The College's curriculum is designed to provide a four-year academic program for each student. It consists of courses numbered in an orderly sequence ranging from the first-year level to the senior level.

The abbreviations in parentheses after the names of disciplines ("AR" for Art, etc.) are those used by the College for permanent records and class schedules.

The figure in parentheses after each course indicates the amount of credit given for the course: a full unit course (1), a half-unit course (½), a quarter-unit course (¼). There are also a few courses which offer two units credit. Units of credit earned at Birmingham-Southern College may be translated into conventional semester-hour credits by multiplying the indicated figure by four. They may be translated into conventional quarter-hour credits by multiplying the indicated figure by six.

Prerequisite courses are designated after course descriptions; if no designation appears after a course description, that course has no prerequisite. The term a course is to be offered also follows the course description. Students should plan their full undergraduate programs with this schedule of offerings in mind, although the College reserves the right to cancel the offering of any course.

Classes are usually scheduled each week on either a Monday-Wednesday- Friday sequence or a Tuesday-Thursday sequence. The academic day on the Monday sequence is divided into six periods of 60 minutes each for instructional use. The academic day on the Tuesday sequence offers five periods of 90 minutes each for instructional use. A Common Hour is built into the schedule on Tuesdays and Thursdays for special programs, speakers, and College community activities.

Recognizing that different kinds of courses require different contexts for learning, the College has not restricted discussion groups, studio activities, laboratories, and seminars to the schedule outlined above. Some classes, particularly elementary courses in modern foreign languages, meet every day for 55 minutes. Other classes meet on Monday and Wednesday for 90 minutes. Double periods are available for laboratories and other activities requiring large blocks of time. Students should consult the printed class schedule as they plan their courses each term.