The State of Florida has recognized the need for an interdisciplinary approach to computing education and has created a new discipline and course prefix in the Statewide Course Numbering System. Descriptions for the discipline, prefix, and century classifications within the prefix are provided below.
The Interdisciplinary Computing Discipline
Courses offered in the interdisciplinary computing discipline teach computing and information technologies utilized across multiple non-computing disciplines to empower and inspire students to creatively use technology in their own disciplines.
The IDC Course Prefix
This prefix is designated to accommodate courses that teach interdisciplinary computing and information technologies across non-computing disciplines to provide students with the technical skills to make them competitive within their discipline.
IDC Century Classification
000-099 INTRODUCTORY, ENTRY-LEVEL SURVEY COURSES
General overview and survey topics under IDC including the application of computing and information and communication technologies to digital fluency in cross-discipline and discipline-specific contexts; IDC in its broadest sense.
100-199 DATA & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Collecting, storing, manipulating, managing, interacting with, and distributing information effectively and efficiently using databases and other computing software tools in cross-discipline and discipline-specific contexts. Courses dealing specifically with Web and Internet-based information management should be classified under 400-499, and numeric data and information analysis under 200-299.
200-299 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
Processing and analyzing numeric data using computer tools such as spreadsheets, databases, statistical and other software to advance research and professional agendas in cross-discipline, and discipline-specific contexts.
300-399 DIGITAL MEDIA
Working with digital audio, 2D and 3D graphics, photography, and video in cross-discipline, and discipline-specific contexts. Does not include the application of digital media specific to Web and Internet design & development.
400-499 WEB & INTERNET DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT
Developing, designing and implementing Web and Internet content for effective and efficient distribution of information and services in cross-discipline, and discipline-specific contexts. Courses dealing specifically with Web programming and scripting should be offered under 500-599, and digital media under 300-399.
500-599 PROGRAMMING
Programming and scripting to create custom software solutions, and digital content delivered over the Web, Internet, network, or personal computer to meet discipline-specific goals.
600-699 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Information and communication technologies as they support cross-discipline and discipline-specific endeavors.
700-799 INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
Individual and societal issues related to computing and information and communication technologies on a local, national, international, and global scale, as they impact professionals in all disciplines, and specific disciplines. Includes psychological, social, cultural and ethical dimensions of computer use.
800-899 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE
900-999 GENERAL MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIES
More on Florida's Statewide Course Numbering System at http://scns.fldoe.org.
