<p>I'm interested in taking the course listed below. It says that the course is worth 4 points. Is that only 4 points for the WHOLE year? Or is that 4 points per semster, meaning a total of 8 points? Thx for your help.</p>
<p>MDES W1610x-W1611y Elementary Hindi-Urdu, I and II 4 pts. An introduction to the most widely spoken language of South Asia. Along with an understanding of the grammar, the course offers practice in listening and speaking. The Hindi (Devanagari) script is used for reading and writing.</p>
<p>I'm nearly positive those x-y courses (or y-x if taken in reverse) say the amount of credit per semester. I've been reading a lot about the required courses for various majors at SEAS, and although I was confused at first, I've come across them many times and would bet money now that it's per semester.</p>
<p>What about courses like "IEOR E4404x and y Simulation" and "IEOR E4409x and y Industrial Information Systems", where there's only 1 course number with the x-y thing? Does it mean that the course stretches over 2 semesters?</p>
<p>Not only is there "x and y", there's also "x or y", as in "ECON W4280x or y Corporate Finance". </p>
<p>This is all terribly confusing. Someone enlighten me please!</p>
<p>I guess you could tell sequences by the different course numbers, such as 1001x-1002y, but the "and" thing seems like a whole different animal. Perhaps it refers to popular classes with multiple sections or timeslots within a single semester?</p>
<p>Econ W2261 and SIEO W3658 or SIEO W4105 and STAT W3659 or STAT W4107.</p>
<p>I'm thinking you take Econ 2261 for one semester and then do either sequence of SIEO 3658 + STAT 3659, or SIEO 4105 + STAT 4107. But that doesn't make sense either, since you'd be cramming two stat classes into a single semester.</p>
<p>I think they make these things intentionally hard to read in order to weed people out from the start.</p>
<p>x means the semester course if given in the fall, y is the notation for the semster course in the spring.. As C'02 states if a course is listed as x AND y or x-y, it is a ONE year course where generally it is expected you will take both semesters. If a course is x OR y, and the course number is the same eg W1001x or W1001y , it is the same course just given either the fall or spring semester</p>
<p>BTW, the prefix listings for the courses are even more confusing. I believe letters are assigned to a course depending upon which division of the university sponsors the course. If a course is sponsored from Columbia College, it will have the prefix C and although it is often open to students from other divsions of the university (Barnard, Gen Studies, SEAS) it may not satisfy certain requirements of those other divisions especially if it is a requirement for a major. It gets even more confusing. V courses are co-sponsered with Barnard and often satisfy requirments for majors on both sides of Broadway. Intro math course in Calculus are a good example of this. W courses are inter-faculty sponsored and can come from any undergraduate or graduate division in the univerisity and often satisfy a large number of requirements from departments across the entire campus. The History department is a good example of this where almost all of their course are W. This is all very confusing at first but becomes second nature after some time working with the catalog, list of classes, and major requirements.</p>