ELEMENTS OF ACADEMIC STRUCTURE |
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Academic Institution: Institution is the highest level
of the academic structure. In the NDUS system there are 11
institutions assigned by Set ID. The Set ID allows the sharing
of common codes, structures, and facilities between colleges.
The code for UND is “UND01.” |
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Academic
Group: At UND, the
academic group is the college
or school within the university
(i.e. A&S, JDO, SEM). Groups
are attached to the catalog. |
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Academic
Career: An academic
career is the grouping of academic
work within a level of study.
This also refers to a grouping
of all academic work undertaken
by a student that is grouped
into a single student record
(transcript). At UND the careers
are:
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Undergraduate |
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Graduate |
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Medical
(M.D. students only) |
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Law |
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Continuing
Education (non-degree
workshop courses) |
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Academic
Program: An academic
entity to which the student
applies to, is admitted into,
and ultimately graduates from.
Programs offer plans and sub-plans.
At UND the program for the
student will most often be
their first major. |
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Academic Plan: Refers
to an area of study within
an academic program. The
academic plan is a formal
course of study that a student
pursues in order to receive
a degree. This is the student’s
major. It is possible to
have more than one academic
plan. In addition, a student’s
minor is an academic plan.
The name of the plan determines
the status of major or minor.
For example, BA-ANTH (Bachelor
of Arts in anthropology)
is a major and ND-MNANTH
(anthropology minor) is a
minor. Plans that begin with
and “H” were
created for conversion purposes
and will not be used in PeopleSoft. |
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Sub-Plans: Refers
to specializations or concentrations
that are directly linked
to the academic plan. Example:
A student may be enrolled
in the classical studies
plan with a sub-plan of Greek
and Latin. |
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EXAMPLES OF UND ACADEMIC STRUCTURE
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Undergraduate
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PeopleSoft
Academic Structure
Element
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UND
Equivalent |
| Academic
Institution |
University
of North Dakota |
| Academic
Group |
Arts & Sciences |
| Academic
Career |
Undergraduate |
| Academic
Program |
UGENG:
English |
| Academic
Plan |
BA-CLAS:
Classical Studies |
| Academic
Sub-Plan |
OPT-CLASG:
Greek |
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Graduate
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PeopleSoft
Academic Structure
Element |
UND
Equivalent |
| Academic
Institution |
University
of North Dakota |
| Academic
Group |
Engineering & Mines |
| Academic
Career |
Graduate |
| Academic
Program |
GREGN:
Engineering |
| Academic
Plan |
PHD-ENGR:
Engineering |
| Academic
Sub-Plan |
None |
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The
academic structure setup determines
the inter-relationships of
various PeopleSoft tables,
functions, and panels. This
structure will impact the development
of the tables used in defining
campus locations, academic
organizations, subjects, catalog,
and course schedule. |
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Locations & Campuses: Campuses belong to a single institution
and use the same course catalog, produce a common transcript,
and are usually associated with separate physical locations.
Currently we are using only one campus code of “Main.” |
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Academic Organization (departments): Defines how an institution
is organized from an administrative perspective. The Academic
Organization information is used to create a Tree Manager.
The tree controls security levels and access to certain
PeopleSoft functions and panels. |
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Subjects: An academic subject is a specific area of instruction
within an Academic Organization. For example, if the course
is MATH 165, Math is the subject area. This is tied back
to the Academic Organization Tree (department). Academic
subjects are also linked to the course catalog. |
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Catalog: Before the course catalog is developed, the institution
codes, academic groups, subjects, campuses, academic organization,
and academic career must be defined. The course catalog
panel group contains panels that specify everything you
need to enter for a course: the definition, number of credits,
contact hours, topics, prerequisites, etc. The course catalog
information provides the template for scheduling classes.
The information entered rolls forward to the class schedule. |
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Schedule of Classes: The class schedule is generated using
information from the course catalog. PeopleSoft will allow
you to roll classes from term to term, add new courses
to the schedule, and revise those already scheduled. Creating
the schedule includes Terms and Sessions. Term is defined
as the approved start and end date of the semester with
a career. Sessions are created within a term for the start
and end dates of courses. Each term is associated with
an academic year. |
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Term: The term is defined as the start and end date of the
semester. These dates are approved by the North Dakota
State Board of Higher Education and affect financial aid,
enrollment verifications, and other academic and financial
processes. |
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Sessions: Sessions are created within a term and may have different
start and end dates from the term. Academic dates, such
as last day to add or to drop, and refund dates are determined
by the session. Each course must be attached to a session
and a term. |
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University
of North Dakota
