On-line Programme Catalogue & Fee Estimate Generation (PROGCAT)

Rick Burne

European Solution Centre

SunGard Higher Education

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Purpose

This session describes the:

• Current version of the On-line Programme Catalogue development

• Fee Estimation functionality

• Planned development for On-line Programme Catalogue

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Agenda

• Programme Catalogue (PROGCAT) Scope and Features

• Defining and displaying Programme Catalogue information on-line

• Fee Estimations

• Future Plans

• Question and Answer

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PROGCAT Scope and Features

• Programme Catalogue Information in SSB—SSEN based template solution —Programme and Area text—Areas attached to programmes—Courses attached to areas—Navigation to baseline Course Catalog—Secured or un-secured

• Fee Estimate Generation—2 Rule-Based APIs—By data or by curriculum—Demonstration-only SSB page—Available for use in other applications

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Defining and Displaying the Programme Catalogue

Find a programme

Programme Requirements

Area Requirements

Catalog

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Find a Programme (ESC_PROGCAT_FINDPR)

Search Criteria

Data from SMAPROG / SMAPRLE

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Programme Requirements (ESC_PROGCAT_PRGREQ)

Programme textProgramme text

Programme text

Programme General Requirements

Area requirements and text

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Area Requirements (ESC_PROGCAT_AREREQ)

Area textArea General Requirements

Specific Course Rules

Course Ranges (if applicable)

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Detailed Course Information (baseline Self-Service Catalog)

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Demonstration

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Fee Estimations

2 rule-based APIs

• skkpfee.f_fee_gen based on user supplied data

• skkpfee.f_fee_gen_cur based on user supplied curriculum data

• Fee Estimate based on Seed RulesProcess ESC_PROGCAT

Rule ESC_PROGCCAT_FEEGEN

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Fee Estimation Rule

Method• PRGN rule (GKRRSQL)• Input parameters: Term, Program, Major, Class, Rate,

Campus, Student Type, Admit Term, Residency, Attribute, Credit (billing) hours

• Find all applicable fee rules based on parameters• For each row found process logic for

— Flat hours— Min / max charge— Per-credit charge

• Return sum of all rulesLimitations• Course registration data (billable hours, grading mode etc)

excluded• Assumes ‘Regular’ fee rules by ‘STUDENT’• Single attribute

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Fee Estimation By Data (demonstrator page – not for end users)

Fee Generation Parameters

Result

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Fee Estimation By Curriculum (demonstrator page – not for end users)

Fee Generation Parameters

Result

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Future Plans

• PROGCAT 8.0 – June 2009

• PROGCAT 8.1 – December 2009—RPE 1-3VDV7L - Display Programme Non-Course

Requirements —RPE 1-3SY563 - Area Rule Umbrella —RPE 1-3SY57T - Dynamic Area display —RPE 1-3SY55X - Control visible term codes—RPE 1-3SY573 - Program Groups

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Future Plans - Display Programme Non-Course Requirements

A new page to display non-course requirements associated with the programme on the SMAPROG Program Non-Course Requirements block, fields:

• SMRPNCR_NCRQ_CODE

• Non-course requirement description

• SMRPNCR_YEAR_RULE

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Future Plans - Area Rule Umbrella

Enhance existing Area Requirements (ESC_PROGCAT_AREREQ) page to drill down into the area rule umbrella for:

• Area Course / Attributes rule umbrellas, showing Description required credit and / or courses.

• Specific Courses showing set / sub-set Subject Course, required and maximum credit and / or courses

• Course ranges• Attributes• College, Campus / Department

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Future Plans - Dynamic Area display

Enhance Programme Requirements page (ESC_PROGCAT_PRGREQ) to:

• Determine if dynamic areas are attached, if so

• Open a new page to prompt for the required qualifier variable (major code for example)

• Display the dynamically attached areas

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Future Plans - Visible term codes

Ability to control which terms are visible in the selection list for PROGCAT using:

• SOATERM Master Term Control Field

• High / Low range rules in GTVSDAX

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Future Plans - Program Groups

Enhance Area Requirements Page (ESC_PROGCAT_AREAREQ):

• Show groups attached to areas with set / sub-set, area text and rule

• New page to show groups, group test and rules

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Question and Answers

• Any questions?Rick Burne

rick.burne@sungardhe.com