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The Guide to Undergraduate Programs is published annually to provide information on the University's academic offerings. This publication is primarily intended to help entering students become familiar with current academic offerings in all areas, so they may make preliminary decisions concerning their own programs of study. It may also be of use for prospective students, to give them an initial acquaintance with the academic programs of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

No attempt is made in this Guide to provide information on specific instructors, times and places of class meetings, etc. This information is issued each semester by the Scheduling Office. This Guide can serve a student or prospective student well in general planning of a program of study in one or more disciplines, but it cannot be the basis for final course selection.

Intentionally omitted from this Guide are many courses in individual departments and programs offered by arrangement when the need arises under the following headings and course numbers: Seminars (191-195, 291-295, 391-395, 491-495, 591-595); Independent Study (196, 296, 396, 496); Special Topics (197, 297, 397, 497, 597); Practicum or Field Experience (298, 398), and Departmental/Senior Honors (498, 499). These special courses should be investigated through the department concerned.

Courses numbered above 599 (graduate level courses) are included only in instances in which the submitting department specifically states that undergraduates may enroll.