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MIT Data Warehouse GRADUATE AWARDING DEPARTMENT Table


The dimension table consists of all the academic departments and their schools at MIT. Limit on the awarding department fields in this table, and join it to the GRADUATE AWARD TERM DETAIL table for graduate awards that are awarded by the specific department.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

AWARDING_DEPARTMENT

A code indicating the Department or Department Office that entered the graduate award. Valid values include: GSO=Graduate Education Office 1=Civil Engineering 2=Mechanical Engineering 3=Materials Engineering TOX=Toxicology NOTE: This is the department that entered the award. It does NOT necessarily mean the student is enrolled in this department. This IS the Department to contact to make any corrections on MITSIS, however.

VARCHAR2

4

AWARDING_DEPARTMENT_KEY

The key identifying a unique entry in the GRADUATE AWARDING DEPARTMENT table. Use this key to join to the GRADUATE AWARD TERM DETAIL TABLE for graduate awards data. This field is not used for reporting

VARCHAR2

4

AWARDING_DEPARTMENT_NAME

Name of the awarding department of graduate student financial awards

VARCHAR2

30

SCHOOL_NAME

The descriptive text for SCHOOL_CODE.

VARCHAR2

30

SIS_DEPT_BUDGET_CODE

XXX

VARCHAR2

6

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

The date the record was loaded into the Data Warehouse from the source system.

DATE

8