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.
Fall 2026 Words and Numbers section descriptions can be found below. Two Words sections will be added in the near future. When they are added, the date they are added will be included to identify they are new.
Fall 2026 Words (Core 120) Section Descriptions
Fall 2026 Numbers (Core 121) Section Descriptions
Fall 2026 Words & Numbers preference form opened May 31st and will be open through June 29th.
By July 7th, placements will be emailed to @lclark.edu accounts that are created by July 1st.
Please email GenEd@lclark.edu with any Words & Numbers (Core 120/121) related questions.
Words and Numbers is located in room 303A of JR Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
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