VARIABLE NAME:
PROG
DESCRIPTOR: Program
(School and Major)
DEFINITION: The
combination of School (SCHOOL) and Major (MAJOR) variables resulting in a
6-digit code to identify a program within a college.
VALUES:
See the
USC Codebook, under Simple Search select VALID SCHOOL MAJOR DEGREE
COMBINATIONS (E0784).
FIELD ATTRIBUTE: A6
NOTE: School (SCHOOL)
and Major (MAJOR) are each 3-digit variables. Program (PROG) is the
concatenation of these two variables to create a new 6-digit variable that, due
to organizational changes within colleges and majors, allows for the selection
of the college that owned the major during any specific terms.
SOURCE: USC INFO and
Degrees Awarded Files
EXAMPLE: To select
undergraduate students in Exercise Science in the Arnold School of Public Health,
type PROG='270331' in the WHERE statement, since the undergraduate school
code for the Arnold School of Public Health = '270' and the Exercise Science major
code = '331'. To select all students (undergraduate and graduate) in the Exercise Science
program in the Arnold School of Public Health only, type PROG IN
('270331','275331') in the WHERE statement, since the undergraduate school
code for the Arnold School of Public Health = '270', the graduate school
code for the Arnold School of Public Health = '275', and the Exercise Science major
code = '331'.