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Description
A code which indicates the standard time in which the requirements of a course could be completed were it to be undertaken on a part-time basis.
Details
| Version: | 1.0 |
|---|---|
| First year: | 1989 |
| Last year: | 1993 |
| Field name: | STANDARD-TIME-PT |
| Element name: | Standard Course Completion time - part-time |
Code format:
| Data Type: | Character |
|---|---|
| Units: | Numeric, right justified, with a leading zeros if needed |
| Width: | 2 |
Classification
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 01 | Course not offered on a part‑time basis |
Standard time for completion, were the course to be undertaken on a part‑time basis:
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 10 | one academic year or less than one academic year in length |
| 11 | more than one and less than two academic years in length |
| 20 | two academic years in length |
| 21 | more than two and less than tree academic years in length |
| 30 | three academic years in length |
| 31 | more than three and less than four academic years in length |
| 40 | four academic years in length |
| 41 | more than four and les than five academic years in length |
| 50 | five academic years in length |
| 51 | more than five and less than six academic years in length |
| 60 | six academic years in length |
| 61 | more than six and less than seven academic years in length |
| 70 | seven academic years in length |
| 71 | more than seven and less than eight academic years in length |
| 80 | eight academic years in length |
| 81 | more than eight and less than seven academic years in length |
| 90 | nine academic years in length |
| 91 | more than nine and less than ten academic years in length |
| 95 | ten or more academic years in length |
Coding notes
Academic years refer to periods of time which may or may not start or finish at the beginning or end of academic years or semesters.
A course leading to a combined or multiple awards should be split into its award components and treated as two or more courses for the purposes of determining the standard course completion time. The standard course completion time would ten be the standard time in which an institution expects a student to complete each component course of the combined course. However, where a student is undertaking a course for which another course was a pre‑requisite, then the length of the first course should not be included as part of the standard course completion time.
Where a course is offered as a part‑time course for some stages of the course and full‑time for other stages, then it is not to be coded as 01. The specific code assigned will reflect a theoretical standard time, calculated as if all stages were to be offered on a part‑time basis.