FOS Field of Study

To provide the receiving institution or agency with information about a course or field of study associated with an academic program

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 or indicating a course area in a field of study

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

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

P0203: If either FOS-02 or FOS-03 is present, then the other is required

R0204: At least one of FOS-02 or FOS-04 is required

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

Position: FOS-03 · Element: 67 · Name: Identification Code · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 80 · Repeat: -

Code identifying a party or other code

Position: FOS-04 · Element: 352 · Name: Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · 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

Position: FOS-06 · Element: 380 · Name: Quantity · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Numeric value of quantity

FOS06 indicates the number of years or fractional parts of a year a course or field of study was studied.

Position: FOS-07 · Element: 380 · Name: Quantity · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Numeric value of quantity

FOS07 indicates grade point average in the course or field of study.