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MIT Data Warehouse WTW OLD SUBJECT SECTION Table


This is a dimension table used in the OLD Who-is-Teaching-What data model. The table contains information about the subjects and sections for the teaching data. There is one record per academic term per subject per section in this table.


Field Name

Description

Data Type

Length

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

600

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

4

CLUSTER_TYPE_DESC

The description of a cluster type

VARCHAR2

120

DEPARTMENT_CODE

Code identifying an academic department, eg. 18 for "Mathematics", 6 for "Electrical Eng & Computer Sci". In the Alumni's tables, the department codes used are different from those used in MITSIS.

VARCHAR2

16

DEPARTMENT_NAME

The name of the department, school, center, or lab.

VARCHAR2

120

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

32

MASTER_SUBJECT_ID_SORT

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

VARCHAR2

32

MEET_PLACE

Place (classroom) where the section/class of this subject meets

VARCHAR2

60

MEET_TIME

Scheduled times when the section/class of this subject meets

VARCHAR2

120

SCHOOL_CODE

The school code for Schools at MIT, eg.: E (School of Engineering), S (Science) H (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences), M (Management)

VARCHAR2

8

SCHOOL_NAME

The descriptive text for SCHOOL_CODE.

VARCHAR2

120

SECTION_ENROLLMENT_NUMBER

Number of students registered in the specific section(s) of a subject.

VARCHAR2

40

SECTION_NAME

Description associated with the Section Code.

VARCHAR2

12

SUBJECT_ID

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

VARCHAR2

32

SUBJECT_ID_SORT

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

VARCHAR2

32

SUBJECT_TITLE

The title of the subject

VARCHAR2

240

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

24

WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE

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

DATE

WTW_OLD_SUBJECT_SECTION_KEY

Use this field to join together tables WTW_OLD_TEACHING_DETAIL and WTW_OLD_SUBJECT_SECTION to get the information about the subjects and sections for the teaching or instructor role data in the OLD Who-is-Teaching-What data model.

VARCHAR2

64

WTW_SUBJECT_GROUPING_KEY

Use this field to join together tables WTW_SUBJECT_SECTION and WTW_SUBJECT_GROUPING to pick up all the subjects (regardless of departments) in a cluster. Example: 7.02, 10.702; 7.10, 20.111, 4.252, 11.201.

VARCHAR2

128

WTW_SUBJECT_SUMMARY_KEY

Use this field to join together tables WTW_SUBJECT_SECTION and WTW_SUBJECT_SUMMARY. WTW_SUBJECT_SUMMARY contains data items specific to the subjects (ie. at subject level) that do not exist in WTW_SUBJECT_SECTION.

VARCHAR2

56