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CSU Course Classification System

C/S# are used for class scheduling, faculty workload (WTU), space utilization.

(K factor) x (units) = faculty workload WTU

Lecture

**Classes meeting 1 hour for 1 unit of credit - K factor: 1**
C/S#	Class Type
C-1	Large lecture
C-2	Lecture-Discussion
C-3	Law-Case study
C-4	Composition, Accounting, Mathematics, Logic, Philosophy, Music, Speech, Foreign Language, Engineering Lecture Problems
C-5	Graduate seminars

Activity

**Classes meeting 2 hours for 1 unit of credit - K factor: 1.3**
C/S#	Class Type
C-7	Art, Anthropology, Science activities
C-8	Education Workshops (includes methods taught on an activity basis in education and subject areas); Social Science activity; Science demonstration
C-9	Music activity - large group
C-10	Instrumental or vocal instruction
C-11	Physical Education and Recreation activity
C-12	Speech, Drama, and Journalism activities
C-13	Business, Foreign Language, Psychology, Photography, Engineering, Industrial Arts, Agriculture, Mathematics, Statistics

Technical Activities and Laboratories

**Classes meeting 3 hours for 1 unit of credit - K factor: 1.5**
C/S#	Class Type
C-15	Art, Foreign Language, Industrial Arts

Science Laboratories

**Classes meeting 3 hours for 1 unit of credit - K factor: 2.0**
C/S#	Class Type
C-16	Science, Psychology, Natural Resources, Agriculture, Engineering, Photography

**Classes meeting more than 3 hours for 1 unit of credit - K factor: 6.0**
C/S#	Class Type
C-18	Coaching major intercollegiate sports

**Classes meeting more than 3 hours for 1 unit of credit - K factor: 3.0**
C/S#	Class Type
C-19	Coaching minor intercollegiate sports
C-20	Production courses or workshops in: Drama, Music (resulting in a major public performance, showing or distribution)
C-21	Music - major performance groups

Supervision

**Courses providing individual supervision**
C/S#	Class Type
S-36	Supervision of independent study, senior project 3 students = 1 WTU
S-25	Undergraduate level: Supervision of directed teaching and public school nursing 2 students = 1 WTU
S-25	Graduate level: Supervision of directed teaching; Supervision of field work; Theses and projects 2 students = 1 WTU

Source:

CSU Document: "Course Classification System" (PDF). Revised March 1996.

Last updated: 8/12/2025

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