Academic Terms

When building this file, consider how your academic year runs (Fall to Summer? Summer to Spring?) and which terms need to be accessible to your users.

TermIdentifier Source

The term identifiers defined in this file are used to assign sections to the terms in which they occur. These identifiers MUST be present in the SIS in a way that can be mapped to sections. When building the Academic Terms file, assess which identifiers are used on the tables that define sections. 

Levels and Parentage

Because this file establishes a hierarchical structure, each term must have a parent identifier linking it to the annual term or semester to which it belongs. Each level of the hierarchy also has a type, defined by an enumerated value as listed in the data dictionary. Only Annual type terms should have a blank ParentIdentifier. Child terms should have begin and end dates that fall within the dates of the parent term.