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Degree Codes

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The degree codes validation table houses codes and descriptions to provide a selection list of academic degrees or levels of academic degrees.

The Degree Codes Table generates selection lists for the Education Codes Table and education detail screens.

Standard Degree Codes

Code, Description

0, Elementary or Middle School

1, High School or Equivalency

2, Associates Degree

3, Bachelors Degree

4, Masters Degree

5, Doctorate Degree

Business Scenario

Specific degrees can be defined on the education codes table.

Employees and Degree Codes

An employee who is a Registered Nurse might have a degree code 2, Associates Degree, for an Associate of Science in Nursing or might have a degree code 3, Bachelors Degree, for a BSN, a Bachelors of Science in Nursing.

On the Education Codes Table, a hospital or health care provider would define an educational code for BSN, Bachelors of Science in Nursing, with a degree code selection of 3, Bachelors Degree.  

An employee with a BSN might have a license as a Registered Nurse, RN, which would need to be defined as a certification code, and the RN would be tracked on the Certification and Licenses Detail.

Candidates and Degree Codes

For use with recruitment features, the degree codes are pre-defined numeric codes from 1 to 5, with 1 equalling a high school diploma or high school equivalency and 5 equalling a doctorate degree. Greater degree codes are considered cumulative in the recruitment module.

For instance, if an applicant has degree code 5, Doctorate Degree, the recruitment module assumes that the employee meets or exceeds the qualifications for the previous levels, such as having a high school diploma, A. A., B. A., and Master's degrees.

• A high school diploma or GED is code 1, High School or Equivalency.  
• Any AA or AS is code 2, Associates Degree. For an applicant with degree code 2, the recruitment module treats the employee as meeting or exceeding the requirements for a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Any BA or BS degree is code 3, Bachelors Degree. For an applicant with degree code 3, the recruitment module treats the employee as meeting or exceeding the requirements for a high school diploma or equivalent and an A. A. or A. S. degree.
• Any MBA or other Master's degree  is code 4, Masters Degree. For an applicant with degree code 3, the recruitment module treats the employee as meeting or exceeding the requirements for the lower levels, such as high school diploma or equivalent, an A. A. or A. S. degree., and Bachelor's degree.
• Any PhD or other doctorate degree is code 5, Doctorate Degree. For an applicant with degree code 5, Doctorate Degree, the recruitment module treats the employee as meeting or exceeding the requirements for the previous levels, such as having a high school diploma, A. A., B. A., and Master's degrees.