RADAR

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

An academic year consists of sequential summer, fall, and spring terms. For example, the 2021-22 academic years includes summer 2021, fall 2021, and spring 2022.

Recommendation by an academic department to the Graduate School to admit a graduate applicant. Valid department reason codes in the Graduate School application system are G60 (full admission), G61 (admission on probation), G63 (master's only admission), G65 (admission with deficiencies), and G66 (admission on probation with deficiencies).

Applicants may also be counted as admits if they are approved for admission by the Graduate School Office of Admissions. Valid Graduate School action reason codes are G11 (admit-full standing), G13 (admit-missing final transcript), G17 (admit on probation), and G18 (temporary admit on probation).

Advanced Opportunity Fellowships (AOF) are intended to support the recruitment and retention of highly qualified underrepresented students in UW–Madison graduate programs. Graduate program applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and who meet at least one of the following basic criteria are flagged in the Graduate Application system as eligible to receive the AOF:

1. McNair students: students who participated in a Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program; OR
2. Students from the following racial/ethnic groups: a) African American or Black; b) American Indian or Alaskan Native; c) Hispanic/Latino; d) Cambodian, Vietnamese, Laotian, or Hmong; e) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; OR
3. Economically disadvantaged students: a) first-generation college students who participated in one of the following TRIO programs: Upward Bound, Talent Search, Educational Opportunities Centers, or Student Support Services; b) first-generation college students who graduated from the PEOPLE Program; or c) UW–Madison bachelor's degree recipients who were in the FASTrack or BANNER programs.

Students who do not meet any of the above criteria may still be nominated for the fellowship by their academic program. Nominations are judged on a case by case basis.

An individual who has submitted an application to be considered for admission.

Point-in-time designation based upon an applicant's progression through the admissions process. Examples include but are not limited to 'Applied', 'Admitted', 'Matriculated', 'Enrolled', etc.

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 applicant’s citizenship status.

The type of award granted to a student who graduates in a given plan code.

Valid Values:

Bachelor's
Master's

Specialist
Research Doctorate
Clinical Doctorate

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.

City of applicant’s home address.

Country code of applicant’s mailing address.

State of applicant’s home address.

ZIP code of applicant’s home address.

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 binary "Male" or "Female" gender, based on what the individual has reported to the University.

A named option is a formally documented sub-major within an academic major program.

A student in the first term of an academic plan.  New enrollments may be either new to a career or entering a new academic plan within a career. 

Tuition that directly supports an organizational unit instead of being combined with other revenues for general support of the institution.

A code representing an approved academic offering such as a major, minor, or certificate within an academic career and program.

A group of academic plans that share characteristics within an academic group. Academic program code controls administrative functions such as min credits, max credits, tuition rates, academic standing, grading schemes, full-time/part-time standing, financial aid primacy number.

The methodology specified by the federal government for classifying individuals' self-reported race/ethnicity into a single race/ethnicity category. An individual who self-reports as Hispanic ethnicity is classified as Hispanic even if other racial identities are provided. Individuals who do not self-report as Hispanic are classified in their single race category if only one race was provided, or in a "2 or more races" category if more than one race is provided. Student race/ethnicity only applies to domestic (non-international) students.

Indicates the school/college that has ownership of the academic plan.

Any person who is enrolled for study at UW-Madison for a specified academic period.

Student's preferred name (Last, First, Middle). Prior to the fall of 2014 it shows the primary/legal name.

A code representing an approved curricular path option within an academic plan.

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

Indicates whether a student is a continuing, readmitted, reentry/transfer, new freshman, new transfer, or other new student in that term, except students who start as new freshmen in summer are shown as new freshmen in the following fall too, if enrolled.

A domestic (non-international) student who identifies, alone or in combination with other racial/ethnic categories, as African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic/Latino(a), Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or one or more of the following Asian subcategories (Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, or Vietnamese).