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MIT Data Warehouse UROP STUDENT Table


This is a dimension table used in the UROP Project Star. It contains the MIT ID, full name, gender, and enrollment information (year, course of major, home department) of students who have participated in an UROP project. There is one record per student per UROP term. Enrollment information is term based. Enrollment information for special UROP terms, "FJ" and "JS", are retrieved from the academic terms "FA" and "SP" respectively.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

ALTERNATE_STUDENT_ID

Alternate student ID for Wellesley or CMI students.

VARCHAR2

9

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_2

Identifies the secondary program or course of major the student is enrolled in for the term. Examples: "6 3", "18", "15 M".

VARCHAR2

9

COURSE_3

Identifies the third program or course of major the student is enrolled in for the term. Examples: "6 3", "18", "15 M".

VARCHAR2

12

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

COURSE_DESCRIPTION_2

Descriptions for the second program or course of major.

VARCHAR2

30

COURSE_DESCRIPTION_3

Descriptions for the third program or course of major.

VARCHAR2

30

ENROLLMENT_KEY

Use this field to join the STUDENT TERM ENROLLMENT table with another student table which contains the same-name KEY field. This field should only be used for joining tables, not for reporting.

VARCHAR2

15

FULL_NAME

The full name of the person.

VARCHAR2

90

GENDER

The person's gender.

VARCHAR2

30

HOME_DEPARTMENT

The home (major) department of a person.

VARCHAR2

4

IS_ATTENDED

"Y" indicates that the student attended at least some part of the current term. "N" indicates that the student never attended this term. In the FINAID AID APPLICANT and FINAID APPLICANT tables, "Y" indicates that the student has attended at least partially in any one of the three terms (in this order: Spring, Fall, Summer) of the aid year. "N" indicates that the student has not attended in any one of the three terms of the aid year.

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_ELIGIBLE_TO_REG

A flag indicates whether the student is eligible to register for the current academic year: Y (Yes), N (No)

VARCHAR2

1

IS_REGISTERED

"Y" indicates that the student is currently registered. "N" indicates that the student is not currently registered. In the FINAID AID APPLICANT and FINAID APPLICANT tables, a "Y" in this field indicates that the student has registered for any one of the terms (in this order: Spring, Fall, Summer) of the aid year. "N" indicates that the student has not registered in any one of the three terms of the aid year.

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

SCHOOL_NAME

The descriptive text for SCHOOL_CODE.

VARCHAR2

30

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

UROP_STUDENT_KEY

Use this field to join together UROP PROJECT DETAIL and UROP STUDENT tables.

VARCHAR2

15

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

8