Insider Access: Catalyst

Academic Structure

Today’s Agenda

• Academic Structure

• NEW Term Coding Convention: CYYT

• NEW Term Values

Navigating Catalyst: Insider Access

• Give current UniverSIS & Financier users a “sneak peek.”• Some system options may change once design and build

phase is complete.

Accessing Catalyst• Catalyst is a web-based application that offers

a portal-like environment.• Launch a web browser to access the system.

Navigating Catalyst: Log In

• Log in using your CLS Username (6 + 2) and Password.

Username

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Academic Structure

Academic Institution Academic Career Academic

Program Academic Plan Sub PlanDefinitionIt is the foundation for all components of the system, representing the institution's physical and logical academic structure.

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DefinitionAn individual university or college, working with the same course catalog and showing on the same transcript. In Catalyst, it’s referred to as:

UCINN

Academic Institution Academic Career Academic

Program Academic Plan Sub Plan

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DefinitionAn academic career represents a body of work undertaken with a specific academic objective in mind and contains characteristics of students, courses, and terms.

Academic Careers

Undergraduate

Graduate

Law

Medicine

Academic Institution

Academic Career Academic

Program Academic Plan Sub Plan

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DefinitionAn academic entity to which a student applies, is accepted, and from which the student graduates.

Academic Institution Academic Career

Academic Program Academic Plan Sub Plan

UniverSISCATALYST

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DefinitionAn academic entity to which a student applies, is accepted, and from which the student graduates.

Academic Institution Academic Career

Academic Program Academic Plan Sub Plan

UniverSISCATALYST

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DefinitionAn area of study within a Career/Program resulting in awards directly associated with the Program.

Academic Institution Academic Career Academic

ProgramAcademic Plan

Sub Plan

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DefinitionAn area of study within a Career/Program resulting in awards directly associated with the Program.

Academic Institution Academic Career Academic

ProgramAcademic Plan

Sub Plan

UniverSISCATALYST

• Major (undergraduate)• Program (graduate)• Minor (undergraduate)• Certificates (by OBR type)• 2nd Major (additional and cross-college)

Plans types

More Plans (majors+)

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DefinitionAn area of emphasis with an academic plan. Not all plans will have sub-plans and students are not required to have one.

Jane, our plant loving UC student!

Career: UndergraduateProgram: 15BAC Baccalaureate seeking degree in

the college of Arts and SciencesPlan: BIOL-BS Major in BiologySub-plan: BIOL-P Specializing in Biology of Plants

Academic Institution Academic Career Academic

Program Academic PlanSub Plan

Other Things to Note:• Other uses for sub-plans will include select “advising”

PASLAs…

• Distance learning will be another sub-plan and sub-plan type

Using McMicken College of Arts & Sciences- Undergraduate Bachelor’s degree

UCINN

Undergraduate

15BAC

Biol-BS

Biol-P

Example of Catalyst Academic Structure

Institution

CareerProgram

Plan

Sub Plan

Remember Jane Episodes?

Term Values

• Term Coding Convention: CYYTC = centuryYY = calendar year of the academic yearT = month of the term start

• Term (T) values:1 = spring semester5 = summer semester8 = fall semester

Term Value Examples **• 2148 = Fall Semester, 2014-15• 2151 = Spring Semester, 2014-15• 2155 = Summer Semester, 2014-15**Continue to use sub term suffixes. (ex. 2155.D)

• 1959 = Fall Quarter, 1995-96• 1960 = Winter Quarter, 1995-96• 1963 = Spring Quarter, 1995-96• 1966 = Summer Quarter, 1995-96

**The TERM code is the same under each academic career

www.uc.edu/catalyst

Navigating Catalyst: New Terminology

Today’s Forum Highlights• UCINN is the universal code for University of Cincinnati’s

Academic Institution

• There are four categories on how students Academic Career will be defined. (Undergraduate, Graduate, Law, Medicine)

• A student’s Academic Program is defined by their college’s numeric code and intended degree. (ex. 15BAC: undergraduate degrees in A&S)

• Academic Plan is area of study directly related to a career/program. (ex. Biol-BS: Major-biology, B.S award)

• The Sub Plan is a concentration within an academic plan. Not all plans have sub plans and are not a student requirement.

Today’s Forum Highlights

• Term Coding Convention: CYYTC = centuryYY = calendar year of the academic yearT = month of the term start

• Term (T) values:1 = spring semester5 = summer semester8 = fall semester

Questions?

Stephanie Schuckman – (Training inquiries)• UC Training Lead

Catalyst SIS Implementation Team• Stephanie.Schuckman@uc.edu

Cecily Goode – (General SIS inquires)• UC Change Leadership & Communications Lead

Catalyst SIS Implementation Team• Cecily.Goode@uc.edu

(513) 556-3071