Course Catalog Term Maintenance

Use this section of the page to enter or display start and end terms for the course specified in the Key block, or to delete the course from the system.

When a course start term is changed on SCABASE, catalog tables are used for the new term when the following is true:

The new start term for the course is greater than the old start term, and the effective term from the appropriate table is less than or equal to the new start term.
or
The new start term for the course is less than the old start term, and the effective term from the appropriate table is equal to the new start term.

Example

The course start term is 200510. A course fee record exists for term 201010, and a course equivalent exists for term 200810. The start term is changed to term 200910. The course fee will not be changed. The course equivalent will be moved to term 200910, because a course catalog record cannot have a term that is less than the course catalog start term.

The course start term is 200910. A course fee record exists for term 201010, and a course equivalent exists for term 200910. The start term is changed to 200810. The course fee is not moved to term 200810, because it starts after the initial start term. The course equivalent is moved to term 200810, because it was initially created with the start of the course catalog.

Fields	Descriptions
Catalog Start Term	Code of the first term in which the course is in effect. If the value in this field is changed to an earlier or later term, all start (from) terms will be changed for the course to begin in this term. The changed term cannot be later than a term where sections are scheduled. The value in this field must be less than or equal to the value in the Term field in the Key block. Additionally, the start term must not be greater than the smallest effective term for the course. For example, if there is course information for term 200803, the start term cannot be greater than 200803. This ensures that the information for 200803 will remain available.
Catalog End Term	Code of the last term in which the course is in effect. If the value in this field is changed to an earlier or later term, all end (to) terms will be changed for the course to end in this term. The changed term cannot be earlier than a term where sections are scheduled. The value in this field must be greater than or equal to the start term and the value in the Term field in the Key block. For example, if there is course information for term 200804, the end term must be greater than or equal to 200804.

Fields

Descriptions

Catalog Start Term

Code of the first term in which the course is in effect.

If the value in this field is changed to an earlier or later term, all start (from) terms will be changed for the course to begin in this term. The changed term cannot be later than a term where sections are scheduled.

The value in this field must be less than or equal to the value in the Term field in the Key block. Additionally, the start term must not be greater than the smallest effective term for the course.

For example, if there is course information for term 200803, the start term cannot be greater than 200803. This ensures that the information for 200803 will remain available.

Catalog End Term

Code of the last term in which the course is in effect.

If the value in this field is changed to an earlier or later term, all end (to) terms will be changed for the course to end in this term. The changed term cannot be earlier than a term where sections are scheduled.

The value in this field must be greater than or equal to the start term and the value in the Term field in the Key block.

For example, if there is course information for term 200804, the end term must be greater than or equal to 200804.