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The academic term in which an academic award was granted.

School or college of the academic award. In general, each academic award is associated with a unique academic plan, and each academic plan is part of a unique academic program, and every academic program is associated with a unique school or college. "MSN"/"UW-Madison" is used when an academic award has no school or college associated with it (such as an individualized major or special graduate committee award) or for an additional major.

An academic calendar year consists of a sequential fall, spring, and summer terms.  For example, the 2021-2022 academic calendar year includes fall 2021, spring 2022 and summer 2022.  The academic calendar year is defined by the UW-Madison Faculty's Academic Calendar, governed by FPP (https://secfac.wisc.edu/academic-calendar/).

Note: This term for “academic calendar year” was created for catalog purposes to align with the UW Madison curriculum. As a rule of thumb, institutional reporting follows the student and academic-related processes that mainly operate on a summer/fall/spring cycle (i.e. [[academic year (Su,Fa,Sp)]].

A code associated with a course in the course catalog.

The UW-Madison Academic Calendar Year and Term that determines the version of the curriculum (and set of Degree Requirements) that applies to a student. A student’s Catalog Year and Term is determined by rules set by the School/College offering the degree program. Different Catalog Year and Terms may apply to different Degree Requirements, subject to School/College policy. For instance, the Catalog Year and Term for an undergraduate student’s General Education Requirements may be determined by matriculation to any institution of higher learning, whereas the Catalog Year and Term for Major Requirements may be determined by the declaration date of the Major.

A course which is offered under multiple course subjects.

A curricular condition for completing a Degree. Requirements may be classified as General Education Requirements, Major Requirements, etc. according to their roles within the Degree.

The Last Catalog Year and Term in which a Degree Requirement applies.

A curricular condition for completing a Degree Requirement.

The four divisions established on the basis of related subjects of teaching and research and are independent of colleges, schools, and departments, and include: Biological Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences.

The admissions status of the student in the academic career matriculation term. For example, FYR/First Year Student (applies to UGRD careers only), NEW/New to career (does not apply to UGRD careers), RAD/Readmitted to career, RET/Re-admitted with transfer work (applies to UGRD careers only), TRF/Transfer (does not apply to Grad and Special students).

A grouping of courses, approved by faculty governance, within related academic areas.

Elapsed Calendar Time to Degree in years from academic career matriculation term start date to degree completion term conferral date. This is displayed to three decimal places.

The number of years an undergraduate student has been enrolled at UW-Madison as a degree seeking student. Two Fall/Spring terms comprise one year, with a Summer Term enrollments counted as being in the previous Spring Term. Unlike "Fall and Spring Term Count", this assigns a Year count to every term in which a student was enrolled.