Shorter way to construct sql statement

How can I compact the following sql statement:
select course_c, course_code from idps where
course_c!= 'A' and course_c != 'M' and
course_c != 'O'
I would like to shorten it to something like
select course_c, course_code from idps where
course_c != ('A' and 'M' and 'O')
but it didnt seem to work. I used & and | operators in place of "and" but still doesnt work. What is the easy way so I dont have to type the same variable so many times? Tx for the help.
Enis

You may try :
select course_c, course_code from idps where
course_c not in ('A','M','O')
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