Preference Submission
All students are given the opportunity to submit preferences for their Words and Numbers section each to be used in their placement. Each semester of your first year you will take a Words or Numbers course with the CORE course name (Core 120 for Words, Core 121 for Numbers). If you are placed into Words in the fall, then you will take Numbers in the spring (and vice-versa).
Incoming transfer students do not take Words or Numbers.
Spring 2026 Words and Numbers section descriptions links are below.
Spring 2026 Words (Core 120) Section Descriptions
Spring 2026 Numbers (Core 121) Section Descriptions
The Spring 2026 Words and Numbers preference forms are now CLOSED. They were open October 13-17. Those who didn’t submit a form prior to the deadline will be auto placed into a section with available seats. Placements will be emailed to LC email accounts by Friday, October 31st. Please email GenEd@lclark.edu if you have any questions.
Words and Numbers is located in room 404 of Miller Center on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 83
email GenEd@lclark.edu
voice 503-768-7208
Director: Karen Gross
Admin: Dawn Wilson
Words and Numbers
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219