Module record 03/04
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03013: Subject area of study 1
Field Information
| Number: | 013 |
| Name: | Subject area of study 1 |
| Abbreviation: | SBJ01 |
| Length: | 4 |
| Status: | Subject area of study 1 compulsory, 2 compulsory if corresponding cost centre 2 completed. |
| Description: | Fields 12 - 17 should be considered as a block of related information. The Subject area of study is an up to four character subject area identifier for the subject areas for the current year of the study programme/course. |
| Notes: | An entry is required for each subject area of study of the module regardless of whether this subject area of study is taught by the reporting institution or not. As a result of the joint UCAS/HESA Subject Code Harmonisation Project, it is intended that at the subject or module level all subjects should be classified within the JACS hierarchical academic subject structure. Therefore the use of JACS codes will be compulsory in completion of Fields in the range 101 - 146 in the HESA Combined Student Record, and Fields 13 and 16 in the HESA Module Record). The generic codes which consist of a subject group and letter and Y000 which can be used in Fields 43 - 46 Subject of qualification aim to describe a truly interdisciplinary programme cannot be used in Fields in the range 101 - 146 in the HESA Combined Student Record, and Fields 13 and 16 in the HESA Module Record. An entry is required for each subject area of study undertaken by the student during the reporting period, regardless of whether this subject area of study is taught by the reporting institution or not. A breakdown at programme of study level will be acceptable for students out on placement or exchange out. Institutions may continue to code to principal subject level only. The extension to field length 4, however, will allow for a full coding if required. For institutions returning in ASCII fixed length format, the field should be padded with trailing spaces (left justified). |
| Example: | See field 12, Cost centre 1, for an example. |
| Reason Required: | To assess the "breadth" of study in, e.g. the first year, and the extent of specialisation in later years. To apportion the numbers of students taking the current year of the course between the different subject areas involved in the course. To obtain numbers of students receiving teaching in certain subject areas (e.g. economics), and whether or not these are the main subjects of the course. |
Valid Entries
| Please refer to the JACS classification of academic subjects |
Validation Rules
| 024277 | This field must be completed. (Severity: 99) |
M_NOTEMPTY | |
| 024283 | This field must contain a valid JACS code. (Severity: 99) |
M_JACSCODE6(JACSCODENORMAL) | |
| 024320 | This field cannot be coded at the generic level (i.e. a letter followed by three zeros, e.g. C000.) (Severity: 99) |
!M_ISFIELDN(uiCurFieldNo,"000",1,3) | |
| 024321 | This field cannot be coded X100. (Severity: 99) |
!M_ISFIELD(uiCurFieldNo,"X100") |
