Catalog Numbering System 1-99 Lower-division courses are designed for first- and second-year students but open to the others. 100-199 Upper-division courses designed for third-, fourth- and fifth-year students; counted as graduate work for students with graduate status; permitted for use on a master's degree program only with departmental approval 190 Independent study, undergraduate 200-297 Graduate-level courses are designed for use in master's degree, credential, certificate of advanced study, and doctorate curricula. Access to these courses is limited to those who have been officially admitted to a graduate degree, advanced certificate, or credential program. Last-semester undergraduate seniors wanting to enroll in 200-level courses must meet all criteria listed on the Undergraduate Petition to Enroll in Graduate (200-level) Courses available from the Division of Graduate Studies or online under Enrollment/Registration at http://www.csufresno.edu/gradstudies/handbook/. 290 Independent study, graduate 298 Graduate Degree Project. Restricted to graduate students having received official notification by the Division of Graduate Studies of approval for advancement to candidacy. For complete eligibility requirements, see Criteria for Thesis and Project under Graduate Studies. Project schedule numbers are obtainable through the student's department. Failure to meet the eligibility requirements may result in cancellation of such enrollment. Project enrollment is not available through Extension or Open University. 299 Graduate Degree Thesis/Dissertation. Registration in this course is restricted to graduate students who have officially been notified of their advancement to candidacy by the Division of Graduate Studies and who have filed an approved thesis committee assignment form with the Division of Graduate Studies. For complete eligibility requirements, see Criteria for Thesis and Project under Graduate Studies. Thesis schedule numbers are obtainable through the student's department. Failure to meet eligibility requirements may result in cancellation of such enrollment. Thesis enrollment is not available through Extension or Open University. 300-399 Designed to meet professional needs that cannot be served by regular established course offerings. These courses are offered only through Extension and summer sessions. They assume completion of the bachelor's degree and/or appropriate professional service and are focused upon the problems that enrolled students encounter in their professional service. Although these courses are designed primarily for purposes other than the partial fulfillment of degree and credential requirements, they may, with approval by the department, be applied toward the undergraduate major. They may be used as part of the 40-unit upper-division requirement for the B.A. and as electives in the fulfillment of the total requirements for a baccalaureate degree and/or credential. They may not be used to meet the requirements of a master's degree or a doctoral degree. 400-499 are upper-division courses in CSU system programs administered by California State University, Fresno. Enrollment provisions listed for courses numbered 100-199 apply to these courses as well. 600-699 are graduate courses in CSU system programs administered by California State University, Fresno. Enrollment provisions listed for courses numbered 200-299 apply to these courses as well.