An area of study--such as a major, minor, or certificate--that is within an academic career.

An academic subplan distinguishes a strand of activity within an academic plan or type of major. Can be a named option (OPT), honors (HON), or a track (TRK) associated in a plan code.

The action of an appointing authority to place a person in a position within the agency (UW-Madison) in accordance with the law and the Rules of the Administrator, Division of Merit Recruitment and Selection (DMRS). An appointment is effective when the employee reports for work or is in paid leave status on the agreed starting date and time.

This is simply a unique student identifier (10 digits). It may occasionally change at the student's request. It is not the same as ID in the Student Information System (SIS) or ID in the Human Resources System (HRS).

A broad grouping of students related to their degree objectives and admitting office. Used for tuition charges, awarding financial aid, grading scales and other operational functions.

The full-time annual pay rate, full-time academic-year pay rate or hourly pay rate.

A two-character numeric designation for each department (academic or budgetary) within a Division (UDDS). Department is the fourth and fifth characters of a UDDS.

SIS personal identifier. It is also called a "student Empl ID." The ID will never be changed throughout the individual's relationship with the University. This is not the same as Campus ID. This is not the same as HR ID or the ID field from HRS or the Empl ID from HRS.

Non-immigrant visitors who come to the United States temporarily to take classes.

A five-character code that identifies the employee's job classification/title. For University Staff and student hourly positions it's a numeric code. Unclassified positions have alpha-numeric codes.

Defines how compensation is structured. Values may be: Annual (A); Academic (C); Hourly (H); Lump (L); No Pay Basis (N); Summer Session (S); Summer Service (V).

Supervisory organizations (Sup Orgs) group workers based on organizational reporting relationships. Supervisory organizations report to one another to form the Supervisory Organization Hierarchy. Each Supervisory Organization has exactly one superior (parent) organization and exactly one supervisor role.

A non-unique long name that describes one or more supervisory organizations.  Examples: “Pathology and Laboratory Medicine”, “Administration”.

A period of instruction: Fall, Spring, or Summer.