100 and 200 Level Courses

By Matt Reed. Are 200-level courses more rigorous than 100 level?
There's a recurring debate on my campus about mandating a certain number of 200 level classes for a degree.  Advocates tend to frame the argument around academic rigor. 200 level classes are more rigorous than 100, the argument goes, so we should require some 200 levels in every program to ensure that students are appropriately challenged. More...