Screen Description

The Add Subject Area screen provides you with interface for adding a new subject area.

Details

• Academic Session
  • The academic session for which you are adding a new subject area
  • Can be changed from the Academic Sessions screen
• Abbreviation
  • Subject area abbreviation
• Short Title
  • Short title of the new subject area
• Long Title
  • Long title of the new subject area
• External ID
  • External ID of the subject area (optional)
• Department
  • Select an existing department to which the subject area belongs (a subject area has to belong to a department)
    • A new department can be added in the Add Department screen - to get there, click on Departments in the Administration section of the left hand side menu
• Schedule Book Only
  • Check if the subject area is not expected to have any classes associated with it for this academic session
• Pseudo
  • Check if the subject area is being created for some other purposes than having regular classes (such as CAND to represent that a student is a candidate for graduation)

Operations

• Save (ALT+S)
  • Save the new subject area and go back to the Subject Areas screen
• Back (ALT+B)
  • Go back to the Subject Areas screen without saving any changes