Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

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The Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings is used for the presentation, summary, analysis, and dissemination of highly aggregated data, and is an update of the Variant of CIP 2016 - Primary groupings.

The primary groupings variant is comprised of 13 'primary groupings' at the first level, and each primary grouping is made up of one or more of the 50 two-digit series.

The second level is comprised of the 50 CIP 2021 series. Each series belongs in only one primary grouping, except for series 30. Multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary studies. Series 30. has been split into its constituent four-digit subseries, and each of the subseries has been grouped with its closest equivalent series by field of study.

The primary groupings are based on field of study and are independent of the level of postsecondary education at which they were taken. The two secondary education level series in CIP are the exception. These two series, 21. Pre-technology education/pre-industrial arts programsCAN, and 53. High school/secondary diploma and certificate programs, are included in the "Other" primary grouping category.