FOS Field of Study

To provide the receiving institution or agency information about the field of study associated with the academic awards made to the student whose record is being transmitted

Position: FOS-01 · Element: 1153 · Name: Academic Field of Study Level or Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the field of study being described for a student in an academic institution by indicating how it was used in the academic program.

Position: FOS-02 · Element: 66 · Name: Identification Code Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67).

FOS02 and FOS03 are the student's program of study.

Position: FOS-03 · Element: 67 · Name: Identification Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 20 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a party or other code.

Position: FOS-04 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content.

Position: FOS-05 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

A free-form description to clarify the related data elements and their content.