EXPLANATION OF THE ECTS COURSE CODE
If we take the example of the "CIVIL LAW" course of which ECTS code is: “0809-IESEG-BA1S1S2-LAWB1-CE01UF ”.
This ECTS course code is made up of two parts:
1/ 0809-IESEG-BA1S1S2 : Specific code to the Lille Catholic University which means that the course is proposed in 2008-2009, at IESEG, in first year of Bachelor (BA1), on each of both semesters (S1S2)
Other possibilities :
Study Years |
Period |
BA2 (2nd year of Bachelor) |
S1 (semester 1 : only from september to december) |
BA3 (3rd year of Bachelor) |
S2 (semester 2 : only from january to may) |
M (Master) |
Y (year : staggered all over the academic year) |
2/ LAWB1-CE01UF: specific code to IESEG
- The first 3 letters characterize the field of study to which the course is attached. In the example above LAW indicate the field of study.
Fields of study are:
Field |
Meaning |
Field |
Meaning |
ACC |
Accounting |
MIS |
Information Systems |
COM |
Communication |
MKT |
Marketing |
DEV |
Personal Development |
NEG |
Negotiation |
ECO |
Economics |
OPS |
Operations Management |
FIN |
Finance |
PRO |
Professional Project |
IBS |
Business Administration |
QMS |
Quantitative Methods |
LAN |
Language |
RES |
Research |
LAW |
Law |
THE |
Thesis / Consulting Project |
MGT |
Management |
|
|
- 4th and 5th characters of this second part of ECTS code refer to the year in which the course is proposed:
B1, B2 or B3 indicate that is a Bachelor course in 1st, 2nd or 3rd year, MA: a Master course, MB: course intended for the students MIB, and TR: transverse course such as certain options as a third modern language.
- 6th and 7th characters of the ECTS code (after the hyphen) refer to the type and the format of course. In the case of our example, the law course is a core course (C) given in extensive format (E).
The various possible cases are:
| Type of course (6th character) |
Course format (7th character) |
C (Core course) |
I (Intensive : course taught in concentrated shape and with a duration superior to 3 days) |
E (Elective) |
A (Course of English section in 3rd year of Bachelor) |
E (Extensive : course taught in several weeks |
X (Course of French section in 3rd year of Bachelor) |
F (Master core course) |
S (Seminar : course taught in concentrated shape and with a duration inferior to 3 days) |
O (Optional course) |
- The number 01 is a number attributed to the course.
- The next to last letter of the code indicates if it is about a module including several courses (P) or a unique course (U). The courses connected with a module are identified by letters A, B or C
- The last letter of the code (F) means that the course is taught in French; E meaning English, G: German, C: Chinese, I: Italian, S: Spanish and X: multilingual.
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