25-26 Catalog Errata

Edits to the catalog, after creation of the catalog PDF, will be earmarked on this page throughout the year for reference. The edits can include added information, credit hour error fixes, course and pre-req error fixes, and updated policy wording.

All requests to edit the catalog from colleges should be submitted to the USF Undergraduate Curriculum Team via email at UGS-DOCurriculum@usf.edu.

Biomedical Engineering B.S.B.E.  

05/21/2025

Adjusted State Mandated requirements to properly reflect courses credit hours and total credit hours. 

• Physics lecture & lab courses were incorrectly listed at 5 total credits - changed to 4 credits each

• Calculus I, II, & III courses were listed together and as 4 credits total - changed to separate requirements and 12 credits total

• Total credits for the State Mandated courses changed from 31 to 38 credit hours

08/28/2025

Program Educational Objectives updated to align with College of Engineering’s main webpage for the major.

Admissions and Related Matters  

05/23/2025

Updated Fuse programming and contact information.

EGN 2440 - Probability and Statistics with Calculus   

05/30/2025

Updated prerequisites from “[MAC 2282 (min grade C) AND MAC 2312 (min grade C)] OR AP Calculus BC (min score 4)” to “[MAC 2282 (min grade C) OR MAC 2312 (min grade C)] OR AP Calculus BC (min score 4)”.

Public Health B.S.  

06/11/2025

Updated language for Lower-Level Public Health Electives to state that 1 course from that list can be used toward the major electives. Previously this stated 2 lower-level courses from the electives could count toward the major, however, the major only accepts 2 lower-level courses overall. With PHC 2100 as a Major Core Course students only have 1 additional lower-level that can be used toward their major requirements. 

BSC 4511 - Marine and Fresh Water Toxins  

06/24/2025

Course was added to the catalog per a proposal from 2020.

Credit-by-Exam Equivalents  

06/25/2025

Approved courses for AP, AICE, CLEP, DLPT, DSST, UExcel, and IB were adjusted to reflect new state approvals and to better align with USF offerings. 

Overall clean-up of formating of the accelerated credit tables. 

Florida Advanced Course and Test (FACT) added to the Accelerated Credit main landing page. 

Adjustment of the German Abitur page to link to USF course offerings. 

CAI 3801 - Artificial Intelligence and Analytics for Organizations    

06/26/2025

Updated prerequisites from “CGS 2100 AND (QMB 2100 OR STA 2023 OR STA 2122 OR QMB 3253)(all with min grade C)” to “(CGS 2100 OR ISM 2411) AND (QMB 2100 OR STA 2023 OR STA 2122 OR QMB 3253)(all with min grade C)”.

Pre-Requisite Alignment Fixes

07/07/2025

The following edits were made to these course prerequisites to align the catalog with other USF course management systems: 

• BCH 3023L  - BCH 3053 or BCH 4033 marked as Co/Prerequisite instead of Prerequisite. 

• BCH 4034  - BCH 3023 added to prerequisite options.

• BOT 3015C  - Prerequisites updated to ‘BSC 2010 AND BSC 2011’.

• BSC 2010  - Removed repeated prerequisite.

• BSC 2010L  - Removed repeated prerequisite.

• CHM 4410  - Physics II labs added to prerequisite requirements. 

• CHM 4410L  - CHM 4410 marked as Co/Prerequisite instead of Prerequisite.

• CHM 4411  - Added parentheses to clearly show prerequisite requirements.

• CHM 4413  - Adjustment of parentheses to clearly show prerequisite requirements.

• PCB 3023  - Co/Prerequisite of CHM 2210 removed. 

• PCB 3023L  - Removed repeated prerequisite.

• PCB 3043L  - Removed repeated prerequisite.

• PCB 3063  - Co/Prerequisite of CHM 2210 removed. 

• PHY 2054  - PHY 2054L marked as Co/Prerequisite instead of Prerequisite.

• PHY 2054L  - PHY 2054 marked as Co/Prerequisite instead of Prerequisite.

Social Work B.S.W.  

07/18/2025

Updated advising contact information.

General Education Information  

07/18/2025

Updated the Overview and Gen-Ed table to be more clear regarding the General Education electives.

09/23/2025

CHM 2045  and BSC 2085  were approved as USF Gen Ed Natural Science courses. The appropriate UGEN attribute has been added to these courses. 

Department of Public Health  

07/22/2025

Updated Declaration of Minor section. Students no longer need to declare a minor prior to applying for graduation, though the requirement remains that the declaration must occur by the last day of classes in the semester before their intended graduation term.

Judy Genshaft Honors College  

07/22/2025

Revamped college page.

09/18/2025

References to Sarasota-Manatee removed to align with the recent decision to discontinue honors programming on the Sarasota-Manatee campus. Additionally, “Research” was added to the Experiential Learning section.

Gen Ed Badging 

07/28/2025 

The Gen Ed Badging page was removed from the catalog per state and university guidelines.

ANT 4401 - Culture in Everyday Life  

08/04/2025

Title changed from “ANT 4401 - Exploring Cross-Cultural Diversity” to “ANT 4401 -  Culture in Everyday Life”.

Dance B.A., with Dance Studies Concentration  

08/07/2025

Critiques section removed from Progression Requirements.

Artificial Intelligence (AI), B.S.A.I.  

08/08/2025

Added the “(AI)” initialism to major title for ease of access through catalog search function.

09/11/2025

CIS 4910 - Computer Science and Engineering Project  moved from Technical Electives to a core Specialization course.

09/18/2025

Credit hour and course count for the Major Core rectified from “21 courses; 57 credit hours” to “22 courses; 60 credit hours”.

College of Education Course Updates

08/15/2025

The following courses were adjusted to meet updated State of Florida requirements. 

• Title: EDF 2005 , HLP 4710 , RED 4312 , RED 4724 , SSE 4600  

• Credits: FLE 4316 , MAE 4314  

• Description: EDE 4504 , EDF 3122 , EDF 3214 , EDF 3604 , EDF 4124 , EDF 4430 ,  EDF 4440 , EDG 4444 , EDM 3403 , EDP 3273 , EEC 4211 , EEC 4321 , EEC 4706 , EEX 4202 , EEX 4242 , EEX 4764 , EEX 4942 , MAE 4320 , MAE 4551 , MAE 4945 , PET 3031 , PET 3640 , PET 4432 , PET 4765 , SCE 2041 , SCE 4936 , SCE 4945 , SSE 4313 , SSE 4333 , TSL 4080 , TSL 4251 , TSL 4324 , TSL 4941  

• Title & Credits: SSE 4940  

• Title & Description: EDE 4941 , EDE 4944 , EDF 3132 , EDG 3374 , EDG 3943 , EDG 4934 , EEC 4212 , EEC 4307 , EEC 4941 , EEC 4943 , ESE 4322 , FLE 4317 , LAE 4323 , LAE 4936 , MAE 4310 , MAE 4353 , PET 3421 , PET 4401 , PET 4442 , PET 4820 , PET 4944 , SCE 4310 , SSE 4936   

• Credits & Description: EDG 4012 , EDG 4944 , EEX 4070 , EEX 4880 , MAE 3941 , MAE 4941 , SCE 4940  

• Title, Credits, & Description: EDE 4940 , EDE 4942 , LAE 4940 , MAE 4940  

08/26/2025

The following programs were adjusted to reflect the above course changes properly, specifically credit hour changes.

• Early Childhood Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) B.S.

• Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) B.S.

• Educational Studies B.S.

• Elementary Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) B.S.

• English Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) B.S.

• Exceptional Student Education (ESOL and Reading Endorsements) B.S.

• Mathematics Education B.S.

• Mathematics Education B.S. with Middle School Mathematics Concentration

• Physical Education B.A.

• Physical Education B.S.

• Science Education B.S. with Biology Education Concentration

• Science Education B.S. with Chemistry Education Concentration

• Science Education B.S. with Physics Education Concentration

• Social Science Education B.S.

Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing  and College of Engineering  

09/12/2025 

Bachelor’s/Master’s Pathways updated in accordance with college sites and Graduate Catalog.

Plans of Study  

09/15/2025

Page has been re-linked with the list of new plan of study forms for all colleges.

LDR 3363 - Team Dynamics  

09/22/2025

Course title changed from “Team Dynamics and Leading Diverse Groups” to “Team Dynamics”.

MCB 4115L - Determinative Bacteriology Laboratory  

09/30/2025

Course title reverted from “Medical Bacteriology Laboratory” and credit hours reverted from 1 to 2 to align with Banner. The updated title and credit hours will be effective for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Biology State Mandated Prerequisites Update

10/15/2025

The following programs had their State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites adjusted from

(PHY X054 AND PHY X053L AND PHY X048L AND PHY X053) OR (PHY X048 AND PHY X048L AND PHY X049 AND PHY X049L) OR (PHY X054 AND PHY X053 AND PHY X054L AND PHY X053L) OR (CHM X210C AND CHM X211C) OR (CHM X210 AND CHM X210L AND CHM X211 AND CHM X211L) - 8-10 hours

to

(CHM X210 AND CHM X210L) OR CHM X210C OR (PHY X048 AND PHY X048L) OR PHY X048C OR PHY X053C OR (PHY X053 AND PHY X053L) - 4 credit hours

(CHM X211 AND CHM X211L) OR CHM X211C OR (PHY X054 AND PHY X054L) OR PHY X054C OR PHY X049C OR (PHY X049 AND PHY X049L) - 4 credit hours

• Biology B.S.  
• Biology B.S., with Animal Biology Concentration  
• Biology B.S., with Ecology and Evolution Concentration  
• Biology B.S., with Medical Biology Concentration  
• Biology B.S., with Plant Biology Concentration  

Industrial Engineering B.S.I.E.  

10/21/2025

Third Program Educational Objective was changed from “Solve relevant problems and improve systems creatively and ethically by applying concepts of industrial engineering” to “Achieve success as impactful Industrial Engineers” to align with ABET accredidation requirements.

Exercise Science and Kinesiology State Mandated Prerequisites Update

11/20/2025

The following programs had their the below State Mandated Common Course Prerequisite adjusted from

PSY 2012 - Introduction to Psychological Science Credit(s): 3

to

PSY X012 Introduction to Psychological Science – 3 credit hours

• Exercise Science and Kinesiology B.S., with Exercise and Wellness Concentration  
• Exercise Science and Kinesiology B.S., with Sports Nutrition Concentration  
• Exercise Science and Kinesiology B.S., with Strength and Conditioning Concentration  

Chemistry B.S.  State Mandated Prerequisites Update

11/20/2025

The following note was added to the Chemistry B.S. State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites: “The PHY X048/PHYX049 sequence is required for the Bachelor in Science degree. It is an option for the Bachelor in Arts degree.”

Aging Sciences B.S.  

12/09/2025

The advising contact information was changed to htcadvise@usf.edu.

Course Title Updates

01/07/2026

The following lab course titles were adjusted to match the state-required changes to their co-requisite lectures: 

• BSC 2085L  - course title changed from ‘Anatomy & Physiology Lab I for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals’ to ‘Anatomy & Physiology I Laboratory’
• BSC 2086L  - course title changed from ‘Anatomy & Physiology Lab II for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals’ to ‘Human Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory II’
• MCB 2000L  - course title changed from ‘Microbiology Lab for Nursing and other Healthcare Professionals’ to ‘Microbiology Laboratory’