Academic Structure
| Last Updated |
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| 11/21/2024 |
| Description |
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This workbook provides information about academic divisions (schools/colleges), departments, plans, subplans, and curricular subjects as well as a visual overview of UW-Madison's academic structure. |
| Report URL |
| https://tableau.wisconsin.edu/#/views/UW-MadisonsAcademicStructure_0/HomePage?:iid=1 |
| Data Cookbook URL (requires authorization) |
| https://uwmadison.datacookbook.com/institution/reports/34063/versions/68598 |
| Data Domain(s) |
| Academic Planning |
| Access Restrictions |
| Publicly Available |
| Data Source Information |
| InfoAccess |
| Data View Information |
| Acad_structure_plan_fact, acad_plan, acad_car_term, acad_career, acad_department, acad_division, acad_program, acad_structure_subject_fact, acad_subject |
| Update Schedule |
| Data are refreshed nightly. |
| Responsible Office |
| Data, Academic Planning & Institutional Research |
Definitions
| Name | Functional Definition | Data Domains |
|---|---|---|
| Academic Plan | An area of study--such as a major, minor, or certificate--that is within an academic career. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Academic Subplan | An academic subplan distinguishes a strand of activity within an academic plan or type of major. Can be a named option or honors in a major. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Career (Academic Structure) | 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. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Degree Code | A code corresponding to the name of the credential that is awarded upon completion of the plan. See DEGREE_TBL for list of values and descriptions. |
Academic Planning |
| Department (Academic Structure) | An entity approved by academic governance to serve at least one of three academic purposes: serve as the academic home for a plan, serve as the academic home of a subject, or serve as a faculty tenure home. The status of an academic organization as academic owner is established through faculty/shared governance approval process; each plan and subject has one academic organization designated as an academic owner. Academic organizations are tied to the budgetary UDD (A####). |
Academic Planning, Employee Record |
| Department (UDDS) | 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. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Division (Academic) | An academic group of the University, defined in Faculty Policies & Procedures Chapter 3 and led by a dean or director who reports to the provost, that serves as a school, college or like unit. Each academic program code has an academic division assigned. |
Academic Planning |
| Division (UDDS) | A two-character numeric designation for each school/college or non-academic division within a Unit (UDDS). Division is the second and third characters of a UDDS. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Plan Type (Academic Structure) | A code indicating the type of academic plan, related to to the degree or credential awarded to students who complete it. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |
| Subject | A grouping of courses, approved by faculty governance, within related academic areas. |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Subject Code (Academic Structure) | For subjects used by courses offered for UW-Madison for-credit courses (not used for transfer equivalencies or placeholders for study abroad), a unique three digit code identifying each subject listing, used to organize groups of courses in related subject areas or topics. |
Academic Planning |
| Subplan Type (Academic Structure) | A code indicating the type of subplan, related to the degree or credential awarded to students who complete it. OPT = named option, HON = Honors, TRK = Track. |
Academic Planning, Student Record |