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Description
A code which identifies whether a student had commenced and/or completed a Bachelor's degree course; and the last year in which the student was enrolled in such a course.
Details
| Version: | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| First year: | 2000 |
| Last year: | 2004 |
| Field name: | PRIOR-DEGREE |
| Element name: | Prior degree course; year |
Code format:
| Data Type: | Character |
|---|---|
| Units: | Code (numeric), right justified, with leading zeros if needed |
| Width: | 5 |
Classification
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 00000 | Overseas student |
| 00100 | Domestic student but not a commencing student |
A commencing domestic student who for a Bachelor's degree course:
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 10000 | never commenced |
| 2YYYY | commenced but not completed all the requirements and the last year of enrolment in such a course was YYYY |
| 3YYYY | completed all the requirements and the last year of enrolment in such a course was YYYY |
| 99999 | no information on such a course |
Coding notes
YYYY is replaced by the last year in which the student was enrolled in a prior degree course. If no information is available for year, code as "29999" or "39999".
If data are reported for-overseas students, DESTPAC will identify such students using Element 358 (Citizen/resident indicator) and will ignore the data during edit validations and the data for them will be re‑coded as "00000" when data are loaded to DEST's database.
*If data other than "00100" are reported for non‑commencing domestic students, DESTPAC will ignore the data during edit validations.