Understanding Academic Program and Plan Activation

A student must be active in an academic program and plan to later be activated into a term for that academic program and plan. You can activate students into academic programs and plans by either of the following methods:

• Transmit the student's academic program and plan data through the Activate Applications matriculation process (ABPCPPRC) in PeopleSoft Recruiting and Admissions, this being the usual method.

• Enter the student's academic program and plan data manually in the Student Program/Plan component.

The system stores the student's academic program and plan data on rows in the academic program table (ACAD_PROG). Collectively, all of a student's rows in the ACAD_PROG table are called the student's program stack. Now the individual is active in an academic program and plan and qualifies for activation into a term.