Course Descriptions
Below are all course subjects that Towson University offers. Please note course descriptions and prerequisites are accurate at the time of publication and may be subject to change. Students may be interested in planning for future terms. To do so, they need to know when a course is typically offered and if there have been any changes to descriptions and prerequisites.
Current students can view when courses are typically offered through their Student Center. Log in, click on the Student & Faculty Dashboard tile then click on Class Information in the left-hand navigation list. A dropdown menu will appear, choose Browse Catalog. Choose career, Undergraduate or Graduate, from the top dropdown menu. Select a specific course subject, click View Courses; the "Typically Offered" status is located on the right-hand side of the table.
Non-TU students can view when courses are typically offered with no login required. Select Browse Catalog in the left-hand navigation list and then choose the career, Undergraduate or Graduate, from the top dropdown menu. Select a specific course subject, click View Courses; the "Typically Offered" status is located on the right-hand side of the table.
- Accounting (ACCT)
- African and African-American Studies (AFST)
- Allied Health (AHLT)
- Anthropology (ANTH)
- Applied Information Technology (AIT)
- Art (ART)
- Art Education (ARED)
- Art History (ARTH)
- Astronomy (ASTR)
- Athletic Training (ATTR)
- Audiology (ACSD)
- Biology (BIOL)
- Business Analytics & Technology Management (EBTM)
- Communication Studies (COMM)
- Computer Science (COSC)
- Dance (DANC)
- Early Childhood Education (ECED)
- Economics (ECON)
- Education (EDUC)
- Elementary Education (ELED)
- Engineering Physics (EPHY)
- English (ENGL)
- Environmental Science/Studies (ENVS)
- Family Science (FMST)
- Finance (FIN)
- Foreign Language (FORL)
- Forensic Science (FRSC)
- Geography and Environmental Planning (GEOG)
- Geology (GEOL)
- Gerontology (GERO)
- Gifted & Creative Education (GACE)
- Global Humanities (HUMA)
- Health Care Management (HCMN)
- Health Science (HLTH)
- History (HIST)
- Human Resource Development (HRD)
- Information Systems (INSS)
- Instructional Leadership and Professional Development (ILPD)
- Instructional Technology (ISTC)
- Integrated Homeland Security Management (IHSM)
- Interdisciplinary Studies/Fine Arts & Communication (IDFA)
- Interdisciplinary Studies/Health Professions (IDHP)
- Jewish Studies (JDST)
- Kinesiology (KNES)
- Leadership in Jewish Education and Communal Service (LJEC)
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies (LGBT)
- Liberal and Professional Studies (LBPS)
- Marketing (MKTG)
- Mass Communication (MCOM)
- Mathematics (MATH)
- Mathematics Education (MTED)
- Music (MUSC)
- Music Applied (MUSA)
- Music Education (MUED)
- Music Therapy (MSCT)
- Nursing (NURS)
- Occupational Science (OSC)
- Occupational Therapy (OCTH)
- Philosophy (PHIL)
- Physician Assistant Studies (PAST)
- Physics (PHYS)
- Political Science (POSC)
- Professional Writing (PRWR)
- Psychology (PSYC)
- Reading Education (REED)
- Religious Studies (RLST)
- Science Education (SCIE)
- Secondary Education (SCED)
- Social Sciences (SOSC)
- Sociology (SOCI)
- Spanish (SPAN)
- Special Education (SPED)
- Speech-Language Pathology (SPPA)
- Theater Arts (THEA)
- Women's and Gender Studies (WMST)