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It is also assumed that you will be setting up and testing this implementation in the Pilot Administrator environment first, tested thoroughly, and then repeated in the Production Administrator environment, once you have verified successful end-to-end testing. For more information on testing in the Pilot vs Production environments, see Testing Your Implementation.

General Definitions & Notes

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Majors Module:  A series of custom data fields configured by each CCC college for use in one or more CCC web applications.  The Majors module is accessible in the CCCApply Administrator 2.0 by an authorized college or district user.  From the CCCApply, or International, Administrator homepage, click on the "Majors" link from the modules menu bar.

Major Category Data Field - refers to a :  A new optional data field added to the Majors table in CCCApply. The data field <major_category> is a text field and the response options - which are determined by the college - are restricted to 100 characters each. There is no limit to the number of response options that can be defined for this field by the college. The data field responses/values, are configured in the CCCApply Administrator 2.0. The data field responses/values must be setup separately for CCCApply Standard and International applications.  When implemented correctly, the response options will appear in a new Major Category dropdown menu which will appear on the Enrollment page in CCCApply.

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directly above the existing "Major or Program of Study" menu in the CCCApply Standard, or International, application. 

Major Category Filter:  The dynamic display of the custom-defined response options that will appear in the Major Category drop down menu on the Enrollment page in CCCApply Standard, or International, application. When the Major Category is implemented, students will be required to choose a category, which has been aligned data field is configured, the dropdown menu appears in the student-facing application as a filter,  prompting the applicants to choose a high-level major "category" before selecting a filtered major or program. Each response option that appears in the "Major Category" dropdown menu aligns to one or more majors or programs of study configured by the college.

Important Notes:

• There is no limit to the number of custom categories that can be created by the college and aligned to a single majorindividual majors; however, every major should be aligned to at least one category.
  
  
• A category can be added, disassociated, imported and exported in the Majors module in the CCCApply Administrator 2.0.
  
  
• Custom categories, also known as response options to the <major_category> field, are case-sensitive and must be spelled correctly , and space spaced consistently, when added to individual major records through the “Add Major” modal.  If a category is accidentally misspelled when added to a major in the Category field, or if extra spaces are added, the system will not recognize consider it unique and will create a new category.
  
  
• If your college plans to implement the Major Category filter in both the CCCApply Standard application and the International application, you will need to set up categories for each application separately.
  
  
• The most efficient way to implement the Major Category data field and filter to for your existing CCCApply majors, use the Import Majors process detailed below to ensure consistency across the categories and alignment to majors.

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Displaying the Major Category

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The Major Category data field and filter is an OPTIONAL data field and filtering configuration that OPTIONAL. If your college may choose chooses to implement in order to setup meta majors or other custom categories of related majors and programs in order to help students select a major in the Intended Major or Program of Study field in CCCApply.

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categories to filter or group their existing majors, such as meta majors, they should plan out their categories using this worksheet and determine which majors should align to each category in advance. 

Therefore, if the college does not want to filter or group their existing majors by category type, they should not setup categories in the Majors module in the CCCApply Administrator 2.0.  

• IF the college adds one or more custom category names in the Category input field in the "Add Majors" modal, or by Importing Majors, THEN the "Major Category" dropdown menu will appear as a required field in the student-facing CCCApply application. The Major Category menu will appear between the Education Goal field and the Intended Major or Program of Study field on the Enrollment page.
  
  
• IF the college DOES NOT add one or more custom Categories in the Majors module for their CCCApply application, THEN the Major Category menu DOES NOT appear in the application and their list of majors will display in alphabetical order by Major Description in the Intended Major or Program of Study menu in CCCApply.
  
  
• The Major Category filter can be turned off by removing all custom categories created in the Category field of for every major listed for your college in the Administrator.  This will remove the Major Category menu from the student-facing CCCApply applications and the Intended Major or Program of Study menu will revert back to displaying the full list of majors and programs in alphabetical order by Major Description.
  
  
• All listings of your college majors will display in alphabetical order, including the list of custom categories (major category response options) and each filtered list of majors by category.

Setting Up the Major

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Category Field

To implement the Major Category filter, complete this worksheet and ensure Admissions staff understand the new configuration. The following tasks will be completed in this process:

• Getting Started
• Create Identify Your Major Categories
• Export Your Current Majors List from the CCCApply Administrator
• Configure Your Majors DataAlign Your Categories to Your List of Majors
• Import Your Configured Majors DataList
• Testing Test Your Major Category Implementation
  
  

Getting Started

1. Create shared folder to capture implementation files & notes
   To document this process and ensure all changes made during this implementation process are securely stored for reference purposes, we recommend creating a shared folder somewhere on your college network to keep save copies or original export files, worksheets, screenshots, and other spreadsheets relative to this implementation.
2. Setup your Major Categories in the Pilot CCCApply Administrator 2.0
   1. Navigate to

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1. 1. your Pilot CCCApply Administrator 2.0

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Create Your Major Categories

1. Determine your custom category names for each application and add them to the table below.
   1. system using your new college/district URL
   2. Select "CCCApply Administrator" from the CCC Administrator landing page from the "Applications" menu
   3. From the CCCApply homepage, select the Majors module from the modules menu bar for your college
   4. From the "Majors" module summary page, follow the instructions below to Export Your Majors to begin configuring your major categories
2. Identify and Create Your Major Categories
   1. Using the table below, determine names for your custom categories. Remember that each category name will become the custom response options that appear in the "Major Category" dropdown menu on the student-facing application, and will also be the custom data field "values" that will appear in your downloads and reports.*
      1. Category names must not be longer than 100 characters each.
      2. Category names may include multiple words, capitalization, punctuation, and spacing (such as:  Arts, Humanities, Communication & Design).
      3. Category names must be consistent - any deviation in spelling, spacing or punctuation (case sensitive and spacing) will create a separate category in the system.
         
         
         

Identify Your Major Categories

1. Using the table below, define the names of your custom categories. Remember, each category name will become the custom response options that appear in the "Major Category" dropdown menu on the student-facing application, and will also be the custom data field "values" that will appear in your downloads and reports.*
   1. Category names must not be longer than 100 characters each.
   2. Category names may include multiple words, capitalization, punctuation, and spacing (such as:  Arts, Humanities, Communication & Design).
   3. Category names must be consistent - any deviation
from the category name
2. 1. in spelling, spacing or punctuation (case sensitive and spacing) will create a
new
3. 1. separate category in the system.
      
      

[Add more rows to the table above, if needed.]

Export Your Current Majors List from the CCCApply Administrator

1. From the Majors summary module summary table, click on the “Export Majors” button to export your existing current list of college majors to a CSV file. By default, the file will export as a CSV file.
2. Locate and open the file in from your Downloads folder and save Save As with a name that indicates identifies it is as the original Pilot or Production Majors list exported list of majors from your Pilot environment for your college. 
3. Repeat this process in the Production Administrator.

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