Purpose

To enable the recording and maintenance of institution defined Course Categories

This block is used to record and maintain institution defined Course Categories. It provides a means of grouping a diverse set of courses which cannot easily be selected via common attributes, enabling inquiry, reporting and manipulation of courses by category.

Course Categories can be used for specific purposes within the Statistics subsystem. Documentation of this in Statistics Subsystem Data Pre-requisites should be reviewed when setting up this subsystem.

For example, all courses of the institution which include the study of Chinese language could be grouped for the purpose of managing students' academic progression in an institution defined Course Category 'CL - Chinese language'.

The Course Category block contains:

• Course Category
• Description
• Closed check box

The Course Categorisation contains:

• Course Code
• Version Number
• Short Title
• Sector

To create a new Course Category using the Maintain Course Categories form:

• Enter Insert Mode
• Enter the desired name of the category in the Course Category field of a blank record
• Enter a meaningful description for the Course Category in the Description field
• Save

To delete a Course Category using the Maintain Course Categories form:

• Find the record to be deleted
• Locate the cursor in the record to be deleted
• Delete record
• Save

Rules/Notes:

If a Course Category has been used in the definition of a course, it cannot be deleted. It can be closed, preventing any further use, by selecting the Closed check box.

To modify a Course Category using the Maintain Course Categories form:

• Find the record to be modified
• Modify the record as required
• Save

Rules/Notes:

If a Course Category has been used in the definition of a course, only the description can be modified. This is not recommended unless the change in description is minor and does not affect the meaning of the Course Category. A new Course Category should normally be created.

A Course Category can be closed, preventing any further use, by selecting the Closed check box.

To place a course version into a Course Category using the Maintain Course Categories form:

• Ensure that the correct Course Category is selected in the Course Category block
• Navigate to the Course Categorisation block
• Enter Insert mode
• Select the course version from the list of values or key the Course Code in the Course Code field of a blank record. (If the Course Code is keyed and there is more than one active version of the course a list of values will be displayed)
• Save

To delete a course version from a Course Category using the Maintain Course Categories form:

• Find the record to be deleted
• Locate the cursor in the record to be deleted
• Delete record
• Save