HESA Student Record 2013/14 - Credit value of module
HESA Student Record 2013/14Fields required from institutions in ScotlandCredit value of module | return to field list |
Type | field |
Short name | CRDTPTS |
Description |
This field indicates the number of credit points a student gains on successful completion of the module. |
Applicable to | England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales |
Coverage | All modules |
Notes |
Institutions in England and Northern Ireland may use code 999 as a default for all programmes of study, and it is suggested that this default is used for schemes coded 7 or 8 in Module.CRDTSCM. Institutions in Wales cannot use code 999, unless module is linked only to FE instances in which case 999 is an acceptable default. Fractional credit points should be rounded to the nearest whole number. The length of this field is 3 characters, however the move to XML enables data to be returned with or without leading zeros, e.g. 003 or 3. |
Quality rules |
Quality rules relating to this field are displayed here.
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Reason required |
To identify and monitor the use of credit transfer schemes and to monitor the actual flow of credits; and to determine the number of credits to count for funding purposes. |
Part of | |
Field length | 3 |
Minimum occurrences | 1 |
Maximum occurrences | 1 |
Schema components |
Element: CRDTPTS |
Related fields | |
Owner | HESA |
Version | 1.1 |
Date modified | 2014-04-29 |
Change management notes | Business rule 4 updated so that it only applies to institutions in Scotland and Wales. Business rule 5 added for institutions in England and Northern Ireland to warn where credit points returned as zero for modules with FTE > 0. |
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