Credit value of module(CRDTPTS)

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Key

Value

Name

Credit value of module

Short Name

CRDTPTS

Parent Entity

Module (Module)

Type

Field

Applicable To

England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

Coverage

All Modules at providers in Wales.

Optional for all Modules at providers in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland.

Where Module.CRDTSCM=91 Module.CRDTPTS does not need to be returned.

Description

This field indicates the number of credit points a student gains on successful completion of the module.

Notes

A whole number must be returned, Fractional credit points should be rounded to the nearest whole number. The length of this field is 3 characters, however the move to XML enables data to be returned with or without leading zeros, e.g. 003 or 3.

Providers in England and Northern Ireland should not return a value in Module.CRDTPTS where credit transfer schemes are coded 03 and 90 in Module.CRDTSCM.

Where Module.CRDTSCM=91 (no scheme), Module.CRDTPTS should not be returned as there is no credit point scheme.

Reason Required

Used to monitor the flow of credits and to determine the number of credits for funding purposes.

Field Length

Quality Rules

Quality Rules to follow

Minimum Occurrence

Maximum Occurrence

Primary Key?

False

Revision History

Coding Manual Version	Element Version	Notes
1.2.0	1.1	Clarification of the coverage.
1.3.0	1.2	Guidance notes updated to confirm that a whole number should be returned.
1.4.0	1.3	Guidance added to confirm that providers in England and Northern Ireland should not return a value in Module.CRDTPTS where credit transfer schemes are coded 03 and 90 in Module.CRDTSCM.