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MIT Data Warehouse STUDENT DEGREE CANDIDATE Table


This table contains MIT degree candidates and applicants for the upcoming degree-award term.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

DEGREE_AWARD_DATE

Date the degree was awarded (date of the Corporation vote).

DATE

8

DEGREE_AWARD_TERM

The term code (eg. 2002SP, 2003SP) represents the academic term when the student was awarded a degree or is expected to receive a degree (for STUDENT DEGREE CANDIDATE).

VARCHAR2

6

DEGREE_COURSE

The full description of the department (Course of major) under which the degree was awarded or is expected (for STUDENT DEGREE CANDIDATE).

VARCHAR2

100

DEGREE_DEPARTMENT

The department (Course of major) under which the degree was awarded or is expected (for STUDENT DEGREE CANDIDATE).

VARCHAR2

4

DEGREE_DEPARTMENT_DESC

The full description of the department (including both courses of major and minor) under which the degree was awarded.

VARCHAR2

100

DEGREE_DESC

The full description of the degree type

VARCHAR2

160

DEGREE_STATUS

Description of degree status.

VARCHAR2

2

DEGREE_TYPE

The type of degree, eg.: SB, SM, PHD

VARCHAR2

3

DEGREE_TYPE_DESC

Description of Degree Type (eg. SB, PHD, SM, MBA)

VARCHAR2

40

DEPT_NAME_IN_COMMENCEMENT_BK

XXX

VARCHAR2

80

FULL_NAME

The full name of the person.

VARCHAR2

90

IS_DEGREES_CONFIDENTIAL

A "Y" or "S" in this field indicates that the student wants his/her degree information kept confidential.

VARCHAR2

1

IS_DOUBLE_MAJOR

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

VARCHAR2

1

IS_PRIMARY_COURSE_OF_MAJOR

'Y' indicates that this is the student's primary course of major. 'N' otherwise

VARCHAR2

1

MIT_ID

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

VARCHAR2

9

RECORD_COUNTER

Used to count records within a group on a report. Always contains a value of 1.

NUMBER

1

SCHOOL_NAME_IN_COMMENCEMENT_BK

XXX

VARCHAR2

60

THESIS_FIELD

Doctoral dissertation field/title

VARCHAR2

300

THESIS_TITLE

Title of a PhD thesis.

VARCHAR2

300

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8