Course Settings

New Courses

Course Name

Enter the course name.

Required.

[Courses]Course_Name

40

Course Number

Enter the course number.

Required.

[Courses]Course_Number

10

Alternate Course Number

(Service ID)

Reference the TX PEIMS Data Standards documentation table code C022. For PEIMS and active courses, this value should be in the current C022 table.

[CoursesCoreFields]Alt_Course_Number

8

Associate Course with Schools

Enter the associate course with schools.

Available School Years

Enter the available school years.

Credit Hours

Enter the maximum number of credit hours earned per semester for courses that award credit.

Optional.

[Courses]EarnedCrHours

2

Maximum Credit Hours

Enter the maximum number of credit hours that can be earned for this course.

Required. Enter a 0 if no credit is awarded.

[Courses]MaxCredit

5

CIP Code

 Enter the CIP code

 Vocational Class   

Academic and Career Plans   

Show PE Waiver

Vocational Class

Check this box if the course is considered a Career Tech Course for the CTE Indicator Code.

Optional.

[Courses]Vocational

N/A

Credit Type

All courses must use an approved subject code (TC 05).

• ELA = English Language Arts

• SP = Speech

• MA = Mathematics

• SC = Science

• SS = Social Studies

• ECFE = Economics/Free Enterprise

• HL = Health

• PE = Physical Education or equivalent

• LOTE = Language Other Than English

• FA = Fine Arts

• TA = Tech Applications

• CT = Career and Technical Education

Note: TREx and AAR convert CT to CTE

• EL = Other Electives

• LC = Local Credit

Required for high school credit courses. This field is used on the AAR to sort courses in state-mandated order.

If the historical grade is NOT associated (via the Course Number) to a valid Course in the school district, the credit type should be populated on the stored grade for S1 and/or S2 grades.

If the historical grade is associated (via the Course Number) to a valid course in the school district, each course should have a valid abbreviation in the Credit Type field on the course page.

[Courses]CreditType

3

Default Maximum Enrollment

Enter the maximum number of enrollment allowed. 

Course Notes

Enter the course notes.

Grade Scale

 Enter the grade scale. 

GPA Added Value Points

 Specify the GPA added value points (usually zero)

Exclude From Storing Final Grades

Specify if this should be excluded from storing final grades.
Use for Courses that are not graded so blank records are not stored with final grades.

Exclude from GPA?

Specify whether to Include or Exclude from GPA. 

Exclude from Class Rank?

Specify whether to Include or Exclude from Class Rank,

Exclude from Honor Roll?

Specify whether to Include or Exclude from Honor Roll.

Use The Course For Lunch

Specify if this course is applicable for Lunch. 

Exclude On Report Cards/Transcripts

Specify whether to Include or Exclude o

n Report Cards/Transcripts.

Use the Course for Fitness Tests

Select this option to use this course for inclusion in the FitnessGram extract.

[S_CRS_X]Fitness_Assessment

1

Use this Course for Driver’s License Security

Select this option to use this course for Driver’s License Security

[S_AL_CRS_X]Drivers_Check

1

Only allow new courses to be created at the District Office

Select this option to o

nly allow new courses to be created at the District Office

Only allow course equivalencies to be created and edited at the District Office

Select this option to o

nly allow course equivalencies to be created and edited at the District Office

Do not allow schools to adjust Course Availability

Select this option to

not allow schools to adjust Course Availability

Graduation Plan Name

Enter the Graduation Plan Name

Is Post-Secondary

Select if the plan is Post-Secondary and click Submit.

Add-Type

Add the graduation plan waiver type.

Name

Enter the name of the waiver

Missing required field

Code

Enter the Missing required field

Code

Description

Enter the description

Can Print on Report

Specify if this can

Can Print on Report

Graduation Plan Name

Enter the

Graduation Plan Name

Is Post-Secondary

Specify if it is

 Post-Secondary