Courses

Course Numbering Scheme

0-99 Advanced Placement Credit; House Courses; First-Year Seminars; First-Year Writing; Registrar/Department special purpose
100-199 Introductory-level undergraduate courses; basic skills/activity courses; foundation courses; Focus program courses
200-399 Undergraduate courses above introductory level
400-499 Advanced undergraduate, senior seminars, capstone courses, honors thesis courses
500-699 Graduate courses open to advanced undergraduates
700-999 Graduate only courses (not open to undergraduates)

Course Number Title Crosslisting Numbers
ISS 110 Information, Society & Culture: Bass Connections Gateway PHIL 110, COMPSCI 110, PUBPOL 110
ISS 170 Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution COMPSCI 107, VMS 172
ISS 180 Visual Representation and Visual Culture ARTSVIS 180
ISS 210 This Is Your Brain on the Internet VMS 303S
ISS 230 Meteoritics and Solar System History EOS 230
ISS 235 Espionage, Cryptology & Psychological Operations CULANTH 226, VMS 245, ICS 235
ISS 240L Fundamentals of Web-Based Multimedia Communications VMS 288L, AMI 325L
ISS 241L Web Project Design and Development
ISS 270S Constructing Immersive Virtual Worlds COMPSCI 102S, VMS 287S
ISS 320S Introduction to Interaction Design and Virtual Environments
ISS 340S Gender and Digital Culture VMS 286S, WMS 210S
ISS 351S Digital Storytelling VMS 357S, LIT 224S
ISS 355S Foundations of Interactive Game Design VMS 355S
ISS 356S Digital Durham VMS 358S, EDU 356S
ISS 365 Media Remix: Sampling Theory VMS 366
ISS 380S Digital Cities: Representing the Past and Building the Future VMS 380S
ISS 475S Alternate Reality Games
ISS 495S Research Capstone
ISS 496 Experiential Research Capstone
ISS 510S How They Got Game: History and Culture of Interactive Simulations and Video Games VMS 566S
ISS 540S Technology and New Media: Academic Practice ARTHIST 536S, VMS 562S
ISS 555S Physical Computing
ISS 560S Digital Humanities: Theory and Practice VMS 550S
ISS 640 The History and Future of Higher Education
ISS 650S Critical Studies in New Media LIT 621S, ARTHIST 537S, VMS 561S
ISS 660S Digital Places and Spaces: Mirror, Hybrid, and Virtual Worlds VMS 660S
ISS 662S Mapping Culture: Geographies of Space, Mind, and Power. VMS 662S
ISS 680S Information Archeology: Studies in the Nature of Information and Artifact in the Digital Environment ARTHIST 542S, VMS 569S
Course Number Title Crosslisting Numbers
ISS 110 Information, Society & Culture: Bass Connections Gateway PHIL 110, COMPSCI 110, PUBPOL 110
Course Number Title Crosslisting Numbers
ISS 170 Artificial Life, Culture, and Evolution COMPSCI 107, VMS 172
ISS 180 Visual Representation and Visual Culture ARTSVIS 180
ISS 210 This Is Your Brain on the Internet VMS 303S

Below are representative courses that may be taught over a period of four years.