Degree Code Validation (STVDEGC) page

Use the Degree Code Validation (STVDEGC) page to maintain the degree codes, such as Undeclared, Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Education, and so on. This page is used by other pages to validate the degree codes.

You can create or update the degree codes only from this page.

Please see the “Required System Values for Validation Forms” section in the “Validation Forms” chapter of the Banner Student User Guide for a list of required system values for this validation page.

Note: All Banner® systems share this validation page. You should coordinate with other Banner system users at your institution when deciding what codes are used on this page.
Field Description
Code Code of the degree. After a degree code record has been saved, the code entered in this field cannot be changed. After this code has been used in any other record, the degree code record cannot be deleted.
Description Description of the degree.
Count in Financial Aid Check box used to specify whether the degree counts toward financial aid.

This check box is not used for Banner Financial Aid, but can be used to interface data to other third-party financial aid software.

Note: The Financial Aid Eligibility check box on the Major, Minor, Concentration Code Validation (STVMAJR) page is used to indicate aid-eligible programs for Banner Financial Aid.
Level Code of the level associated with this degree code. This indicates whether the degree is undergraduate, graduate, and so on.
Award Category Code of the degree award category associated with this degree code.

This indicates how the degree is to be treated in the IPEDS reporting process. A degree will not be processed by IPEDS reporting unless a valid value is entered.

Voice Response Message Number Number assigned to the Voice Response message assigned to this degree code.
Web Indicator Check box used to indicate whether the degree code can be displayed in the self-service applications. This check box allows you to limit the degree types that will be displayed to a subset of all valid degree types. The check box defaults to unchecked or N when a new record is added, but you can change it at any time.
Note: The Web transcript will display information about awarded degrees only for Web-enabled degrees.

The display of the college degree in Admissions self-service is controlled by the STVDEGC label on SOAXREF. If no records exist on SOAXREF, then all values from STVDEGC are displayed.

System Required Check box used to specify whether this value is required by the system. If this check box is checked, the validation table record cannot be deleted. When this check box is checked, it cannot be cleared.
Activity Date Date on which the record was last updated. Display only.