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EMCC Scheduling Notes

SIS Note Codes List

Using SIS Note Codes From +0 thru +Z - and From -0 thru -Z: Not available to general public
(Note: Not using codes +0 thru +9 and -0 thru -Z because they error-out in reports)

CODE
 

DESCRIPTION OF NOTE CODE
 
  LEARNING COMMUNITY CLASS NOTES (see specific Learning Communities noted below with green colored text)
Students participating in learning communities must take all classes together
(Course may have SIS schedule note 8. - Concurrent enrollment required in these courses)
 
-A thru  -Z Alpha note codes used in SIS to show EMCC staff which Biology lecture and lab sections go together for student registration purposes. We were using the note codes in the alpha range A. thru Z. but on 3/23/06 changed to the range A thru Z (example: "-A" lecture goes with "-A" lab).
+A AMAS (Achievement in Math and Science),  MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Achievement), Title V Students, and ACE (Achieving a College Education)
+B

 

 Bilingual Class: This is a bilingual (Spanish/English) class. Completion of ESL (English as a Second Language) Level IV courses is recommended before taking this class.

Blackboard e-Learning system access: Contact Randy Anderson, of EMCC Center for Teaching & Learning, at (623) 935-8488 for creation of new accounts for login and a demo course prior to first class meeting.
+C Success Learning Community (Fall 2007=ENG071 + RDG091 - first offered  Spring 2002)
LEARNING COMMUNITY (Section for students participating in a Learning Community.  Sometimes concurrent enrollment required.)
+D Dual Enrollment Classes
+E ESL Student Cohort
+F First Year Experience Cohort Learning Community - Targeting students in their first year in college.
Fall2007= Archeology of Identity: Digging for the Meaning of Self (ENG101 & PSY101)
Discovering Your Path: Self-Identity in Literature and Psychology (CPD150, ENG101 + PSY101- first offered Fall 2005)
Faculty & Staff Only Classes (see +O)
+G Genesis West Program Students
+H Honors Students Only Cohort (Honors Cohort Pilot (HCP)- first offered Fall 2005)
+I Instructional Aides only
+J Learning Community (ENG101 + CPD104 - first offered Spring 2007)
+K Elementary Teacher Prep Learning Community (MAT156 + PHS110- first offered Fall 2005)
+L Learning Community: Teach For Our Future (inspire.teach students) (Fall2007=CIS105 + EDU221- first offered  Fall 2002)
Only offered during Fall semesters.
+M Class Meets Every Other Week
+N Not available to general public
+O Faculty & Staff Only Classes
+P Course primarily for people interested in Photoshop for photography.
+Q Philosophers & Sociologists Questioning Existence & Gender Learning Community (PHI101 + SOC212- first offered  Spring 2006)
+R America Reads class for work study students only
+S See EMCC Class Schedule for Additional Information (Example: LINUX)
+T Teachers for Our Future (inspire.teach students and anyone intending to become a teacher)
OPEN TO CERTIFIED TEACHERS ONLY
+U A World of Difference: Understanding Diversity in Our Shared Lives Learning Community (ENG101 + PSY132- first offered Spring 2004)
+V IBM Students Only (Spring 2007)
+W WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT STUDENTS ONLY: Not available to general public (Example: Industry specific classes for APS, Quaker Oats employees only.  APS Internship Program classes are CLOSED (not open) to general public and should NOT be viewable on web.)
+X Financial Aid Appeals Students Only Class
+Z Fine Arts (Fine Arts targeted student cohort, often linked interdisciplinary experiences for credit.  Concurrent enrollment is required in these courses.) (Genesis West Digital Storytelling classes: ART100, CPD160 + EDU292)
-0
(Minus Zero)		 Use to filter classes from public viewing on the Maricopa Registration Online website or heard on IVR. 
(Also used for overflow class sections on "HOLD" and section's registration status field will be "H").

 

Informational Notes Used In SIS Building Codes Fields

SITE
 		 BLDG
 		 ROOM
 		 DESCRIPTION
 
EV HYBRD COURSE This code used at EMCC beginning Spring 2004 (20042) Site EV means Estrella Virtual. Hybrid - Any combination of In Person and Distance Learning Modes of Instruction (Print Based, Internet and/or Mixed Media).
EV INTER NET

This code used at EMCC beginning Spring 2004 (20042) for all Online Classes and SIS OE/OE distinction also removed. Site EV means Estrella Virtual.  Internet - Mode of instruction is distance learning with classes delivered on-line. Students may be required to come to campus to take a proctored final exam. Before Spring 2004 these courses were known as self-paced.
00 ACAD SYS Academic Systems CD used for class.
00 ABRAZ COHORT Abrazo Institute: Abrazo Health Care facility employees and their family members. These courses are not available to the general public and are not be viewable on the web. (Per D.Desbien, Summer 2007)
00 ACE   ACE Math and Science Scholars (Added July 2007)
00 ALBER COHORT Albertsons' Employees Only Classes: These classes are not for public enrollment, nor published on web.
00 APS APPREN APS Apprenticeship Program
00 APS INTERN APS Internship Program
00 CISCO   CISCO Students' Section
00 CLINI CAL Nursing Clinical Lab Off-Site Locations
00 CULI NARY Culinary Studies Section Only
00 FC SELFP Self-Paced Fitness Center Class
00 GALLY 37 Gallery37-W.Valley Art Council
00 HOOP COHORT Hoop of Learning Program: Feb 2007 Native American bridge program between high schools (Agua Fria H.S. students) and colleges (EMCC).
00 HYBRD COURSE Hybrid Course  (See above new HYBRID code being used beginning Spring 2004 (20042).
00 MEDIA CAMP A Media Arts Camp with Agua Fria
00 MCSE   MICROSOFT Students' Section
00 OCC   Occ Edu Class Open to Public
00 ORIENT REQ Orientation Required
00 P/Z   Pass/Fail Grading (Currently used for PED sections)
00 P/Z NEW Pass/Fail Grading(New Student) (Currently used for PED sections)
00 QUICK BOOKS QuickBooks by Intuit-  Financial software used by course
00 QUICK EN Quicken by Intuit- Financial software used by course
00 SCH ADJ Schedule adjustment used when faculty approves opening a section for student who registers for classes that overlap by a few minutes. These sections have the teaching load set at ZERO and are concurrently linked to the (major) regular course section.
00 STAFF AIDE Staff Aide person assisting instructor
00 STAFF ONLY STAFF & FACULTY ONLY CLASS
00 WEB BASED WEB-BASED/ ONLINE COURSE (See above new INTERNET code being used beginning Spring 2004 (20042).
00 WRK DEV WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CLASSES (For employees or future employees of APS, Quaker Oats, etc.  APS Apprenticeship Program classes at EMCC location are open to general public (limited number of seats available) and are viewable on web.
EM INDEP INDEP Independent Study class

Note: The above informational notes used in the SIS building code fields do not appear on EMCC's class schedule web site.

EMCC Instructional Services Team
Page last updated by D. Sheldon on 7/3/2007(Recent revisions noted in red text)