An Introduction to SASS

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An Introduction to SASS

• By Thomas Kisko
• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• University of Florida

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What is SASS?

• The University of Florida Student Academic
  Support System
• An automated system which evaluates a student's
  academic record against the requirements of a
  degree program.
• The major output of SASS is an audit, a report
  documenting a students progress towards
  graduation.

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Who Uses SASS?

• Students
• Advisors
• SASS maintainers Apply exceptions Maintain
  degree programs and requirements Create degree
  programs and requirements

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Lets look at a SASS Audit

• NO 7 THIRD YEAR - SEMESTER 5
  (FALL)
• 
  
• EARNED 6.00 HOURS 2 SUB-REQS
  3.000 GPA
• -----gt NEEDS 2 SUB-REQS
• - 1)
• MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS 1 - STA 4321
• NEEDS 3.00 HOURS
• 2)
• ENGINEERING ECONOMY - EIN 4354
• 9708 EIN4354 3.00 B
• - 3)
• MATRIX NUMERICAL METHODS - ESI
  4567C
• NEEDS 4.00 HOURS
• 4)
• ENG. MECH. STATICS - EGM 2511
• 9608 EGM0000 3.00 B T

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And Now, the Whole Audit

• That was just one of many requirements.
• Lets look at an entire audit
• Ill do it on-line

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Audit Data Sources

• A degree program (a list of requirements)
• A collection of requirements (what courses are
  required, minimum grades, etc.)
• The student transcript (a list courses taken with
  grades and dates)

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Lets Look at a Degree Program

• PROGRAM LAST-YR FIRST-YR
  AUTHORIZATION LAST UPDATED BY
• EG-ISE 9999 0 1999 E9
  09/17/99 142954 TMK
• PROG HRS 125 CC HRS 060 ELECT HRS 060 CC
  ELECT HRS 060 MANAGE IND OF
• TITLE1 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - COLLEGE OF
  ENGINEERING REQS
• TITLE2 INDUSTIAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - IE
  OPTION 0051
• OPT OPT
  OPT OPT
• REQ-NAME GP /OR REQ-NAME GP /OR
  REQ-NAME GP /OR REQ-NAME GP /OR
• 01 UF-REA 02 UF-READIP 03
  UF-READAA 04 UT-BLK
• 05 UT-PREISE B 06 GE-C ) B 07 GE-S
  ) B 08 GE-H ) B
• 09 GE-BP B 10 GE-M B 11
  EG-TRACK 12 EG-UTEG
• 13 LS-BLANK 14 EG-UTEG1 15
  EG-ISE1 16 LS-BLANK
• 17 EG-UTEG2 18 EG-ISE2 19
  LS-BLANK 20 EG-UTEG3
• 21 EG-ISE3 22 LS-BLANK 23
  EG-UTEG4 24 EG-ISE4
• 25 LS-BLANK 26 UT-UTEG5B 27
  EG-ISE5 28 EG-ISE6
• 29 EG-ISE7 30 EG-ISETE 31
  EG-ISE8 32 EG-ISE9
• 33 EG-ISE10 34 EG-ISEECO 35
  GE-HSP96 36 GE-I
• 37 UF-CLAST 38 UF-GR/E 39
  UF-GR/M 40 EG-HRSISE
• 41 UF-EGRADE 42 EG-UPHOUR A 43
  EG-UPPNTS A 44 EG-UDGPA
• 45 EG-UFGPA O 46 EG-DEF UF 47
  EG-DROPS 48 EG-SUMMER

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Lets Look at a Requirement

• NERCPRD8 (RQ) REQUIREMENT DEFN
  0RQ 09/27/99 130347 A9C
• REQ-NAME LAST-YR FIRST-YR
  AUTHORIZATION LAST UPDATED BY
• EG-ISE5 9999 0 1999 E9
  E9 08/25/99 094913 TMK
• CT 04 HRS 000.0 GPA 0.000 AC RJ W AS EX N
  PR CL C PSEUD
• TITLE 1 THIRD YEAR - SEMESTER 5
  (FALL) SUM
• TITLE 2
  NOCT
• DESCRIPTT ------------- SUB-REQUIREMENT
  DEFINITION ------------
• CONTROLC CSE REQ MIN MAX AC RJ AS
  RP PR PSEUD
• CNT HRS GPA HRS
  
• SELECTR/A COURSE COURSE
  COURSE COURSE
• NUM SEG
  LINES 0016
• 005 01 T
• 010 01 T MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS 1 - STA 4321
• 015 01 C 00 003.0 0.000 003.0 C
  F
• 020 01 A STA321 _at_ISE5.1
• 025 02 T
• 030 02 T ENGINEERING ECONOMY - EIN 4354
• 035 02 C 00 003.0 0.000 003.0 C
  F
• 040 02 A EIN4354 _at_ISE5.2

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Lets Zoom to the Top

• NERCPRD8 (RQ) REQUIREMENT DEFN
  0RQ 09/27/99 130347 A9C
• REQ-NAME LAST-YR FIRST-YR
  AUTHORIZATION LAST UPDATED BY
• EG-ISE5 9999 0 1999 E9
  E9 08/25/99 094913 TMK
• CT 04 HRS 000.0 GPA 0.000 AC RJ W AS EX N
  PR CL C PSEUD
• TITLE 1 THIRD YEAR - SEMESTER 5
  (FALL) SUM
• TITLE 2
  NOCT

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Now Zoom to Subrequirements

• DESCRIPTT ------------- SUB-REQUIREMENT
  DEFINITION ------------
• CONTROLC CSE REQ MIN MAX AC RJ AS
  RP PR PSEUD
• CNT HRS GPA HRS
  
• SELECTR/A COURSE COURSE
  COURSE COURSE
• NUM SEG
  LINES 0016
• 005 01 T
• 010 01 T MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS 1 - STA 4321
• 015 01 C 00 003.0 0.000 003.0 C
  F
• 020 01 A STA321 _at_ISE5.1
• 025 02 T
• 030 02 T ENGINEERING ECONOMY - EIN 4354
• 035 02 C 00 003.0 0.000 003.0 C
  F
• 040 02 A EIN4354 _at_ISE5.2
• 045 03 T
• 050 03 T MATRIX NUMERICAL METHODS - ESI
  4567C
• 055 03 C 00 004.0 0.000 004.0 C
  F
• 060 03 A ESI4567C _at_ISE5.3
• 065 04 T
• 070 04 T ENG. MECH. STATICS - EGM 2511

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Here is another Requirement

• NERCPRD8 (RQ) REQUIREMENT DEFN
  0RQ 09/27/99 130309 A9C
• REQ-NAME LAST-YR FIRST-YR
  AUTHORIZATION LAST UPDATED BY
• EG-ISE2 9999 0 1996 E9
  E9 04/08/97 151151 TMK
• CT 04 HRS 000.0 GPA 0.000 AC RJ W AS EX N
  PR CL C PSEUD
• TITLE 1 FIRST YEAR - SEMESTER 2
  (SPRING) SUM
• TITLE 2
  NOCT
• DESCRIPTT ------------- SUB-REQUIREMENT
  DEFINITION ------------
• CONTROLC CSE REQ MIN MAX AC RJ AS
  RP PR PSEUD
• CNT HRS GPA HRS
  
• SELECTR/A COURSE COURSE
  COURSE COURSE
• NUM SEG
  LINES 0017
• 005 01 T
• 010 01 T TECHNICAL WRITING - ENC 2210
• 015 01 C 00 003.0 0.000 003.0
  D
• 020 01 A ENC210 ENC3250
  ENC213
• 025 01 A _at_ISE2.1
• 030 02 T
• 035 02 T ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY CAL.2 - MAC
  2312
• 040 02 C 00 004.0 0.000 004.0
  F

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Now Zoom its Subrequirements

• DESCRIPTT ------------- SUB-REQUIREMENT
  DEFINITION ------------
• CONTROLC CSE REQ MIN MAX AC RJ AS
  RP PR PSEUD
• CNT HRS GPA HRS
  
• SELECTR/A COURSE COURSE
  COURSE COURSE
• NUM SEG
  LINES 0017
• 005 01 T
• 010 01 T TECHNICAL WRITING - ENC 2210
• 015 01 C 00 003.0 0.000 003.0
  D
• 020 01 A ENC210 ENC3250
  ENC213
• 025 01 A _at_ISE2.1
• 030 02 T
• 035 02 T ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY CAL.2 - MAC
  2312
• 040 02 C 00 004.0 0.000 004.0
  F
• 045 02 A MAC312 MAC3473
  MAC3512 _at_ISE2.2
• 050 03 T SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE
• 055 03 T ECO 2023 RECOMMENDED FOR IE OPTION
• 060 03 C 003.0 0.000 003.0 lt
  F GENED
• 065 03 A D000001999999
  _at_ISE2.3
• 070 04 T

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Exceptions

• The student we looked at earlier was a transfer
  student.
• He did not take EGM 2511
• His advisor approved the transfer coded course,
  EGM0000, as an acceptable substitute.
• How did the exception get made?

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Exception Types

• 1. Course Substitution (CS)
• 2. Course Waiver (CW)
• 3. Requirement Add (RA)
• 4. Requirement Revise (RR)
• 5. Requirement Substitution(RS)
• 6. Requirement Update (RU)

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The Course Substitution Screen

• NERCPRD8 (CS) COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS
  0CS 10/14/99 103537 AR3
• SELECT
  6C
• SSN NAME
  CAT-YEAR LAST UPDATED BY
• xxxxxxxxx PUBLIC JOHN Q 97
  08/09/99 132109 TMK
• SUBSTITUTED/CSE ORIGINAL COURSE TERM DEGREE
  DATE AUTH INITIAL
• CHM0000 CHM2045
  072099 E9 JXJ
• MAC0000 MAC3312
  072099 E9 JXJ
• PHY0000 PHY2048
  073099 E9 JXJ
• COP0000 CGS3422
  072099 E9 JXJ
• MAT0000 EGM3311 199608
  080999 E9 TMK
• STA0000 STA3032
  072099 E9 JXJ
• EGM0000 EGM2511
  072099 E9 JXJ
• EML3007 EML3100
  072099 E9 JXJ
• MAT0000 ESI4567 199701
  080999 E9 TMK

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Lets Go Online

• First we will surf these web linkshttp//www.aa.
  ufl.edu/aa/dass/sass/ The official SASS
  Coordinator's Guidehttp//www.ise.ufl.edu/kisko/s
  ass/ My SASS page, including these slides
• Then we will play with SASS using HostExplorer, a
  3270 terminal emulator.