Create Academic Groups

Academic groups are required for building programs. A program is usually owned by an entity such as a college or faculty. These entities are academic groups.

When you add a program to a student's record, you automatically assign the student to an academic group.

An academic group can also be a container for particular requirements such as college-level requirements. For example, in addition to a program major, students must complete requirements set by the college, such as general education units.

Access the Academic Groups page: From Student Central, click Search and search for Manage Curriculum. Then click Actions.

Structure

In the Academic Group Requirements section, you can enter free-form content, which is available to students in self-service pages.

When you build your academic structure you can add courses and course lists.

The Requirement Category and Connectors features are works-in-progress and not yet ready to use.

Parameters

You can indicate the minimum and maximum units and number of courses for requirement categories, such as the maximum number of elective units. You must enter parameters for the predefined Total Units and Courses category, which displays automatically.

Results

You can add a result type. Only result types associated with the valid curriculum item type (in this case, academic group) are available. Define result types on the Manage Result Types page.

Rapid Implementation

You can also create and load academic groups using the Rapid Implementation process. Use these tasks in the Setup and Maintenance work area, Student Management offering:

• Create Curriculum Items Configuration in Spreadsheet
• Upload Curriculum Structures in Spreadsheet