Purpose

To enable the creation and maintenance of institution-defined Field of Study and Research Codes.

This form is used to record and maintain the set of institution-defined Fields of Study covering the courses offered by the institution. These may be mapped to the Government Fields of Education (defined in STAF112J) that are reported to DIISRTE. Institution-defined Fields of Study may be historically mapped to the Govt Field of Study codes (defined in STAF1123) that were previously reported to DIISRTE. To allow for a more detailed classification of Fields of study at the institution level, more than one institution-defined Field of Study code can be mapped to the same Government Field of Education code.

The Field of Study block contains:

• Field of Study
• Description
• Govt Field of Education
• Govt Field of Study
• Closed check box

To create a new field of study or research code using the Maintain Fields of Study form:

• Enter Insert Mode
• Enter the desired name (or code) of the field of study or research code in the Field of Study field of a blank record
• Enter a meaningful description for the field of study/research code in the Description field
• Select the appropriate Govt Field of Study/Research Code from the list of values (or key a valid value)
• Save 

Rules/Notes:

New institution-defined Field of Study codes should be mapped to Govt Field of Education codes.

A field of study/research code cannot be mapped to a CLOSED Government field of study/research code. 

Government Field of Eductaion value must be 4 digits in length.

To delete a field of study or research code using the Maintain Fields of Study form:

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

Rules/Notes: 

If a field of study or research code 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.

A CLOSED field of study/research code cannot be re-opened if the Government code to which it is mapped is CLOSED. 

To modify a field of study or research code using the Maintain Fields of Study form:

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

Rules/Notes: 

If a field of study/research code 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 description. A new field of study/research code should normally be created.

A field of study/research code can be closed, preventing any further use, by selecting the Closed check box.