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MIT Data Warehouse SUBJECT OFFERED SUMMARY Table


Contains all enrollable offered subjects in each academic term, since Fall Term of 1994-95 (1995FA), as maintained on MITSIS. Data items include master subject number, subject number, subject title, offer department, and number of units. There is one record for a subject in an academic term. The table does not contain any section information.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

CLUSTER_ENROLLMENT_NUMBER

Number of students registered in the cluster which contains 2 or more subjects. (Eg. 7.02, 10.702; 4.252, 11.201; 6.580, 20.305, 20.405; 2.050, 12.006, 18.353.)

NUMBER

5

CLUSTER_LIST

A list that contains all the subjects in a cluster group. Cluster groups include subjects that are joint or meet together. For example, 7.02 and 10.702 are subjects in a cluster. So are: 7.10, 20.111; 6.265, 15.070; 2.111, 8.411, 18.435; etc.

VARCHAR2

3000

CLUSTER_TYPE

The type of a cluster subject. Valid cluster_type are: J (joint subjects), M (subjects that meet together), S (SWE - School-Wide Electives)

VARCHAR2

1

CLUSTER_TYPE_DESC

The description of a cluster type

VARCHAR2

30

COMPOSITE_SUBJECT_KEY

XXX

VARCHAR2

14

COURSE_NUMBER

Course number or first part of the Subject ID (such as 6, 15, 18, 21W).

VARCHAR2

3

HGN_CODE

Code indentifies whether the subject can be taken at a graduate level: H (Higher level graduate program), G (Graduate program), N (Not for Graduate Credit).

VARCHAR2

1

HGN_CODE_DESC

Descriptive text for HGN_CODE which identifies whether the subject can be taken at a graduate level. H=Highler level graduate program; G=Graduate program; N=Not for graduate credit.

VARCHAR2

30

LAB_UNITS

The number of credit units assigned for laboratory, design, or fieldwork of a subject

NUMBER

2

LECTURE_UNITS

The number of credit units assigned for lecture and recitation of a subject.

NUMBER

2

MASTER_SUBJECT_ID

The subject ID of a cluster subject group that indicates the administrative home of the subject. Cluster groups include joint, meets-with, and School-Wide Elective subjects. For example, 15.070 and 6.265 "Adv Stochastic Processes" are two joint subjects, Master Subject ID of these two subjects is 15.070 as Course 15 (Sloan School of Management) is the home department of this subject.

VARCHAR2

8

MASTER_SUBJECT_ID_SORT

This field is used for sorting the Master Subject ID in numeric order.

VARCHAR2

8

NUM_ENROLLED_STUDENTS

Number of students enrolled in the section of the subject

NUMBER

5

OFFER_DEPT_CODE

The academic department which offers the subject/course

VARCHAR2

4

OFFER_DEPT_NAME

The name of the academic department which offers the subject/course

VARCHAR2

30

OFFER_SCHOOL_NAME

The school, for example "Architecture and Planning", which offers the subject.

VARCHAR2

30

PREPARATION_UNITS

The number of credit units assigned for preparatory work for a lecture of a subject.

NUMBER

2

RESPONSIBLE_FACULTY_MIT_ID

MIT ID of a faculty member/administrator who is responsible for the subject/class.

VARCHAR2

9

RESPONSIBLE_FACULTY_NAME

The name of a faculty member/administrator who is responsible for the subject/class

VARCHAR2

60

SUBJECT_ENROLLMENT_NUMBER

Number of students registered in the subject, regardless of which section(s) the students are sectioned in.

NUMBER

5

SUBJECT_GROUPING_KEY

Use this field to join together the Subject Grouping, Subject, Subject Enrollment tables.

VARCHAR2

32

SUBJECT_ID

The subject ID (eg.18.01, 15.012, 21W.731)

VARCHAR2

8

SUBJECT_ID_SORT

This field is used for sorting the Subject ID in numeric order.

VARCHAR2

8

SUBJECT_OFFERED_SUMMARY_KEY

Use this field to join together the Subject and Subject Enrollment tables.

VARCHAR2

14

SUBJECT_SUMMARY_KEY

Use this field to join together the Subject and Subject Enrollment tables.

VARCHAR2

14

SUBJECT_TITLE

The title of the subject

VARCHAR2

100

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

TOTAL_UNITS

Total number of credit units of a subject.

NUMBER

2

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8