Course Master
Screen 10

 

 Purpose: To provide maintenance for courses that UNF is authorized to teach.
 To Use:
  • To display a course, enter the course number and term (optional), and press enter. If the term is not entered, the most recent record will be displayed.
  • To add a course, enter all applicable information and press F2.
  • To update a course, display the record, make changes, then press F2.
  • To delete a record, display the record, then press F5 to place the cursor in the Transfer field. Enter 'DEL' and press F3 to delete.
  • To transfer to another screen, press the Home key, enter the screen number and press F5.
  • Press F7 to move to the Course Description screen; press F7 again to move to the Course Requisition screen.
  • Press F8 to move to the Course Requisition screen; press F8 again to move to the Course Description screen.
  • Press F11 to clear the screen and enter a new course number.
  • Press F12 to exit to the menu.
  

 

Field Descriptions
Course No:
(0055) (0054)
Indicates the common course identification and section number of the course.
Title:
(0091)
Indicates the title of the course.
Hours:
(0065)
Indicates the number of credit hours that may be earned for the course.
Responsible Dept:
(0229)
Indicates the number assigned to the department that teaches the course.
Instructional
Mode:

(0074)
The instructional mode in which the course will be taught.
C - Classroom
D - Discussion
G - Doctoral Dissertation
I - Internship
L - Laboratory
O - Other
P - Performance
R - Supervised research
S - Supervised Teaching
T - Graduate Thesis
V - Virtual Classroom, distant learning, telecommunications, Web         based, etc.
Z - Independent Study
Var Title Flag:
(0263)
Indicates whether the title is variable or fixed. If it is a variable title, then the title may be changed on the course offering file.
Blank - Not variable
Y- Variable title
Var Hours Flag:
(0262)
Indicates whether the credit hours may be variable.
Blank - Fixed hours
Y - Variable hours
College:
(0049)
Indicates the academic unit that is administratively responsible for the course.
A - College of Arts and Sciences
B - College of Business
C - College of Computer & Information Sciences
E - College of Education
H - College of Health
U - University
Eligibility:
(0051)
Indicates whether eligibility requirements should be checked before
a student may register for the course.
Y
= Check eligibility (College of Business)
   A) If 6000 level course - minimum requirement: Business graduate        student
   B) If 3000 or 4000 level course - minimum requirement:  Sophomores with 51 or more hours earned.
   C) If 2000 level course - minimum requirement: Freshman with 24 or more hours earned.
Blank = No restriction. In college of Business restriction for
                special/non-degree students.
G = Registration restricted to "E ESGC" majors.
N = No eligibility required
P = Registration restricted to "A PPSY" majors.
Gordon:
(0310)
Indicates whether a course satisfies the math or writing requirement for the Gordon Rule. The math requirement will indicate the number of credit hours; the writing requirement will indicate thousands of words.
General Ed:
(0366)
Identifies the area of general education that the course will satisfy. This applies to course numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4000, only.
E - English
F - Non-applied Fine Arts/Humanities
H - Humanities
I - Social Science - Introductory
M - Mathematics
N - Foreign Language
O - Social Science Effective 9308 - Courses that satisfy Cultural       Diversity are marked as 'O' but also have 'CD-' in the title.
S - Natural Science
Permission to Register:
(0207)
Indicates whether departmental permission is required to enroll in the course. The appropriate signature must appear on the schedule request form at the time the student registers for the course if departmental permission is required.
Blank = Signature not required
Y = Signature required
Permission to Withdraw:
(0208)
Indicates whether departmental permission is required to withdraw and/or drop from a course. This requirement is in addition to regular withdrawal/drop procedures.
Blank or N = No additional withdrawal/drop restrictions.
Y = Permission required to withdraw and/or drop from a course.
Elect. Permission
Authority:

(0204)
Indicates that the responsible college for a given course has granted authority for another college to give permission signatures and overrides for that course.
A - College of Arts and Sciences
B - College of Business
C - College of Computer & Information Sciences
E - College of Education
H - College of Health
U - University
Previous Course:
(0311)
Indicates that the current course was changed from a previous course number. This field is used to track common course number changes.
Section Counter:
(0300)
Identifies a three digit number ranging from 1 - 999 to make each course unique even though the common course number may be identical.
Section
Begin:
End:

(0388)

Indicates the beginning section number range for a course.
Indicates the ending section number range for a course
Last Maintenance:
(0340)
Indicates the date the information was last updated.
Term:
(0245)
The term in which the course was first offered.
User:
(0341)
The ID of the user who performed the last update.
CIP:
(0308)
Indicates the BOR discipline code.
Contact hours:
(0365)
Indicates the instructor portion contact hours/equivalencies for credit generating I & R activities.
I R Activity:
(0362)
Activity flag as defined in the BOR Instruction and Data file. IR Activity code is determined by the first digit of the common course number.
First digit is 1 or 2, the IR Activity = 11.
First digit is 2 or 3, the IR Activity = 12
First digit is 5,6,7,8 the IR activity = 13
First digit is 5,6,7,8 and the Instructional Mode is Thesis or Graduate the IR activity = 14
Date Added:
(0339)
The date the course was added to the system.
Prereq Ind:
(0210)
Indicates whether there are pre-requisites and if they should be checked during registration.
N = No pre-requisites (default)
X = Course has pre-requisite(s) and the pre-requisite(s) should be checked during registration.
Y = Course has pre-requisite(s); do not check during registration.
Coreq:
(0060)
Indicates whether a course has a co-requisite and whether it should be checked during registration.
Blank - No co-requisite.
X - The course has co-requisites; do not check during registration.
Y - The course has a co-requisite that should be checked during registration.
Repeat:
(0309)
Indicates whether the course can be repeated for credit.
N - The course cannot be repeated for credit.
Y - Course can be repeated.
Lab Fees:
(0076)
Indicates the additional fees assessed to cover lab fees for the course.
Surcharge
Exempt:

(0435)
Indicates the course should not be used for the processing of excess hours, or repeated course surcharge charges.
B - Course is exempt from both excess hour and repeated course processing
Blank - Course is not exempt from excess hours or repeat course processing
E - Course is exempt from excess hours surcharge
R - Course is exempt from repeated course processing
Org Code:
(0421)
Departmental account number which, in conjunction with the object code determines what revenue account the lab fees for a particular course are applied to.
Obj Code:
(0422)
Departmental account number which, in conjunction with the org code determines what revenue account the lab fees for a particular course are applied to.
Grade
Option Ind:

(0170)

Indicates whether a pass/fail grade option is available.
Blank - The pass/fail grade option is available
N - No pass/fail grade option is available
Change Ind:
(0386)
Indicates whether the course had a characteristic change.
Blank - There have been no changes to the course (default)
C - The course had a characteristic change
L - Temporary change code. Signifies the last change before the course was discontinued or rolled over, but before the code is changed to a C or R (as applicable) in batch processing
R - The course is a rollover, but had no characteristic change from the previous version
First Time
Offered:

(0341)
Indicates the term that the course was first offered.
Offered
    Term:
    Section:


Indicates the last term that the course was offered.
Indicates the number of sections available the last time the course was offered.

Taught
   Term:
   Taught:
   Tot:
   
   Avg:

Indicates the term in which the course was last taught.
Indicates the number of sections taught in the last term.
Indicates the total number of students the last time the course was taught.

Indicates the average number of students the last time the course was taught.
Discontinued Term:
(0245)
Indicates the term in which the course was discontinued.
Comments:
(0301)
Additional Information about the course.

 

 

Error Messages

'[Course number] was deleted for term'
The record was deleted for the term as requested.

'>>Invalid Key Pressed<<'
An invalid F key was pressed.

'All course data deleted for [course number]'
The record was deleted from the master as requested.

'Cannot change course or term on delete'
An attempt was made to delete a record, but the course or term was changed before the delete occurred.

'Cannot change Course or Term on update, must display the course and term first'
An attempt was made to update a record, but the course must first be displayed.

'Cannot delete when last term offered equal or greater than the course term'
An attempt was made to delete a course, but the last term offered conflicts with the term in which it is to be deleted.

'Cannot discontinue when future terms exist. Must delete the future terms first'
An attempt was made to enter a discontinue term, but it is entered as offered for future terms. The future terms must be deleted.

'CIP Code must be entered'
An attempt was made to add or update a course, but a CIP code was not entered.

'College code is invalid'
An attempt was made to add or update a course, but the college code was invalid.

'Course cannot be blank'
An attempt was made to add or update a course, but the entry was blank.

'Course not found on Course Master'
An attempt was made to add or update a course, but it does not appear on the Course master.

'Course responsible department is invalid'
An attempt was made to add or update a course, but the department number was invalid.

'Course Successfully Added'
The course was added as requested.

'Course Successfully Updated'
The course was updated as requested.

'Course title must be entered'
An attempt was made to add or update a course, but the course title was missing.

'Delete code must be entered'
An attempt was made to delete a record, but the delete code (DEL) was not entered prior to pressing F3.

'Department is required'
An attempt was made to enter or update a record, but the department was invalid.

'Discontinue Term must be greater than Last Term Offered'
An attempt was made to delete a course, but the last term offered is later than the term in which it would be deleted.

'Electronic Permission Authority must be a valid College'
An attempt was made to enter the electronic permission authority, but the entry was not a valid college code.

'Error - Discontinue Term must be greater than Course Term'
An attempt was made to enter a discontinue term, but it was not greater than the course term.

'General Education Indicator is invalid'
An attempt was made to enter the general education indicator, but the entry was not valid.

'Grade Option is invalid, must be space or N'
An attempt was made to enter a grade option, but the entry was not valid.

'Instructional mode code is invalid'
An attempt was made to enter an instructional mode code, but the entry was invalid.

'Invalid Code. Must be E, R, B, or blank'
An attempt was made to enter a surcharge exempt code, but the entry was invalid.

'Invalid Contact Hours'
An attempt was made to enter contact hours, but the entry was not numeric.

'Invalid Discontinue Term'
An attempt was made to enter a discontinue term, but the entry was not in the CCYYMM format.

'Invalid Gordon Rule Indicator'
An attempt was made to enter a Gordon Rule indicator, but the entry was not valid.

'Invalid Lab Fee'
An attempt was made to enter the lab fee, but the entry was not numeric.

'Invalid Max FTE'
An attempt was made to enter the lab fee, but the entry was not numeric.

'Invalid Maximum Hours'
An attempt was made to enter the maximum hours, but the entry was not numeric.

'Invalid Minimum Hours'
An attempt was made to enter the minimum hours, but the entry was not numeric.

'Invalid Object Code'
An attempt was made to enter an object code, but the entry was not a valid object code.

'Invalid Org Code'
An attempt was made to enter an org code, but the entry was not a valid code.

'Invalid Term'
An attempt was made to enter a term, but the entry was not numeric.

'Invalid Term. Format is CCYYMM.'
An attempt was made to enter a term, but the entry was not in the CCYYMM date format.

'Invalid Value. Must be Y (Yes) or N (No).'
An attempt was made to enter a co-req or repeat code, but the entry was not 'Y' or 'N.'

'Invalid Value. Must be Y, N, OR X (check during registration)'
An attempt was made to enter a pre-req indicator, but the entry was not valid.

'Minimum hours must be less than Max hours'
An attempt was made to enter minimum hours, but the entry was not less than the maximum hours.

'Must be alphabetic'
An attempt was made to enter a course department, lab indicator, or internal indicator, but the entry was not alphabetic.

'Must be numeric'
An attempt was made to enter a common course number, but the entry was not numeric.

'New term must be greater than last term offered for this course'
An attempt was made to enter a new term, but the term was prior to the last term the course was offered.

'No additions allowed with this signon'
An attempt was made to add a record, but the user does not have that authority.

'No deletions allowed'
An attempt was made to delete a record, but the user does not have that authority.

'No maintenance allowed'
An attempt was made update a record, but the user does not have that authority.

'Object Code required for lab fee'
An attempt was made to enter a lab fee, but no object code was entered.

'Org Code required for lab fee'
An attempt was made to enter a lab fee, but no org code was entered.

'Permission Sig required to Withdraw is invalid'
An attempt was made to enter a code for permission signature withdrawal, but the entry was not 'Y' or blank.

'Permission Signature is not valid'
An attempt was made to enter a permission signature code, but the entry was not 'Y' or blank.

'Please enter course to inquire on'
An attempt was made to inquire on a course, but no course information was entered.

'Prereq indicator is invalid because course has no prerequisites'
An attempt was made to enter a prereq indicator, but no prerequisites were entered. Change the prereq indicator or enter the course prerequisites.

'Previous Course is not on the Course Master'
An attempt was made to enter a previous course, but that was not on the course master.

'Term input not found, most current record displayed for course'
A record for the term entered was not found; the most recent record for the course is displayed.

'Updates not permitted when Last Term Offered is greater than the Term'
An attempt was made to update a record that was offered during a previous term.

'Variable title indicator must be blank or Y'
An attempt was made to enter a variable title indicator, but the entry was not a blank or 'Y.'

 

 

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