SchoolCourseInfo
SchoolCourseInfo records are published for each course assigned to the current school year for schools that are part of the zone.
Required Fields
[Courses] Course_Name
[Courses] Course_Number
[Courses] MA_NCES_Code
[Courses] MA_Exclude_From_EPIMS – Course must be marked to be included.
Events
Events for SchoolCourseInfo are published based on the data in the required fields and on the course assigned to the current school year and assigned to a school within the zone.
Dependent Objects
SectionInfo
Element Mappings for SchoolCourseInfo
MA Req. | SIF Element/@Attribute | MA Business Rules |
M | @RefId |
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M | @SchoolInfoRefId |
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M | @SchoolYear |
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O | CourseCode | School-defined local code for the course. |
M | StateCourseCode | MA SCED or MA CIP code. See appendices G1-G3 of the EPIMS Handbook. Note: If this object represents a unit not reportable in SCS, such as a standards-based unit (that is, "Completes Homework on Time") then report 00000 here. This will prevent the course from being reported in SCS and EPIMS. |
M | DistrictCourseCode | 1-20 characters. |
O | SubjectAreaList | Subject matter areas. |
O | CourseTitle | Title of the course. |
O | Description | Textual description of the course. |
M | InstructionalLevel | An indication of the general nature and difficulty of instruction provided. |
M | InstructionalLevel/Code | NCES0437 Code - See Instructional Level Map. |
C | InstructionalLevel/OtherCodeList | Only required for MA Other Code 05 when code is equal to 9999. |
M | InstructionalLevel/OtherCodeList/OtherCode/@Codeset | Must equal "Other". |
M | InstructionalLevel/OtherCodeList/OtherCode | The only recognized value is '05'. |
M | CourseCredits | When N/A (SCS10=9999) report null here and set @Type=9998. |
M | CourseCredits/@Type | NCES0108 Credit Type Earned. |
O | CoreAcademicCourse | Does the course meet the state definition of a core academic course? |
O | GraduationRequirement | Does the state require that the course be completed for graduation? |
O | Department | Department with jurisdiction over this course. |
O | SCEDCode | Course code from the School Codes for the Exchange of Data that describes the course content. |
O | DualCredit | Indicates whether this course is applicable in having dual credits. |
O | CTEConcentrator | Indicates whether this is a CTE concentrator for this course. |
SIF_ExtendedElements | ||
C | [@Name="AttendingSchool"] | If the student is attending a college, out-of-district traditional or out-of-district virtual course, then report the school code here, otherwise the StateProvinceId from the SchoolInfoObject will be used. This might not be equal to DOE015, see SCS data handbook. |
Note that each course object may have multiple SectionInfo objects. If Instructionallevel is set here, there might be multiple SchoolCourseInfo objects for the same StateCourseCode within a school. However, instructionlevel may also be set as an override in the SectionInfo object. | ||