Convert Four-Digit Term Codes

Converts four-digit term codes to semester or quarter names with four-digit years.

Usage

convert.termCode(term.code, term.type = "full")

Arguments

term.code

Four-digit code indicating the semester and year of the term.

term.type

Indicate if the full or short semester (or quarter) designation is returned; default: "full".

Value

string term and four-digit year

Details

Within CampusSolutions the term code is a four digit representation of the century (position 1), the two-digit calendar year (positions 2 and 3), and the term (position 4). The following is the translation between digits and four-digit years and term types.

Position	Information
1	Century Code
	(1 = 19xx & 2 = 20xx)
2 & 3	Two-Digit Calendar Year
4	Term Indicator (see below)

The information in the following table is available in the constant term.translation.

Term abbreviation	Full Term Name	Short Term Name
1	Winter Quarter (WinterQ)	WQ
2	Spring	SS
3	Spring Quarter (SpringQ)	SQ
5	Summer	US
6	Summer Quarter	UQ
8	Fall	FS
9	Fall Quarter (FallQ)	FQ

Author

Emilio Xavier Esposito emilio.esposito@gmail.com (https://github.com/emilioxavier)

Examples

term.code <- "2208"

convert.termCode(term.code, term.type="full")
#> [1] "Fall 2020"
# [1] "Fall 2020"

convert.termCode(term.code, term.type="short")
#> [1] "FS 2020"
# [1] "FS 2020"