All the course codes have been assigned according to the Common Course Coding System developed by the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. Each course code has 6 characters.
The first three characters indicate the discipline, the subject group and course. For example:
ENG = English
MAT= Mathematics
BAF = Introduction to Financial Accounting (Business)
The fourth character indicates the grade level:
1 = Grade 9
2 = Grade 10
3 = Grade 11
4 = Grade 12
The fifth character indicates the course type:
P = Applied
D = Academic
U = University Preparation
M = University/ College Preparation
C = College Preparation
E = Workplace Preparation
O = Open
L = Locally Developed (Essential)
The sixth character carries additional information:
C = Cooperative education
I = French Immersion
G = Girls