Offering, course, program, catalogue: what each word means here

Offering is the shared object

An offering is one item in the CredScape index. It is the noun used in Search, Browse offerings, tables, buttons, empty states, and overall navigation. When the kind is not the point, offering is the accurate word.

Course and program are the two kinds of offering. A course is an individual learning experience. A program is a bundle that can contain courses. The index can hold the program and its member courses as separate offerings so you can inspect both the bundle and the learning experiences inside it.

Course and program counts stay separate

A program can bundle courses already represented in the course tier. Adding the two tiers into one market total would count part of the same structure twice. CredScape therefore reports course and program figures separately wherever the distinction matters.

Market-composition shares, facet counts, category mix, delivery mix, and specialization measures count courses only. Program totals appear beside course totals as a separate tier. On a provider profile, programs appear in the header split and in the offering table, while course-only charts avoid inflating the provider's share.

Catalogue describes the source collection

A catalogue is a provider's published collection of offerings. An institution-site catalogue comes directly from a provider website. A platform catalogue, such as edX, is another publishing channel. Catalogue does not mean the full set of CredScape offerings, and it is not a synonym for offering.

These source distinctions also shape price analysis. Review How prices are reported for pricing models, currencies, and median rules.