diff --git a/main/inc/lib/course.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/course.lib.php
index 5b60e098a2..cf5e30fb2f 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/course.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/course.lib.php
@@ -3211,7 +3211,7 @@ class CourseManager {
         }
 
         if (api_get_setting('display_coursecode_in_courselist') == 'true') {
-            $session_title .= $course_info['official_code'];
+            $session_title .= ' ('.$course_info['visual_code'].') ';
         }
 
         if (api_get_setting('display_teacher_in_courselist') == 'true') {
diff --git a/main/inc/lib/main_api.lib.php b/main/inc/lib/main_api.lib.php
index 11b50fcac1..cc51199503 100644
--- a/main/inc/lib/main_api.lib.php
+++ b/main/inc/lib/main_api.lib.php
@@ -1302,6 +1302,7 @@ function api_format_course_array($course_data) {
     $_course['name'         ]         = $course_data['title'          ];
     $_course['title'         ]        = $course_data['title'          ];
     $_course['official_code']         = $course_data['visual_code'    ]; // Use in echo statements.
+    $_course['visual_code']           = $course_data['visual_code'    ];
     $_course['sysCode'      ]         = $course_data['code'           ]; // Use as key in db.
     $_course['path'         ]         = $course_data['directory'      ]; // Use as key in path.
     $_course['directory'    ]         = $course_data['directory'      ];