Archived – How to Read the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada, 2000 and Major Field of Study (MFS) Concordance Tables

The concordance is presented in the form of tables arranged in the sequence of each classification. There are two concordances. The first concordance is in the order of CIP Canada 2000, with the CIP class code shown on the left side of the table. The second concordance is in the order of MFS, with the MFS class code shown on the left side of the table.

Below are examples illustrating types of concordances.

Example 1:
The CIP Canada 2000 and MFS class titles are identical, only the class codes are different. Concordance between the CIP Canada 2000 (first two columns: code, title) and the MFS (third and fourth columns: code, title).

Example 1:
The CIP Canada 2000 and MFS class titles are identical, only the class codes are different.
CIP Canada 2000 MFS
Code Title Code Title
01.0103 Agricultural Economics 139 Agricultural Economics

Example 2:
The CIP Canada 2000 and MFS classes are identical, but the code and title are different. Concordance between the CIP Canada 2001 (first two columns: code, title) and the MFS (third and fourth columns: code, title).

Example 2:
The CIP Canada 2000 and MFS classes are identical, but the code and title are different.
CIP Canada 2000 MFS
Code Title Code Title
13.1205 Secondary Education and Teaching 005 Secondary School Teaching

Example 3:
A class in one classification is equal to more than one class in the other classification. Concordance between the MFS (first two columns: code, title) and the CIP Canada 2000 (third and fourth columns: code, title).

Example 3:
A class in one classification is equal to more than one class in the other classification.
MFS CIP Canada 2000
Code Title Code Title
073 Interior Design and Decorating 19.0605 Home Furnishings and Equipment Installers
50.0408 Interior Design

Example 4:
A class in one classification is equivalent to part of a class in the other classification. Concordance between the CIP Canada 2000 (first two columns: code, title) and the MFS (third and fourth columns: code, title).

When the concordance relates one class on the left to only part of the class on the right, this partial relationship is denoted by an asterisk against the code on the right. (Note that the asterisk marked class will reappear against all the classes to which it partially relates.)

Example 4:
A class in one classification is equivalent to part of a class in the other classification.
CIP Canada 2000 MFS
Code Title Code Title
46.0402 Concrete Finishing/Concrete Finisher 314 * Masonry (Brick, Concrete, Stone)

Example 5:
A class in one classification is linked to more than one class in the other classification. Concordance between the CIP Canada 2000 (first two columns: code, title) and the MFS (third and fourth columns: code, title).

Example 5:
A class in one classification is linked to more than one class in the other classification.
CIP Canada 2000 MFS
Code Title Code Title
51.0913 Athletic Training/Trainer 033 * Physical Education and Health
038 * Sports Administration
424 * Physiotherapy
439 * Medical Treatment Technologies - Other

Example 6:
A class in one classification is linked to more than one class in the other classification, sometimes accounting for the entire class and sometimes only part of it. Concordance between the CIP Canada 2000 (first two columns: code, title) and the MFS (third and fourth columns: code, title).

Example 6:
A class in one classification is linked to more than one class in the other classification, sometimes accounting for the entire class and sometimes only part of it.
CIP Canada 2000 MFS
Code Title Code Title
46.0404 Drywall Installation/ Drywaller 311 Drywall, Lathing, Plastering
315 * Plumbing and Related Pipe Trades

Users are cautioned that data coded to one classification cannot automatically be converted to the other with the help of these concordance tables except for those classes that are identical.

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