Course Numbers and Building Abbreviations
Course Codes
All Summer Term courses are assigned a College and departmental code, a three-digit course number, and a section identifier. For example, CAS EC101S A1 means that the course is offered in the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS), by the Economics Department (EC). The course number 101 indicates it is an introductory course, the S indicates it is a summer course, and section A1 indicates it is offered in Summer 1. Graduate level courses have course numbers above 500.
Section Codes
Code |
Description |
|---|---|
A |
Session 1 courses (A1, A2, A3) |
B |
Session 2 courses (B1, B2, B3) |
C |
Twelve-week courses |
OL |
Online courses |
EL |
Blended courses (eLive) |
| W | North Campus courses |
Course Numbers
Course Number |
Level |
|---|---|
000-099 |
Non-degree credit |
100-199 |
Introductory or general undergraduate |
200-299 |
Intermediate undergraduate |
300-499 |
Advanced undergraduate |
500-699 |
Advanced undergraduate, graduate |
700-799 |
General graduate |
800-899 |
Advanced graduate |
900-999 |
Advanced graduate, directed study and research |
Boston University Building Abbreviations
Abbreviation |
Description |
Address |
|---|---|---|
| AAS | African-American Studies | 138 Mountfort Street |
| ASC | African Studies Center | 264-270 Bay State Road, 4th Floor |
| BRB | Biology Research Building | 5 Cummington Street |
| BSC | Biological Science Center | 2 Cummington Street |
| BUT | BU Huntington Theatre | 260-266 Huntington Avenue |
| CAD | Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders | 648 Beacon Street |
| CAS | College of Arts and Sciences | 685-725 Commonwealth Avenue |
| CFA | College of Fine Arts | 855 Commonwealth Avenue |
| CGS | College of General Studies | 871 Commonwealth Avenue |
| CNS | Cognitive and Neural Systems | 677 Beacon Street |
| COM | College of Communication | 640 Commonwealth Avenue |
| CRW | Crew Boathouse | 619 Memorial Drive |
| CSE | Case Physical Education Center | 285 Babcock Street |
| CSS | Center for Student Services | 100 Bay State Road |
| EGL | English Faculty Offices | 236 Bay State Road |
| EIB | Editorial Institute Building | 143 Bay State Road |
| EIL | Eilberg Lounge (Case Center) | 285 Babcock Street |
| EMA | Engineering Manufacturing Annex | 730 Commonwealth Avenue |
| EMB | Engineering Manufacturing Building | 15 St. Mary's Street |
| ENG | College of Engineering | 110-112 Cummington Street |
| EOP | Center for English Language | 890 Commonwealth Avenue |
| ERA | Engineering Research Annex | 48 Cummington Street |
| ERB | Engineering Research Building | 44 Cummington Street |
| FLR | Fuller Building | 808 Commonwealth Avenue |
| FOB | Faculty Office Building (Alden Hall) | 704 Commonwealth Avenue |
| FRC | Fitness and Recreation Center | 915 Commonwealth Avenue |
| GCB | General Classroom Building | 750 Commonwealth Avenue |
| GMS | Graduate Medical Sciences | 715 Albany Street |
| GRS | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | 705 Commonwealth Avenue |
| GSU | George Sherman Union | 775 Commonwealth Avenue |
| HIS | History and American Studies Departments | 226 Bay State Road |
| IEC | International Education Center | 888 Commonwealth Avenue |
| IRB | International Relations Building | 154 Bay State Road |
| IRC | International Relations Center | 152 Bay State Road |
| JSC | CAS Judaic Studies Center | 147 Bay State Road |
| KCB | Kenmore Classroom Building | 565 Commonweatlh Avenue |
| LAW | Law School | 765 Commonwealth Avenue |
| LNG | Modern Foreign Languages | 718 Commonwealth Avenue |
| LSE | Life Science and Engineering Building | 24 Cummington Street |
| MAR | Marsh Chapel | 735 Commonwealth Avenue |
| MCS | Math & Computer Science | 111 Cummington Street |
| MED | School of Medicine | 715 Albany Street |
| MET | Metropolitan College | 755 Commonwealth Avenue |
| MOR | Morse Auditorium | 602 Commonwealth Avenue |
| MUG | Mugar Memorial Library | 771 Commonwealth Avenue |
| PDP | Physical Development Program | 915 Commonwealth Avenue |
| PHO | Photonics Building | 6-8 St. Mary's Street |
| PLS | Anthropology, Philosophy, Political Science | 232 Bay State Road |
| PRB | Physics Research Building | 3 Cummington Street |
| PSY | Psychology | 64-72-86 Cummington Street |
| PTH | Playwrights' Theatre | 949 Commonwealth Avenue |
| REL | CAS Religion | 145 Bay State Road |
| SAC | Sargent Activities Center | 1 University Road |
| SAL | Sailing Docks | Charles River Behind BU Bridge |
| SAR | Sargent College | 635 Commonwealth Avenue |
| SCI | Science Center | 590-596 Commonwealth Avenue |
| SDM | Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine | 100 East Newton Street |
| SEA | School of Education Annex | 621 Commonwealth Avenue |
| SED | School of Education | 2 Sherborn Street |
| SHA | School of Hospitality Administration | 928 Commonwealth Avenue |
| SLB | Science Library Building | 30-38 Cummington Street |
| SMG | School of Management | 595 Commonwealth Avenue |
| SOC | Sociology | 96-100 Cummington Street |
| SPH | School of Public Health | 715 Albany Street |
| SSW | School of Social Work | 264-270 Bay State Road |
| STH | School of Theology | 745 Commonwealth Avenue |
| STO | Stone Science Building | 675 Commonwealth Avenue |
| TTC | Track and Tennis Center | 100 Ashford Street |
| UHC | University Honors College | 147 Bay State Road |