Career Number

STDNT_CAR_NBR

An integer number assigned to the career of the student upon matriculation.  It differentiates a student’s multiple academic programs within the same academic career. For students with multiple academic programs within the same academic career, the university selects a unique academic career number for each academic program. The lowest career number designates the student’s primary academic program within the academic career. The default value is zero. A student cannot be matriculated more than once in the same career number. 

0, 1, 2, 3, …

• Each of a student’s degrees is represented by a Career Number in the student’s program/plan record. The student’s primary degree is always Career Number 0. When an additional degree is added, it becomes Career Number 1. When a second additional degree is added, it becomes Career Number 2, and so on.

• Career Number in the student record is a tie to the Student Career Term record (STDNT_CAR_TERM).  A student can have more than one active career number (active stack) but can only be term activated for one career number.