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HESA Student Record 2007/08 - Credit value of module

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HESA Student Record 2007/08

Fields required from institutions in England

Credit value of module


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Short nameCRDTPTS
Typefield
Description

This field indicates the number of credit points a student gains on successful completion of the module.

Applicable toEngland Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Coverage

All modules

Base data typexs:nonNegativeInteger
Field length3
Part of
Minimum occurrences1
Maximum occurrences1
Related fields
Reason required

To identify and monitor the use of credit transfer schemes and to monitor the actual flow of credits.

Notes

Institutions in England and Northern Ireland may use code 999 as a default for all programmes of study, and it is suggested that this default is used for schemes coded 7 or 8 in Module.CRDTSCM.

Institutions in Wales cannot use code 999.

Fractional credit points should be rounded to the nearest whole number.

The length of this field is 3 characters, however the move to XML enables data to be returned with or without leading zeros, e.g. 003 or 3.

OwnerHESA
Version1.5
Date modified2008-05-30
Change management notesCoverage amended to state that it covers all modules, and guidance added on the format for numeric data
Business rules
1(Error)

Module.CRDTPTS must be coded 999 where Module.CRDTSCM = 9

2(Error)

Module.CRDTPTS cannot be coded 999 where Welsh institution

3(Warning)

Module.CRDTPTS should be coded 999 where English or Northern Irish institution and Module.CRDTSCM = 7 or 8

4(Warning)

Module.CRDTPTS should contain a value greater than 0

Schema components
Element: CRDTPTS

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