Course Numbering & Naming Standards
- 1 Basic Structure
- 2 Suffix Definitions
- 3 Semester Designation
- 4 Specific Content Areas
- 4.1 Mathematics (0)
- 4.2 Science (1)
- 4.3 English / Language Arts (2)
- 4.4 Social Studies (3)
- 4.5 Technology (4)
- 4.6 Health / Physical Education (5)
- 4.7 Fine Arts (6)
- 4.8 World Languages (7)
- 4.9 Career Technical (8)
- 4.10 Other / Electives (9)
- 4.11 College Credit Plus Courses
- 4.12 Special Education (Courses with no match to Non Special Ed Courses)
- 4.13 ESL (Courses with no match to Non ESL Courses)
- 4.14 International Baccalaureate courses
- 4.15 Non-Instructional Courses
- 5 Course Names
- 6 Course Descriptions
For the 2015-16 School year, an entirely new Master Course Catalog (often referred to as the 'Course Deck') was created. Over time, the existing course catalog began to become clogged with duplicate, obsolete, and unnecessary courses. Very few of these courses had accurate and useful course descriptions. Also, there wasn't a clear and easy to follow method of numbering our courses. Finally, some of the course attributes (credit type, credit value, course length, etc.) were inaccurate and causing issues with students enrolled in these courses. To correct these issues, a committee was formed to audit the entire catalog and create a new, streamlined course catalog that will be used for the 15-16 school year and beyond.
Change Log
2020-2021
the majority of year-long courses worth 1.0 HS credits have been split into two courses, each lasting one semester and worth 0.5 credits. The expectation is that these students are scheduled as if these were year-long courses.
2022-2023
SPED courses (designated with an “E” suffix) are phased out in favor of a more inclusive model of instruction. Regular course numbers are used, and specific section numbers designate resource rooms and inclusion classrooms.
Basic Structure
Course numbers have a minimum 6-digit length
The first digit represents the Grade Level designated for the course. 0 = Kindergarten, 9 = all grades 9-12
The second digit represents the Content Area as shown in the chart below
If a course is leveled (as in the example screenshot above), the Course Level is represented by the 5th digit
The Course Length is represented by the 6th digit. 0 = Year-Long, 1 = Quarter, 5 = Semester
If the course was previously a year-long course (prior to 2020-21) and has been split into two semester course, a period (.) is added after the 6th digit, and the 8th character represents the Semester
A single-letter Suffix can optionally be added at the end of a course number to further clarify the intended audience (see chart below)
The table below shows how course numbers are organized based on the position of the digits in the course number
Using a structure where digits have certain meaning makes it easier to sort, group, identify, and maintain courses.
These rules apply to the 2015 District Course Catalog in Infinite Campus (catalogID = 4)
1st Digit | Grade Level | 2nd Digit | Content Area | 3rd/4th/5th Digit - Sub Content Areas | 6th Digit | Course Length | Days / Week | Credit | Notes | ||
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0 | KG | 0 | Mathematics | Math Sub-Content | 0 | Year | 5 | 1.00 | Traditional Courses - 120 Seat hours minimum, 1.0 credits
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1 | 1st | 1 | Science | Science Sub-Content | 1 | Quarter | 5 | 0.25 | Traditional Courses - 30 Seat hours minimum, 0.25 credits (if applicable)
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2 | 2nd | 2 | English / Language Arts | ELA Sub-Content | 2 |
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3 | 3rd | 3 | Social Studies | Social Studies Sub-Content | 3 | Semester | varies | 0.33 | College Credit Plus
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4 | 4th | 4 | Technology | Technology Sub-Content | 4 |
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5 | 5th | 5 | Health / Physical Education | Health/PE Sub-Content | 5 | Semester | 5 | 0.50 | Traditional Courses - 60 Seat hours minimum, 0.5 credits
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6 | 6th | 6 | Fine Arts | Fine Arts Sub-Content | 6 | Semester | 5
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7 | 7th | 7 | World Languages | World Language Sub-Content | 7 |
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8 | 8th | 8 | Career Tech** | Career Tech Sub-Content | 8 |
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9 | 9th - 12th | 9 | Other / Elective | Other | 9 | Varies |
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- Non-Instructional courses are not for credit. These include courses used for attendance and blocker courses used to identify where a student is physically located at that time - Used to identify where teachers are in the school day (TEACHER DUTY, TEACHER CONFERENCE, etc.) These are optional. - College Credit Plus courses ** - All Career Tech courses must have Curriculum = VT, VN or VM (Career Tech Options) | |||||||||||
Suffix Definitions
Suffix | Course Type | Notes |
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A | Non-Attendance | 6th grade courses offered at K-8 buildings that will not require period attendance. |
B | Block Course | Courses that are taught for longer times during the school day (i.e. two periods instead of one) but only for a semester. Example setup here. |
D | Digital course | Online courses used for Credit Advancement or at the BlendED school |
E | Exceptional Students (SPED) | Special Education courses NOTE: Beginning in the 2022-23 school year, most of these are being phased out in grades 6-12 to move to a more inclusive model. Details here: https://columbus.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/MS/pages/3049095289 |
F | Credit Flex | Students may request credits for courses taught by unconventional methods |
G | Gifted | Gifted courses ... these do not always have a 'generic' equivalent, but adding the G at the end makes them easy to identify |
H | Home Instruction | Courses for students on Home Instruction |
L | English Learners | English as a Second Language courses |
M | Mastery | Compacted course for students who have documented readiness through approved means in programs incorporating an accelerated, mastery pacing of instruction. |
R | Credit Recovery |
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S | Summer School | Courses offered during summer school |
T | Trimester | Course is taught for 3 periods with a final grade for each of the 3 terms |
V | VCAP | Virtual Credit Advancement Program |
X | Exceptions / Special Cases | These are used rarely, when a new course has to be created for a correction or special purpose |
Multiple suffixes may be used for courses that meet more than one criteria. For example, a Special Education Course that is being taught as a Block course. This would have a suffix of EB | ||
Semester Designation
Beginning in 20-21, year-long high school courses have been split into two semester courses. With this change, there is an update to the course naming and numbering
Before | After | Notes | |
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920010 – ENGLISH 9 | 920010.1 - ENGLISH 9 (X) | 920010.2 - ENGLISH 9 (Y) |
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920010L - ENGLISH 9 | 920010.1L - ENGLISH 9 (X) | 920010.2L - ENGLISH 9 (Y) | |
930245 - PSYCHOLOGY | 930245 - PSYCHOLOGY | ||
Specific Content Areas
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th digits are used to uniquely identify courses within a content area. Each content area is further broken into sub-content areas (i.e Music, Art, Theatre under Fine Arts). Sub content areas use digits 3 and 4 in most cases. Where applicable, the fifth digit will denote the level of a course. If there is only one version of a course in a sub-content area, it should be a 0. Leveled versions begin with a 1 and go up from there.
Each table below contains one content area an several sub-content areas
Mathematics (0) | |||||
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
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01 | Geometry | 11 | Integrated Math | 99 | Gifted (Columbus Gifted Academy only) |
02 | Algebra | 12 | College Prep |
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03 | Academy | 13 | Intervention / ALEKS Math |
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04 | Statistics | 14 | Finance |
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05 | Pre-Calculus | 15 | Modeling & Reasoning |
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06 | Calculus | 16 | Data Science |
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07 | International Baccalaureate (IB) |
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08 | Advanced Placement (AP) |
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09 | Test Prep (old) |
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10 | Transition | 20 | General Math |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | Elementary |
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10 | Biology | 20 | Anatomy/Physiology |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | General English |
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05 | Speech | 15 | Reading | 50 | Advanced Placement (AP) |
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08 | Spelling | 18 |
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10 | Writing | 20 | Humanities | 99 | Gifted (Columbus Gifted Academy only) |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
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01 | History, Geography, Politics | 11 | Cultural Studies | 30 |
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02 | Anthropology, Psychology, Law | 12 |
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03 | International Baccalaureate (IB) | 13 |
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04 | World Studies | 14 |
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05 | Government | 15 |
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06 | World History, Global Issues | 16 |
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07 | Sociology | 17 |
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08 | African American Studies, American History | 18 |
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10 | Civics/Citizenship | 20 | Economics | 99 |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | Gateway |
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01 | Awareness | 11 |
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02 | Word | 12 |
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03 | Excel | 13 |
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04 | Access | 14 |
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05 | Powerpoint | 15 |
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06 | Enterprise, Business & Marketing | 16 |
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07 | CCS Tech | 17 |
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08 | Outlook | 18 |
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10 | PLTW Design, Modeling, Robotics | 20 | Arts | 99 |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd -6th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | Health | 5xx0 | High School Athletics - Varsity | 6x | Middle School Athletics |
01 | Physical Education I | 5xx1 | High School Athletics - Junior Varsity | 70 | Other |
02 | Physical Education II |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | General Music | 20 |
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01 | Instrumental Music | 21 |
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02 | Vocal Music | 22 |
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03 | Orchestra | 23 |
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04 | Strings | 24 |
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05 | Piano | 25 |
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06 | Handbell | 26 |
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07 | Electronic Music | 27 |
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10 | Marching/Concert Band | 30 | Drama | 50 | General Art | 70 |
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11 | Jazz Ensemble | 31 | Theatre | 51 | Visual Art | 71 |
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12 | Music Theory | 32 | Dance | 52 | Art History | 72 |
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14 | Mixed/Solo Ensemble | 34 | Stagecraft | 54 | Portfolio | 74 |
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15 | Mixed Chorus I | 35 | Production | 55 | Photography | 75 |
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16 | Mixed Chorus II | 36 | Broadcasting | 56 | Drawing | 76 |
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17 | Choir | 37 |
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18 | Tenor/Bass/Soprano/Alto Choir | 38 |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | Spanish | 20 | German | 40 | Japanese | 60 | Chinese | 80 | Arabic |
01 | AP / KAP Spanish | 21 |
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02 | IB Spanish | 22 |
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03 | Heritage Spanish | 23 |
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04 | Middle School Spanish | 24 |
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| 65 | Hindi | 85 | Somali |
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| 66 | Bengali | 86 | Kinyarwanda |
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10 | French | 30 | Latin | 50 | Russian | 70 | American Sign Language | 90 | Italian |
11 | AP French | 31 | AP Latin | 51 |
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12 | IB French | 32 | IB Latin | 52 |
| 72 | Urdu | 92 |
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14 | Middle School French | 34 |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | Construction | 20 | Computer Hardware/Networking | 40 | Web | 60 | Film/TV | 80 | Music |
01 | Construction/Law and Public Safety | 21 | Fashion/Interior Design | 41 | Auto Collision | 61 | Welding | 81 | Education |
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04 | Firefighting / EMS | 24 | Transition / Careers | 44 | Human Resources | 64 | Media Arts | 84 |
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07 | Agriculture | 27 |
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08 | Video | 28 |
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09 | Graphic Arts/Design | 29 | Information Technology (IT) | 49 |
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10 | Landscape/Horticulture | 30 | Programming | 50 | Theater / Stage | 70 | Audio | 90 | Health |
11 | Photography | 31 | Culinary | 51 | Auto Tech | 71 | Cosmetology | 91 | Engineering |
12 | Manufacturing | 32 | Culinary / Food | 52 | Engines | 72 |
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13 | Medical | 33 |
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14 | Dance | 34 |
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15 | Business | 35 |
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16 | Special Ed CTE | 36 |
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17 | Finance | 37 |
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18 | Business Marketing | 38 |
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3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area | 3rd / 4th Digit | Sub-Content Area |
00 | Elementary | 20 | ROTC Army | 40 | Business (non-career tech) | 60 | Finance | 80 | IB Electives |
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10 | ROTC Air Force | 30 | Test Prep | 50 | International Seminar | 70 | International Thesis | 90 | Industrial Tech Survey |
11 | Advanced Physical Education (elective credit only - Not for graduation) | 31 |
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12 | Other | 32 |
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15 | Summer School Elective | 35 | Social/Emotional Learning (SEL) | 55 | Other Seminar | 75 |
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1st/2nd Digits | Course Name Prefix | College Name | 3rd Digit | Curriculum Area | 4th/5th Digit - Used to uniquely identify a course within content area | 6th Digit | Carnegie Unit |
C1 | CSCC | Columbus State Community College | 0 | Math |
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CH | CSCC | Columbus State Community College |
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C2 | OSU | The Ohio State University | 1 | Science |
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CG | OSU | The Ohio State University | 2 | English |
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C3 | OU | Ohio University | 3 | Social Studies |
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C4 | OTT | Otterbein University | 4 | Technology |
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C5 | ODU | Ohio Dominican University | 5 | Health/Physical Education |
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C6 | FRANKLIN (FRA) | Franklin University | 6 | Fine Arts |
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C7 | CAPITAL (CAP) | Capital University | 7 | World Languages |
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C8 | DEVRY (DEV) | DeVry University | 8 | Career Dev / Tech |
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C9 | KAP | Kenyon College | 9 | Electives |
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CA | NCSC | North Central State College |
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CB | OCU | Ohio Christian University |
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CC | CCAD | Columbus College of Art & Design |
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CD | ASHLAND (ASH) | Ashland University |
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CE | COTC | Central Ohio Technical College |
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CF | CSU | Central State University |
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CI | SINCLAIR (SNCL) | Sinclair Community College |
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CJ | CLARK STATE (CLST) | Clark State |
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Transfer courses are still a work in progress …
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1st / 2nd Digit | Transfer Course Origination | 3rd Digit | Content Area | 4th Digit | Specific Content Area | 5th Digit | Level | 6th Digit | Unused (zero for all courses) |
X1 | Ohio | 0 | Math | 0 0 0 0 0 | Math I Math II Math III AQR Advanced | 1 2 3 4 5 | Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 | 0 | |
X2 | Non-Ohio | 1 | Science | 1 2 3 4 | Advanced Life Physical Other | 0 | N/A | 0 | |
2 | English | 0 0 0 0 0 5 | Other | 1 2 3 4 5 5 | Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 | 0 | |||
3 | Social Studies | 1 2 3 4 | Government Am. History Wld. History Other | 0 | N/A | 0 | |||
4 | Technology | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | |||
5 | Health / PE | 1 2 2 | Health Phys Ed I Phys Ed II | 0 1 2 | N/A Level 1 Level 2 | 0 | |||
6 | Fine Arts | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | |||
7 | World Language | 0 | N/A | 1 2 3 4 5 | Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 | 0 | |||
8 | Career Tech | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | |||
9 | Electives | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | |||
Special Education (Courses with no match to Non Special Ed Courses) | |||
1st/2nd Digits | Grade Level | 3rd/4th Digits | Curriculum Area |
00 | Elementary | 09 | Adaptive PE 9 |
10 | Elementary | 10 | Adaptive PE 10 |
20 | Elementary | 11 | Adaptive PE 11 |
30 | Elementary | 12 | Adaptive PE 12 |
40 | Elementary | ||
50 | Elementary | ||
60 | 6th Grade | ||
70 | 7th Grade | ||
80 | 8th Grade | ||
90 | High School | ||
99 | Other | 90-91 | Non-Credit |
ESL (Courses with no match to Non ESL Courses) | |||
1st/2nd Digits | Grade Level | 3rd/4th Digits | Curriculum Area |
02 | Elementary | 11 | ESL Elective |
12 | Elementary | 12 | English as a Second Languge |
22 | Elementary | 41 | ESL |
32 | Elementary | 42 | ESL Proficiency |
42 | Elementary | ||
52 | Elementary | ||
62 | 6th Grade | ||
72 | 7th Grade | ||
82 | 8th Grade | ||
92 | High School | ||
International Baccalaureate courses | 5th digit |
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Standard Level (SL) Grade 9 | 1 |
Standard Level (SL) Grade 10 | 2 |
Standard Level (SL) Grade 11 | 3 |
Standard Level (SL) Grade 12 | 4 |
High Level (HL) Grade 9 | 5 |
High Level (HL) Grade 10 | 6 |
High Level (HL) Grade 11 | 7 |
High Level (HL) Grade 12 | 8 |
Non-Instructional Courses | 1st digit | 2nd Digit | 3rd digit | 4th digit | 5th digit | 6th digit |
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Elementary | N | 0 | 0 | - | ||
Student Helpers | N | 1 | 0 | - | ||
Blockers (other locations) | N | 2 | - | - | ||
Athletics | N | 3 | - | - | ||
In-school courses (Lunch, Academic Assist, Tutor, etc.) | N | 9 | - | - |
Course Names
When naming courses, make sure to follow the standards below:
There is a 30 character limit on course names.
Courses should be named as descriptively as possible within this limit.
INTGALGDA <-- Bad Example - Not descriptive
INTEGRATED ALG & DATA ANALYSIS <-- Good Example
Course names must be in ALL CAPS.
Arabic numerals are utilized at the end of the name to indicate a grade level
ENGLISH 9 - 9th grade English
SCIENCE 6 - 6th grade Science
Roman numerals are utilized to indicate course level
ALGEBRA I - first level Algebra course
SPANISH IV - this would be the 4th level Spanish course
College Credit Plus courses
Format should follow this structure:
College Name abbreviation - College Department - College Course # - Brief course name
For example, this course at Columbus State: BIO 1101 Fundamentals Human Anatomy & Physiology could look something like this:
CSCC BIO 1101 - Anatomy & Phys
Course Descriptions
All courses must have a well-written course description that will assist counselors, students, parents, schedulers, and administrators in understanding what the course is about
Some important items to add in a course description:
Date course was added to Course Catalog (master)
Seat Time Requirements (based on credit for that particular course)
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If a course is using one of the attributes as defined above, it should be clearly stated in the course description
College Credit Plus (CCP) Courses have a specific format; generally we try to use the same description in the college’s course catalog.
Also include a header (in bold) with CCP, College abbreviation, college course #, college course full name, college credit value and/or Semester hours
Example: CCP CSCC ENGL 1100 Composition I (3 credits)
this is an English Composition course at Columbus State