Course Prefixes

A department prefix or code is used to identify courses offered by Edmonds College:

Prefix	Department
ABEM	Adult Basic Education
ACCT	Accounting
AENGL	Academic English (was EAP)
AHE	Allied Health Education
AMMET	Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Engineering Technology
ANTH	Anthropology
ART	Art
ASL	American Sign Language
ASTR	Astronomy
BIOL	Biology
BSTEC	Business Information Technology
BUS	Business Management
CCS	Career and College Success
CHEM	Chemistry
CIS	Computer Information Systems
CLART	Culinary Arts
CMST	Communication Studies
COMM	Communications
CONST	Construction Management
COPSY	Counseling Psychology
CS	Computer Science
CYFS	Child, Youth, and Family Studies
DENTL	Dental Assisting
DIVST	Diversity Studies
DRMA	Drama
ECE/ECED	Early Childhood Education
ECON	Economics
EDCAP	Edmonds Career Access Program/High School Completion
EDUC	Education
ELA	English Language Acquisition (was ESL)
ELI	English Language Institute
EM	Emergency Management
ENGL	English
ENGLP	English Prep (was Bridge)
ENGR	Engineering
ENVS	Environmental Science
ETEC	Engineering Technology
EVPL	Event Planning
FLED	Family Life Education
FRCH	French
FSS	Family Support Studies
GED^®	General Equivalency Degree
GEOG	Geography
GEOL	Geology
HCA	Health Care Administration
HIST	History
HLTH	Health
HORT	Horticulture
HSC	High School Completion
HSPTR	Hospitality and Tourism
HUM	Humanities
IHCM	Integrated Healthcare Management
INSTD	International Studies
ITAD	Information Technology Application Development
JAPN	Japanese
JOBDV	Job Development Skills
JOURN	Journalism
LEGAL	Paralegal
MATH	Mathematics
MEDA	Medical Assisting
MFG	Manufacturing
MGMT	Business Management
MUSC	Music
NURS	Nursing
NUTR	Nutrition
OCEA	Oceanography
OSH	Occupational Safety and Health
PCAPP	Personal Computer Applications
PE	Physical Education
PHIL	Philosophy
PHOTO	Photography
PHYS	Physics
POLS	Political Science
PREP	College and Career Prep
PSYC	Psychology
ROBAI	Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
SHS	Social and Human Services
SOC	Sociology
SPAN	Spanish
STEM	Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
VISCO	Visual Communications
WOMEN	Women’s Studies
WRITE	Writing Skills Lab