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If campus locations choose to use program codes on order records, only the standardized PROGRAM ABBREVIATION listed below should be used. Input the three letter codes in UPPERCASE. Refrain from using punctuation in the program field, simply use a space between multiple codes on an order. Please contact Heather Benner, if you would like a program added to this list. Attention to standardization will enable the generation of complete and accurate reports for you

 

Program Codes Chart
Program Code Discipline Program Code Discipline
AAH
Arts and Humanities
HME History - Middle East
ACC
Accounting HNA History - North American
AED
Adult Education HOC History - Oceania
AFR
African American Studies HOL Holocaust/Genocide
AHI
Art History HSA History - South American
AMS
American Studies
HSP
Hispanic American Studies
ANT
Anthropology HSS Humanities and Social Sciences
AOJ
Administration of Justice INE Industrial Engineering
ARA
Arab American Studies INS International Studies
ARC
Architecture INT Integrated Arts
ART
Arts IST Information Science and Technology
ASI
Asian American Studies JUV Juvenile Education
AST
Astronomy JWS Jewish Studies
AW
Active Want KIN Kinesiology
BAC
Building & Construction LAB Labor Studies
BIF
Bioinformatics LAM Literature - Americango to top
BIG
Biography LAW Law
BIO
Biology LBR Literature - British
BUS
Business LIB Library Science
CAR
Careers LIN Linguistics
CDG
Collection Development Grant LIT Literature
CEM
Chemical Engineering MAN Management
CHE
Chemistry MAR Marketing
CIE
Civil Engineering MAT Mathematics
CLA
Classical Studies MED Medicine
COM
Communications MEG Mechanical Engineering
COR
Core MET Meteorology
CPE
Computer Engineering MIL Military Studies
CRI
Criminal Justice MIS Management Information Systems
CSC
Computer Science MUL Multicultural Studies
CUL
Cultural Studies MUS Music
DAN
Dance NAT Native American Studies
DIS
Disabilities Studies NUR Nursing
DRA
Drama OCT Occupational Therapy
EAR
Earth Science PAD Public Administration
ECO
Economics PED Physical Education
EDU
Education PEN Pennsylvania Studies
EGL
English PEP Pepsi
ELE
Electrical Engineering PET Plastics Engineering Technologygo to top
ENR
Engineering PHI Philosophy
ENT
Entrepreneurship PHT Physical Therapy
ENV
Environmental Studies PHY Physics
FAM
Family Studies POE Poetry
FIC
Fiction POL Political Science
FIL
Film PSY Psychology
FIN
Finance REF Reference
FOR
Foreign Languages REL Religious Studies
FRE
French SAE Science and Engineering
GEM
German SBS Social and Behavioral Sciences
GEN
General SCI Science
GEO
Geography SFI Science Fiction
GER
Gerontology SOC Sociology
GES
Gender Studies SPA Spanish
GLB
Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual/Transgender Studies SPE Speech
HAD
Health Administration SUR Surveying
HAF
History - African TEC Technology
HAS
History - Asian THE Theater Arts
HCA
History - Central or Latin American TRN Training & Development
HDV
Human Development
URB Urban Studies
HED
Health Education WIL Wildlife
HEU
History - European WOM Women's Studiesgo to top
HIS
History WRI Writing
HLT
Health
ZOO
Zoology