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Course Numbering Guidelines
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.
For the 2020-2021 school year, 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.
Course Numbers
Course numbers are generally six digits in length.
920010 – ENGLISH 9
The exception to this rule is when a course has a specific attribute (i.e. taught using a block schedule) as defined below. In this case, a designated letter is used at the end of the standard 6-digit course number.
920010E– ENGLISH 9
Course Number 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 |
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 |
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
As noted above, 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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920010E - ENGLISH 9 | 920010.1E - ENGLISH 9 (X) | 920010.2E - ENGLISH 9 (Y) | |
930245 - PSYCHOLOGY | 930245 - PSYCHOLOGY | ||
Course Number Structure
The table below shows how course numbers are organized based on the position of the digits in the course number
Digit position | Purpose | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | N | C | P | T |
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1st | Designates Grade Level for the course | KG | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | All High School Credits | Non-Instructional | College Credit Plus | Pre-K | Teacher |
2nd | Content Area | MATH | SCIENCE | ENGLISH | SOCIAL STUDIES | TECHNOLOGY | Health / Phys Ed. | Fine Arts | World Language | Career Technical | Other |
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5th | Sub-Content Area / Course level |
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6th | Course Length / Credit Value (CCP Courses) | Year Long / 1.0 | Quarter |
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7th | *optional suffix (see above) |
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Using the example above (902040E)
9 - High School Course (grade 9-12)
0 - Math Content Area
20 - General math sub-content area
4 - 4th level in General math
0 - 1-credit course
E - Special Education version of this course
Using a structure where digits have certain meaning makes it easier to sort, group, identify, and maintain courses.
In this first table, the structure applies to ALL courses in the master catalog
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 | 120 Seat hours minimum College Credit Plus - 3 or more credit-hour courses convert to 1.0 credits (per ODE guidelines here) | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | Science | Science Sub-Content | 1 | Quarter | 5 | 0.25 | 30 Seat hours minimum (0.25 credit course meeting 5 days/week for one quarter) | ||
2 | 2 | 2 | English / Language Arts | ELA Sub-Content | 2 | Year | 1 | 0.20 | MS Unified Arts Courses meeting 1 day/week | ||
3 | 3 | 3 | Social Studies | Social Studies Sub-Content | 3 | Semester | varies | 0.33 | College Credit Plus - 1 credit-hour courses convert to 0.33 credits | ||
4 | 4 | 4 | Technology | Technology Sub-Content | 4 | Year | 2 | 0.40 | MS Unified Arts Courses meeting 2 days/week | ||
5 | 5 | 5 | Health / Physical Education | Health/PE Sub-Content | 5 | Semester | 5 | 0.50 | 60 Seat hours minimum. An exception is PE, which is one semester but is only worth 0.25 credits. | ||
6 | 6 | 6 | Fine Arts | Fine Arts Sub-Content | 6 | Year Semester | 3 varies | 0.60 0.66 | MS Unified Arts Courses meeting 3 days/week College Credit Plus - 2 credit-hour courses convert to 0.66 credits | ||
7 | 7 | 7 | World Languages | World Language Sub-Content | 7 |
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8 | 8 | 8 | Career Tech** | ||||||||