area of study. (In PeopleSoft terminology the designator is the “subject.”) Designators are set up in data tables, which are mapped to an academic department, within a college structure, within a campus structure (e.g., MATH, mapped to the Math Department, within the College of Science and Engineering, within the Twin Cities campus).
Course designators are used to
- Indicate who has administrative oversight of the course (e.g., academic department within a college)
- Identify groups of courses in the same area of study
Guidelines and Requests
Information about course designators, including guidelines and requests for new or changed course designators, is available on the Curricular Hub.