Programme & Unit Catalogues

Programme (CRS) codes

The code for your programme, as seen in the Programme & Unit Catalogues, is the Programme (CRS) code. The CRS bit distinguishes it from other related codes in our student administration system, SAMIS. The programme (CRS) codes assigned to programmes are made up of 10 alphanumeric characters (e.g. USCH-AFB01) in the following manner:

Character position	Function	Values	Definition
1	Study Level code: indicates, for example, the difference between undergraduate and postgraduate taught provision	N	Non-HE courses
		R	Postgraduate research
		T	Postgraduate taught
		U	Undergraduate
2	Faculty code: indicates the Faculty or School within which the Programme is offered; can cover more than one Faculty	D	Division for Lifelong Learning
		E	Faculty of Engineering & Design
		F	School for Health
		H	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
		M	School of Management
		S	Faculty of Science
		X	Cross-faculty (split over more than one faculty)
3 & 4	Department code (2 characters): identifies the Department owning a Programme	AR	Architecture & Civil Engineering, Department of
		AS	Learning Partnerships (e.g. Foundation Degrees)
		BB	Biology & Biochemistry, Department of
		CE	Chemical Engineering, Department of
		CH	Chemistry, Department of
		CM	Computer Science, Department of
		CN	Community Courses (Division for Lifelong Learning)
		ED	Education, Department of
		EE	Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Department of
		ES	Economics, Department of
		EU	European Studies & Modern Languages, Department of
		FH	Health, School for
		MA	Mathematical Sciences, Department of
		ME	Mechanical Engineering, Department of
		MN	Management, School of
		PA	Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Department of
		PH	Physics, Department of
		PS	Psychology, Department of
		SP	Social & Policy Sciences, Department of
		XX	Cross-department
5	Hyphen: used to separate the Programme (CRS) code into two parts	-
6	Site code: indicates where the Programme is offered	A	Bath main campus
		B	Swindon campus

		D	City of Bath College

		F	New College Swindon
		G	Salisbury
		H	Swindon College

		K	Action on Addiction
		L	Weston College
		M	City of Bristol College
		N	Norton Radstock College
		P	Cirencester College
		Q	Weymouth College
		W	Wiltshire College
		Y	Other UK institution
		Z	Other institutions for programmes wholly or mainly overseas
7	Mode of Study code: indicates the way the Programme is studied	D	Distance learning
		F	Full-time
		K	Thick sandwich
		N	Thin sandwich
		P	Part-time
8	Qualification Aim code: indicates the general type of qualification that the Programme offers	B	Bachelor, e.g., BA, BSc, BEng
		C	Certificate (undergraduate or postgraduate)
		D	Doctorate, e.g., PhD, EdD, MD, DBA, MPhil with progression to PhD
		F	Foundation Degree
		H	HNC, HND
		L	Diploma (undergraduate or postgraduate)
		M	Master (first degree, or postgraduate), e.g., MA, MSc, MBA, MPhil only, MEng, MBiochem, MMath
		N	No qualification aimed for
		P	PGCE
		S	Higher Doctorate, e.g., DSc, DLitt
		T	Credit (undergraduate or postgraduate), e.g., for continuing professional development and visiting/exchange students
9 & 10	Numeric identifier (2 characters): used to identify particular Programmes within a group that otherwise has common characteristics; each individual programme would be associated with its own particular name		This element should be assumed to have no intrinsic significance. Within the group of programmes which have the following common characteristics, for example: Undergraduate; Faculty of Science; Department of Mathematical Sciences; Bath main campus; Full-time; Bachelor-aiming (USMA-AFB ...) the number at the end only serves to separate different individual programmes.

Programme (CRS) codes

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