Course Codes Explained

Course codes are a standard created by the Ontario Ministry of Education and provide a short reference to categorize courses, and an easy search criteria in Google if you would like information on any course.

The first three letters indicate the subject course code as stated in the Ministry of Education’s Common Course Codes.

The fourth character indicates the grade.

1 = Grade 9 2 = Grade 10 3 = Grade 11 4 = Grade 12

The fifth character indicates the course type.

D = Academic (Grades 9 and 10)

P = Applied (Grades 9 and 10)

W = De-streamed (Grade 9 only)

L = Locally Developed (Grades 9 and 10)

O = Open level (Grades 9 - 12)

U = University (Grades 11 and 12)

C = College (Grades 11 and 12)

M = University/College (Grades 11 and 12)

E = Workplace (Grades 11 and 12)

Example: ENG2D ENG = English 2 = Grade 10 D = Academic