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Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

COURSE

The major program (eg. "6 2", "15 M", "18 D") in which the student is enrolled in for the current term.

VARCHAR2

11

GENDER

The person's gender.

VARCHAR2

100

HOME_DEPARTMENT

The home (major) department of a person.

VARCHAR2

6

IS_CURRENT_STUDENT

A flag indicating whether this person in the STUDENT table is considered a current student for the current academic term.

VARCHAR2

1

IS_STUDENT

In the STUDENT and STUDENT_ALL table, this flag indicates whether the person has ever been a student at MIT. In the WTW_INSTRUCTOR and WTW_OLD_INSTRUCTOR tables, this flag indicates whether this instructor was a current student, Y or N, for the specific term. In Payroll Person, indicates whether the person is currently a student, Y or N (i.e., the person may or may not have been a student in a past payroll period).

VARCHAR2

1

KRB_NAME

Kerberos Name

VARCHAR2

8

MIT_ID

MIT ID number of the person. Use this field to join with other tables containing data about people at MIT.

VARCHAR2

9

STUDENT_YEAR

The student's primary year of degree for the current term. Values include 1,2,3,4 (for freshman through senior), G for Graduate, and U for Special Undergraduate. If the student is in the graduate school and also is still an undergraduate student, then this field should always contain a "G". The undergraduate year is then stored in the Undergraduate Year (UG YEAR) field, if applicable.

VARCHAR2

1