Academic Catalog 2016-2018

Course Types

Special codes attached to certain course titles indicate the course type. Course type codes may be used in the following situations:

  • Courses only open to students in certain programs (e.g., the Honors Program or the Adult Degree Completion program)
  • To indicate the campus or the delivery method of the course (e.g., courses taken abroad, courses taken on the Ukiah campus, and those offered in a fully online or a hybrid format)
  • When a course section is being offered as a Service Learning course in a given semester
  • When a course section is being offered as an Independent Study course in a given semester

Below are the codes for the course types in current usage:

HO Honors Program courses PWC Adult Degree Completion Cohort program courses (formerly called Pathways Cohort)
HY Hybrid courses (courses offered in a mixed online and in-person format) SL Service Learning courses
IS Independent Study courses STA Study Abroad courses
OL Online courses UK Courses offered at the Ukiah campus
PW Adult Degree Completion program courses (formerly called Pathways) VQ Vision Quest program courses