Definitions
Regular Courses: All non-remedial credit-bearing courses which have no compensatory excess hours attached. These courses should have the value of 'R' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Credits" and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Compensatory Courses: All non-remedial credit-bearing courses which have compensatory excess hours attached. These courses should have the value 'C' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Credits", "IR Equated Credits", and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Developmental Courses: All remedial credit-bearing courses with or without any additional contact hours, where additional contact hours are all hours in excess of credits, whether compensatory or non-compensatory in nature.These courses should have the value 'D' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Credits", "IR Equated Credits", and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Non-Credit, Remedial Courses: All remedial non-credit-bearing courses.These courses should have the value 'N' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Equated Credits" and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Graduate Courses: All courses offered in the graduate division.These courses should have the value of 'G' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Credits" and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Laboratory/Studio Course/Sections: Course/Sections which meet at a regularly scheduled time and make use of specialized equipment.These courses should have the value of 'L' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Credits" and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Message Courses: Courses used to report hours which determine the item "IR Full Part Time Code" in the table "CBIL History Facts" even though the student is not actually sitting in a classroom at the home college. For example, students taking courses at another CUNY college on permit or students on maintenance of matriculation.These courses should have the value of 'M' coded for the item "IR Course Type Code" and data for the items "IR Credits" and "IR Contact Hours" in the table "CBIL History Course Facts".
Caveats
In CUNYfirst, the course type is embedded in the requirement designation and may be assigned a default value when the requirement designation is missing.
- "IR Course Type Code" = 'R'
- where "CF Requirement Designation" = null and "CF Academic Career" in ('UGRD', 'UKCC', 'ULAG') and "CF Units Taken" > 0
- "IR Course Type Code" = 'N'
- where "CF Requirement Designation" = null and "CF Academic Career" in ('UGRD', 'UKCC', 'ULAG') and "CF Units Taken" = 0
- "IR Course Type Code" = 'G'
- where "CF Requirement Designation" = null and "CF Academic Career" in ('GRAD','LAW','DOCT') and "CF Units Taken" > 0
Mapping from CUNYfirst
CF_CRSE_CATALOG CTLG.
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CBIL_HISTORY_COURSE_FACTS.
IR_COURSE_TYPE_CODE
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CBIL_HISTORY_COURSE_FACTS.
COURSE_TYPE_DESC
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