diff --git a/models/build/edfi_3/courses/bld_ef3__section__wide_section_characteristics.sql b/models/build/edfi_3/courses/bld_ef3__section__wide_section_characteristics.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29f9d5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/models/build/edfi_3/courses/bld_ef3__section__wide_section_characteristics.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+with sections as (
+    select * from {{ ref('stg_ef3__sections') }}
+),
+xwalk_section_characteristics as (
+    select * from {{ ref('xwalk_section_characteristics') }}
+),
+flattened as (
+    select 
+        k_course_section,
+        {{ edu_edfi_source.extract_descriptor('section_chars.value:sectionCharacteristicDescriptor::string') }} as section_characteristic
+    from sections
+        {{ edu_edfi_source.json_flatten('v_section_characteristics', 'section_chars', outer=true) }}
+),
+pivoted as (
+    select 
+        k_course_section,
+        {{ edu_edfi_source.json_array_agg(
+            'section_characteristic',
+            order_by='section_characteristic',
+            is_terminal=True
+        ) }} as section_characteristics_array
+        {%- if not is_empty_model('xwalk_section_characteristics') -%},
+            {{ ea_pivot(
+                    column='indicator_name',
+                    values=dbt_utils.get_column_values(ref('xwalk_section_characteristics'), 'indicator_name'),
+                    cast='boolean',
+            ) }}
+        {%- endif %}
+    from flattened
+    left outer join xwalk_section_characteristics 
+        on flattened.section_characteristic = xwalk_section_characteristics.section_characteristic_descriptor
+    group by all
+)
+select *
+from pivoted
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/models/core_warehouse/dim_course_section.sql b/models/core_warehouse/dim_course_section.sql
index 504ed590..f40b0e37 100644
--- a/models/core_warehouse/dim_course_section.sql
+++ b/models/core_warehouse/dim_course_section.sql
@@ -22,9 +22,12 @@ stg_ef3__sections as (
 dim_course as (
     select * from {{ ref('dim_course') }}
 ),
-section_chars as (
+course_level_chars as (
     select * from {{ ref('bld_ef3__course_char__combined_wide') }}
 ),
+section_chars as (
+    select * from {{ ref('bld_ef3__section__wide_section_characteristics') }}
+),
 joined as (
     select 
         stg_ef3__sections.k_course_section,
@@ -47,14 +50,23 @@ joined as (
         stg_ef3__sections.is_official_attendance_period,
         stg_ef3__sections.sequence_of_course,
 
-        -- section characteristics
+        -- course level characteristics
         {{ accordion_columns(
             source_table='bld_ef3__course_char__combined_wide',
             exclude_columns=['tenant_code', 'api_year', 'k_course', 'k_course_offering', 'k_course_section', 'course_level_characteristics_array'],
+            source_alias='course_level_chars',
+            coalesce_value = 'FALSE'
+        ) }}
+        course_level_chars.course_level_characteristics_array,
+
+        -- section characteristics
+        {{ accordion_columns(
+            source_table='bld_ef3__section__wide_section_characteristics',
+            exclude_columns=['k_course_section', 'section_characteristics_array'],
             source_alias='section_chars',
             coalesce_value = 'FALSE'
         ) }}
-        section_chars.course_level_characteristics_array,
+        section_chars.section_characteristics_array,
 
         stg_ef3__sections.educational_environment_type,
         stg_ef3__sections.instruction_language,
@@ -79,6 +91,8 @@ joined as (
         on stg_ef3__sections.k_course_offering = offering.k_course_offering
     join dim_course 
         on offering.k_course = dim_course.k_course
+    left join course_level_chars 
+        on stg_ef3__sections.k_course_section = course_level_chars.k_course_section
     left join section_chars 
         on stg_ef3__sections.k_course_section = section_chars.k_course_section
     -- custom data sources