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Academic Calendar

Contains cancel, withdrawal, and drop deadlines along with other landmark dates. Dates can be static or dynamically calculated and are associated with the term and/or session.

Academic Career

Grouping of academic work within a level of study. Also can be considered all course work undertaken by a student which can be grouped together in a single student record. Also known as Career.

Academic Group

Individual College, School or general academic division within the institution. Used to group academic programs and courses.

Academic Institution

Independent university or college having its own set of rules and business processes. This will always be University at Buffalo (UBFLO).

Academic Organization

Administrative perspective of how the institution is organized to deliver its curriculum. Units responsible for programs, plans, and/or courses.

Academic Plan

Represents a student’s area of study and is linked to an academic program or career. May also be considered student major, minor or specialization. The plan contains both the major and the degree. Also known as Plan.

Academic Program

Broad course of study or instructional track to which a student is admitted and from which he obtains a degree. Business rules for level/load, academic calendar, grading scheme, academic standing, honors & awards, enrollment limits are associated at this level by individual program. Also known as Program.

Academic Structure

A group of tables that defines how programs (including degrees, majors, specializations, and concentrations) are organized.

Academic Sub Plan

An area of further specialization or emphasis linked to a specific Academic Plan. Also known as Sub Plan.

Academic Subject

Specific areas of instruction in which courses are offered.

Access (Instructor)

Field indicates what ability instructor has to grade—grade, approve or post.

Account Nbr (Course)

Identifies the account number to which the course is assigned.

Action Date

The date that the information was updated to the system.

Action Reason

Indicates why a particular program action was taken, or offers further description of the program action.

Admit Term

Administrative time period to which students apply and are admitted, students are enrolled and billed, financial aid processed, and academic statistics accumulate. The term code uses the following logic: 1st Digit = Century; 2nd and 3rd Digits = Year; 4th Digit = Term (1 = Spring; 6 = Summer; 9 = Fall)

Admit Type

Means of differentiating between types of applicants.

Application Center

The office that will be processing the application.

Application Number

A number assigned by the system when an application is added.

Assignment - Instructor ID

Name and UB ID, Identifies the specific individual faculty member assigned to teach the course. Do NOT use the magnifying glass to search as it will become locked. Better to look it up from another source.

Associated Class

Identifies the relationship between multiple components of the same course.

Auto Populate

Once a specific field is filled in, tabbing out of that field will cause other specific fields in that section to automatically fill in as well.

Billing Careers

If a student is actively simultaneously in multiple careers, some of these careers may be grouped for billing purposes under the name of one of the careers. This one career is called the billing career.

Business Unit

Framework controlling all processing within the Student Financials (SF) application.

Campus

A separate, physical administrative unit associated with an academic institution. Used to indicate where courses are scheduled. (See also: Location)

Career

Grouping of academic work within a level of study. Also can be considered all course work undertaken by a student which can be grouped together in a single student record. Also known as Academic Career.

Checklist

Review or create checklists for an individual or organization. Checklists may be lists of steps that must be performed, or documents that must be provided, or communications that are planned to occur. Used to track applications, organize recruitment mailings, and generate communication items for students.

Checklist Item

An object or task that represents one of the entries on a list of documents to compile or jobs to be done.

Class

Specific instance of the time, place and term of a course. A class may have several components: lecture, lab, tutorial.

Class Type

Determines if the student can enroll directly in the section (Enrollment) or must select the class section as part of a chained class or will be auto enrolled in the class (non enrollment).

Combined Sections

Link present for two classes that are taught in the same time and the same room; should link to a table with details of classes.

Comment

Review or enter comments about an individual or organization.

Communications Record

Review or create communications for an individual or organization. Provides a record of letters, phone calls, meetings, emails, and faxes.

Component

Identifies the different structure of a course (i.e., lecture, lab, seminar, or tutorial). Components are defined at the catalog level and define the course type associated with the class section. These values reflect SUNY reporting needs.

Course

Unit record that represents instructional content and level of the material being taught, structure for reporting, and credit awarded for successful completion.

Course Catalog

A list of all courses that are or have been offered at each campus, with descriptions and all other course details.

Course ID

Master course identification number automatically assigned by the system. Course IDs always remain with the course, even if the course is renumbered.

Course Topic ID

Unique number utilized to select the subtitle of the Topic. If chosen Course Topic Name should be displayed—APS will select. If topic ID indicated should than allow indicator to print topic title which should also be displayed.

Degree

Award for which a student is enrolled.

Dynamic Class Dates

Classes that begin and end at various times throughout a session will have cancel, withdrawal, drop, and other default dates calculated.

Dynamic Date Calc Required

Identifies classes for which the session is less than the standards created and therefore uses the system dynamic dating utility.

Effective Date

The date on which a value, description, or record becomes current. Depending on the type of information, the current record is based on the current date or the Term Begin Date/Last Term Activate dated defined for a term. Allows the tracking of changes over time by recording the date each change becomes effective. This allows for the entry of future-dated changes, and the ability to view changes to a record over time.

EMPL ID

Unique identifier for each individual in HUB. Also appears as ID on some screens.

Enrollment Appointment

Date and time when a student or group of students can begin registering in the courses for a term.

Enrollment Capacity

Field that reflects maximum enrollment for a course.

Enrollment Status

Field reflects whether class is open for enrollment or not.

External Education

Any education that is external to UB.

Facility ID

The specific building and room in which a class is held.

Faculty Center

Self-service component where faculty manage class, student, and advisee related activities.

Free Form Text (Course)

Class notes delineated by departments each semester.

Fund Source (Course)

Identifies the funding source for a course—example state or IFR.

Grading Schemes

Institutional rules used for assigning and converting grades. Each career will maintain its own grading schemes. Grading schemes include the various grading bases assigned to individual courses and a collection of the individual grades.

Holiday Schedule

Identifies the holiday schedule that applies to the class.

ID

Unique identifier for each individual in HUB. Also appears as EMPL ID on some screens.

Instruction Mode

Identifies the method of delivery for the class. These values have been reviewed with IR for SUNY reporting purposes.

Instructor ID and Name

Indicates faculty UB ID number and name.

Instructor Role

Role that the faculty member has in course instruction: primary, TA or other.

Level Load

Rules to define the academic level of a student and their associated course load.

Location

Used to provide more detail regarding where a class is offered.

Location

In External Organizations, locations are used to track one or more addresses for an external orgnanization for mailing or contact information.

Milestones

Designed to record and track important requirements that must be completed by a student during their program of study. Milestones are non-course requirements and may appear on the transcript. Milestones are used when credit is not given, but when it is necessary to record the completion, such as foreign language exemption, math placement, or teacher certification.

Person Record

Data in UBSIS that uniquely identifies a person. Includes information that identifies a person, such as: name, birth date, citizenship, gender, ethnicity, address, and telephone number. Each person only has one person record in HUB.

Plan

Represents a student’s area of study and is linked to an academic program or career. May also be considered student major, minor or specialization. The plan contains both the major and the degree. Also known as Academic Plan.

Planner

A registration preparation option. The student can add classes to their Planner and add them to their schedule once their enrollment appointment opens.

Print (Instructor)

Field indicates whether to include faculty name in printed versions of the course schedule.

Print Topic

Includes topic title for the term for the class.

Program

Broad course of study or instructional track to which a student is admitted and from which he obtains a degree. Business rules for level/load, academic calendar, grading scheme, academic standing, honors & awards, enrollment limits are associated at this level by individual program. Also known as Academic Program.

Program Action—Admissions

Indicates the stage of where the student is in the Admissions cycle.

Program Action Reason—Admissions

Used in conjunction with the Program Actions to identify the reason that a student has been moved to that stage in the Admissions cycle.

Recruiting Category

A way to group applicants into different categories for purposes of recruiting them. This field will not follow an applicant when they become a student.

Recruiting Center

The office responsible for recruiting the prospect/applicant.

Requisites

Course restrictions, pre-requisites, co-requisites, and anti-requisites.

Reserve capacities

Blocks of seats reserved for specific groups of students for specific periods of time. Start Date, Requirement Group and Cap Enrl number – Identifies the plan (major) for which seats are reserved in legacy by start date—beginning of enrollment, the group, and the number of seats by section.

Service Indicator

An indicator on a student record that may restrict services or communicate something about the student. Easily visible to students and staff. Negative—an indicator on the system that restricts student access to one or more services (i.e.; enrolling in classes, requesting transcripts, etc.) and is easily visible to staff.

Session

Instructional time periods within a term used for scheduling purposes.

Set ID

Used throughout HUB as an alias for an academic institution or Student Financials business unit. This enables institutions to share common codes, structures, and facilities.

Student Center

A self-service component where students manage their school-related activities.

Student Group

A way to identify an applicant or student into a special group. This field does follow the applicant when they become a student.

Student Services Center

The online place for faculty/staff to see what the student is seeing when the student logs into the Student Center.

Sub Plan

An area of further specialization or emphasis linked to a specific Academic Plan. Also known as Academic Sub Plan.

Sync Attendance with Class Mtg

Identifies feature for class attendance to be based on class meeting.

Term

Administrative time period to which students apply and are admitted, students are enrolled and billed, financial aid processed, and academic statistics accumulate. The term code uses the following logic: 1st Digit = Century; 2nd and 3rd Digits = Year; 4th Digit = Term (1 = Spring; 6 = Summer; 9 = Fall).

Test Results

All test scores for an applicant.

Total for Enrollment Capacity

Field that reflects actual enrollment for the class.