Changing Plans in Different Programs

 

Purpose

Use this procedure to change a student's Academic Plan to that of another Academic Program.

Trigger

Perform this procedure when a student requests a Plan change and the existing Plan and new Plan are in different Academic Programs.

Prerequisites

·         Student must have acquired necessary permissions from the Academic College(s) to add and to remove the Academic Plans from their Program/Plan stack.

Menu Path

Use the following menu path(s) to begin this task:

·         Records and Enrollment  Career and Program Information  Student Program/Plan

Helpful Hints

·         This process involves discontinuing the existing Academic Plan and adding a new Academic Plan.

·         When Discontinuing an Academic Program, always make sure that all Academic Plans within that Program are inactive.


Procedure

1.       Records and Enrollment  Career and Program Information  Student Program/Plan

Student Program/Plan

 

2.       As required, complete/review the following fields:

Field Name

R/O/C

Description

ID

O

iSIS unique system identifier.  NOTE:  The iSIS Empl ID does not match the HRIS Empl ID.

Example:         0000075933

Campus ID

O

K-State issued student identifier.  Also called, the Wildcat ID (WID).

Example:         (left blank)

National ID

O

National identification number issued by the US government.  Social Security Number (SSN).  NOTE:  unknown SSNs are recorded as 999-99-9999.

Example:         (left blank)

Last Name

O

Person's last name.

Example:         (left blank)

First Name

O

Person's first name.

Example:         (left blank)

 

3.       Click  .

Navigation

 

4.       Click  .

5.       As required, complete/review the following fields:

Field Name

R/O/C

Description

Effective Date

R

The date on which the action becomes effective.

Example:         08/01/2007

Program Action

R

Change to be performed to a student's Program.

    The Program Action for this scenario must be set to PRGC.

Example:         PRGC (Program Change)

Action Reason

R

Reason code that describes why the action was taken.

Example:         RQST

Admit Term

R

Term in which the student is admitted to the Academic Program or Plan.

Example:         2075 (Fall 2007)

Requirement Term

R

Indicates the term in which academic degree progress requirements apply to the student for this Academic Program or Plan.

Example:         2075 (Fall 2007)

Academic Program

R

The academic entity to which the student applies and which oversees the degree progress of a particular Academic Plan.  The Program is controlled by each College and is made up of a 4 or 5 character code.  For example, ASUDG = College of Arts and Sciences (AS), Undergraduate (U), Degree-Seeking (DG) plans.  See the iSIS Academic Program List (http://www.k-state.edu/sssupport/guides/acadprogtbl.xls) for a detailed explanation of all Academic Program codes.

Example:         ARUDG

 

6.       Click  .

Navigation

 

7.       As required, complete/review the following fields:

Field Name

R/O/C

Description

Academic Plan

R

A course of study leading to a formal award given by an institution, such as a degree, diploma or certificate.  For example, Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics.

Example:         BLIAR

Plan Sequence

R

Order in which Academic Plans are to be processed.

Example:         10

Declare Date

R

Date corresponding to the term for which the Academic Plan became active.

Example:         08/01/2007

Requirement Term

R

Indicates the term in which academic degree progress requirements apply to the student for this Academic Program or Plan.  This field is used in DARS as the Catalog Year.

Example:         2075

Advisement Status

R

For use in Academic Advising.  K-State is not using this field.

Example:         Include

 

8.       Click  .

9.       You have completed this task.

Result

You have successfully changed a students Academic Plan to another Plan in a different Academic Program.

Comments

None.