Setting Up Academic Project Topics

This section discusses how to:

  • Define academic project topics.

  • Review available academic project supervisors.

  • Associate organizations and contacts with academic project topics.

  • Enter additional information.

  • Enter attachments.

Page Used to Set Up Academic Project Topics

Page Name Definition Name Navigation Usage

Academic Project Topics – Topic Setup

SSR_RS_TOPIC_SETUP

Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Topic Setup

Create the project topics that are offered at the institution. Provide information about the topics, including a description and the academic programs and plans to which they are associated.

Academic Project Topics – Available Supervisors

SSR_RS_TOPIC_SUP

Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Available Supervisors

View all available supervisors who have academic programs or academic plans that match the topic.

Academic Project Topics – Organization and Contacts

SSR_RS_ORG_CONTACT

Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Organization and Contacts

Associate one or more academic or external organization(s) with the project topic and set up contacts for the project topic.

Academic Project Topics – Additional Information

SSR_RS_TOPICST_CA

Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Additional Information

Enter and review Common Attribute fields associated with the topic. This page appears only if Common Attribute fields have been created using the Common Attribute Framework.

Academic Project Topics – Attachments

SSR_RS_TOPICST_ATT

Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Attachments

Add one or more attachments for a topic.

Defining Academic Project Topics

Access the Academic Project Topics – Topic Setup page (Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Topic Setup).

This page is similar to the Research Topic Setup – Topic Setup page but the Display in Self Service check box is not functional here.

See Defining Research Topics.

Reviewing Available Academic Project Supervisors

Access the Academic Project Topics – Available Supervisors page (Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Available Supervisors).

This page is similar to the Research Topic Setup – Available Supervisors page.

The page displays eligible project supervisors who can be assigned to the project topic. Eligibility is based on the supervisor's ability to participate in the same academic program and academic plan as the topic. Eligible persons are defined as project supervisors in the Administrator Profile component.

See Reviewing Available Research Supervisors.

Associating Organizations and Contacts with Academic Project Topics

Access the Academic Project Topics – Organization and Contacts page (Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Organization and Contacts).

This page is similar to the Research Topic Setup – Organizations and Contacts page, but the Display in Self Service check box is not functional here.

See Associating Organizations and Contacts with Research Topics.

Entering Additional Information

Access the Academic Project Topics – Additional Information page (Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Additional Information).

This page is similar to the Research Topic Setup – Additional Information page and is used to enter data for school-defined fields using the Common Attribute Framework.

See Entering Additional Information.

Entering Attachments

Access the Academic Project Topics – Attachments page (Set Up SACR, and then Product Related, and then Student Records, and then Student Projects Setup, and then Academic Project Topics, and then Attachments).

Use this page, which is similar to the Research Topic Setup – Attachments page, to store project related documents. This information is currently not accessible to students in self service.

See Entering Attachments.