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MIT Data Warehouse STUDENT ACADEMIC BY TERM Table


This table contains the term GPA and other academic information, with one record per student per academic term.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

COMPLETED_UNITS

Number of units completed

NUMBER

4

COURSE

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

VARCHAR2

9

COURSE_DESCRIPTION

The description of the course or program (eg. "Elec. Eng & Comp Sci" for "6 2", "Management - SM" for "15 M", "Mathematics Doctoral" for "18 D") in which a student is enrolled.

VARCHAR2

30

FULL_NAME

The full name of the person.

VARCHAR2

90

GPA

Grade Point Average

NUMBER

2.1

GPA_2_DECIMALS

Grade Point Average, with 2 decimal places

NUMBER

3.2

HAS_INCOMPLETE_GRADE

XXX

VARCHAR2

1

HAS_MISSING_GRADE

XXX

VARCHAR2

1

HAS_OPEN_GRADE

XXX

VARCHAR2

1

HAS_OX_ABSENCE_EXCUSED_GRADE

XXX

VARCHAR2

1

HOME_DEPT

The primary or home department of a student for the term

VARCHAR2

4

IS_DOUBLE_MAJOR

A "Y" in this field indicates that the student is enrolled pursuing an undergraduate double major. "N" otherwise

VARCHAR2

1

LAST_ACTIVITY_DATE

Date when information in the record was last updated.

DATE

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_TERM_ENROLLMENT_KEY

Use this field to join to the STUDENT TERM ENROLLMENT table

VARCHAR2

15

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

TERM_CODE

** For FINANCIAL DATA: the Term Code identifies the status of the cost collector. Blank - open for charges between start and end dates. Term Code = 1 - Closed. Pre-end date charges allowed. Term Code = 2 - No longer in use. Term Code = 3 - Terminated. Charges not allowed. ** For STUDENT DATA: the Term Code identifies one of the terms in an academic year; for example: 1999FA==>Fall Term of the 1998-99 academic year, and 1999SP==>Spring Term of the 1998-99 academic year.

VARCHAR2

6

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8