"Brian van den Broek" <br***@cc.umanitoba.ca> wrote in message
news:44************@cc.umanitoba.ca...
meaning something like information. Introductory university course in
a field are often numbered 101 (i.e. Computer Science 101). So, that
number has acquired a slang meaning of basic and introductory
information.
Where I did my undergrad studies, a few Departments had 001 classes.
Somehow that felt more honest ;-)
This is OT, but...
Course numbering varies by college/university, but I think typically 1xx,
2xx, 3xx, and 4xx are aimed at students in years 1, 2, 3, and 4 majoring in
that subject. Pre-100 courses would be remedial or aimed or even limited
to non-major students. So a Math department might have 023 Business Math
that would not count toward the math units needed to get a BS in math.
tjr