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“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you
Transition Guide don’t try.”
— Beverly Sills

Decoding A Course Code

Course codes reflect government stipulations across the province. All courses have the first 5 characters as
mandated by the Ministry of Education and a sixth character for school use:

ENG 1 D 1

This school indicator is used to distinguish
course characteristics.
1 = Day Code M = Male F = Female

This letter identifies the course type / destination.
Grade 9-10
D = Academic P = Applied L = Locally Developed O = Open

Grade 11-12
U = University C = College E = Workplace O = Open
M = University/College

This number identifies the grade.
1 = Grade 9 2 = Grade 10 3 = Grade 11 4 = Grade 12

These three letters identify the subject.
Subject Codes - the first letter in the course code denotes
the course’s department area.
A = Arts H = Humanities & Social Science
B = Business L = International Languages
C = Canadian & World Studies M = Mathematics
E = English P = Physical Education
F = French S = Sciences
G = Guidance T = Technology

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