Understanding Course Codes
Metro Prep's courses are labeled according to the Ontario Ministry of Education's coding system.
The code consists of five characters (e.g. ENG1D):
- The first three characters represent the discipline, the subject, and the course.
- The fourth character represents the grade:
- 1, 2, 3, 4
- 1: Grade 9
- 2: Grade 10
- 3: Grade 11
- 4: Grade 12
- or A, B, C, D, E
- A: Level 1
- B: Level 2
- C: Level 3
- D: Level 4
- E: Level 5
- 1, 2, 3, 4
Letters represent proficiency in a language course (e.g. Spanish).
- The last character represents the course type. Courses at Metro Prep use D, C, M, U or O:
- D: ACADEMIC
- A Grade 9 or 10 academic course (drawing on theory, abstract examples and problems) for students planning on future post-secondary education.
- A Grade 9 or 10 academic course (drawing on theory, abstract examples and problems) for students planning on future post-secondary education.
- C: COLLEGE
- A senior course preparing the student for college.
- A senior course preparing the student for college.
- M: UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE
- A senior course in preparation for university or college.
- A senior course in preparation for university or college.
- U: UNIVERSITY
- A senior course preparing the student for university.
- A senior course preparing the student for university.
- O: OPEN
- A course open to all levels.
- A course open to all levels.
- D: ACADEMIC