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0 = college prep, career certificate, career prep 
1-2 = lower level undergraduate, freshman and sophomore 
3-4 = upper level undergraduate, junior and senior 
5-9 = graduate and professional 

Courses are numbered based on content, rather than by department or program. A single academic program may have courses in several different disciplines and may have courses with several different prefixes. Institutions may use their own course titles to describe course content. The course title does not affect the transferability of a course. Each course shall have only one prefix and one number (see State Board of Education Rule/Board of Governors Guideline 6A-10.024(13), FAC). Institutions not participating in the SCNS are prohibited from using SCNS numbers (1007.24(6), Florida Statutes). 

Course Transfer 
Courses that have the same academic content and are taught by faculty with comparable credentials are given the same prefix and number and are considered equivalent courses. Equivalent courses are guaranteed to transfer to any other institution participating in the SCNS. The credit awarded for these equivalent courses will satisfy the receiving institution’s requirements on the same basis as credits awarded to native students (1007.24(7), F.S). Courses that are not substantially like any other course in the SCNS are given unique course numbers and are not considered equivalent. 

Receiving institutions are never precluded from accepting non-equivalent courses to satisfy specific requirements. 
Credit generated at institutions on the quarter-term system may not transfer the equivalent number of credits to institutions on semester-term systems. For example, 4.0 quarter hours often transfers as 2.67 semester hours. 

Laboratory Equivalency 
If a student has only taken the laboratory or the lecture portion of a course and transfers to an institution where the same course is offered only in combination, it is the receiving institution's responsibility to determine whether and how to assign credit to this partially fulfilled requirement. 

Exceptions to Guaranteed Transferability 
Since the initial implementation of the SCNS, specific disciplines or types of courses have been excepted from the guarantee of transfer for equivalent courses. These include variable topics courses that must be evaluated individually, or applied courses in which the student must be evaluated for mastery of skill and technique. The following courses are exceptions to the general rule for course equivalencies and will not transfer automatically. Transferability is at the discretion of the receiving institution. 

• Courses not offered by the receiving institution.
• For courses at non-regionally accredited (private) institutions, courses offered prior to the established transfer date of the course in question. 
• Courses in the X900-999 series are not automatically transferable and must be evaluated individually. These include such courses as Special Topics, seminars, internships, apprenticeships, practicums, Study Abroad experiences, Thesis and Dissertations (including any similar individualized courses with numbers other than those in the 900-999 series). 
• College preparatory (developmental or remedial) and career preparatory courses. 
• Graduate-level courses. 
• Applied courses in the performing arts (Art [prefix ART], Dance [DAA], Interior Design, Music [MVB, MVH, MVJ, MVK, MVO, MVP, MVS, MVV, and MVW] and Theater [TPP with numbers ranging from 000-299]) and skills courses in Criminal Justice are not automatically transferable. These courses need evidence of achievement (e.g., portfolio, audition, interview, etc.) and must be evaluated individually.