Standard Name: Scholarship Program Exchange Activity List
Standard ID: NSPA-SPE-A-1.0-1
Issued By: NSPA
Version: 1.0d-1 (Initial Release Version)
Obsoletes: --
Obsoleted By: --

Overview

The purpose of the NSPA-SPE-A list is to define and standardize values used to refer unambiguously to activities in the context of scholarship eligibility and applications.

Usage

In the NSPA Exchange, an activity is a sport, hobby, a vocation, or similar active pursuit. Contrast with the Interest criteriaList, which indicates an enjoyment of, or passive, spectator role.

Academic Activities

The NSPA Exchange list of Academic Activities is defined as school-based or education-based pursuits that focus on knowledge and/or skill building. The definition approximates Wikipedia’s definition that an academic activity is “designed to educate students in any scholarly subject matter,” and Wikipedia’s entries were helpful in suggesting additions beyond those already seen in NSPA member programs.

Art

Art activities include visual and literary creative disciplines. The list is detailed by Wikipedia’s categories of the “major constituents of the arts”.

Community Service

This category encompasses a wide variety of activities. Scholarships that include community service requirements often include all types of community service (or include specific Affiliation Entities that can be reflected in that list). This list is currently maintained as a general category without specific listings.

Games

This list includes generally non-athletic play and competition such as card games, tabletop/board games, and video games. While there are extensive lists that detail the many games available today, only a small number of these games have specific scholarships associated with them. As such, the code list is defined based on program requirements.

Hobbies

A hobby is defined as a leisure activity done for enjoyment. Due to the broad nature of what can be considered a hobby and the likelihood that one’s hobby may be another type of activity or an interest, this list is constructed based on programs’ requirements. The exception to this is the subcategory of collection hobbies.

Performing Arts

Performing arts are defined as creative endeavors that are typically put on for an audience. The code list is made logically complete by including the general Performing Arts categories published by Wikipedia.

Religious Activities

This list is expanded as programs with specific religious activity requirements are sourced. Many religious scholarships are associated with particular Affiliation Entities instead of activities.

Sports

This list aligns with the dictionary definition that sports are “athletic activit[ies] requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature”. Wikipedia’s very detailed list of sports is used a reference.

Work

This could be as broad as the Profession list, so it is captured on a program by program basis and/or on another list (ex. Situation | Employment Detail or Affiliation Entities).

References

The core list of Activities was based on programs offered by NSPA members. External lists were consulted for standardization and to fill in logical gaps. No existing external list was exclusively or completely used. Primary references used include:

Wikipedia, general lists for:
Brown University, list of varsity sports
Prep Scholar, list of high school sports

List of Activity Codes

Painting | Painting Watercolor (Any) Other

Activity Hierarchy

Synonym ListAlternate Categorization List

Activity | Academic Activities

Activity | Academic Activities | Academic Decathlon

Activity | Academic Activities | College Bowl

Activity | Academic Activities | Debate

Activity | Academic Activities | Environmental Club

Activity | Academic Activities | Math League

Activity | Academic Activities | Mock Trial

Activity | Academic Activities | Quiz Bowl

Activity | Academic Activities | Student Government

Student Council

Activity | Academic Activities | Student Newspaper

School Newspaper | Student Journalism

Activity | Academic Activities | Student Radio

School Radio

Activity | Academic Activities | Tutoring

Mentoring

Activity | Academic Activities | UIL Academics

University Interscholastic League

Activity | Academic Activities | Yearbook

Activity | Visual Arts

Fine Arts

Activity | Visual Arts | Architecture

Activity | Visual Arts | Ceramics

Activity | Visual Arts | Drawing

Activity | Visual Arts | Filmmaking

Activity | Visual Arts | Filmmaking | Documentary Filmmaking

Activity | Visual Arts | Filmmaking | Film Editing

Video Editing | Film or Video Editing

Activity | Visual Arts |

Photography

Activity | Visual Arts | Painting | Oil Painting Sculpting

Activity | Visual Arts

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Painting

Activity | Visual Arts | PhotographyPainting | Oil Painting

Activity | Visual Arts | SculptingPainting | Watercolor Painting

Activity | Literary Arts

Fine Arts

Activity | Literary Arts | Fiction

Activity | Literary Arts | Creative Writing

Writing | Journalism

Activity | Literary Arts | Drama Playwriting

Activity | Literary Arts | Poetry

Activity | Literary Arts | Prose

Activity | Community Service

Volunteering | Community Involvement

Activity | Community Service | Church Service

Church Volunteering

Activity | Games

Activity | Games | Tabletop Games | Bridge

Activity | Games | Tabletop Games | Checkers

Board Games

Activity | Games | Tabletop Games | ChessBoard Games

Activity | Games | Tabletop Games | Go

Board Games

Activity | Games | Tabletop Games | Puzzles

Activity | Games | Esports

Activity | Games | Fantasy Football

Activity | Games | Magic: The Gathering

Activity | Games | PC Gaming

Computer Gaming

Activity | Games | Video Games

Activity | Hobbies

Hobby

Activity | Hobbies | Amateur Radio

Activity | Hobbies | Coin Collecting

Numismatics

Activity | Hobbies | Gardening

Activity | Hobbies | Genealogy

Activity | Hobbies | Reading

Literature | Poetry

Activity | Hobbies | Stamp Collecting

Philately

Activity | Performing Arts

Activity | Performing Arts | Dance

Activity | Performing Arts | Dance | Ballet

Activity | Performing Arts | Dance | Modern Dance

Activity | Performing Arts | Music

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Band

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Brass Instrument

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Chorus

Choir

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Jazz Band

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Marching Band

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Opera

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Orchestra

String Instruments

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Private Music Study

Private Music Lessons

Activity | Performing Arts | Music | Singing

Activity | Performing Arts | Puppetry

Activity | Performing Arts | Spoken Word

Activity | Performing Arts | Theater Arts

Drama

Activity | Performing Arts | Theater Arts | Acting

Activity | Performing Arts | Theater Arts | Musical Theater

Activity | Performing Arts | Theater Arts | Set Design

Activity | Religious Activities

Activity | Religious Activities | Church Activities

Activity | Religious Activities | Worship

Activity | Sports

Athletics

Varsity Sport (Any)

Activity | Sports | Archery

Activity | Sports | Badminton

Activity | Sports | Baseball

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Basketball

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | BMX

Bicycle Motocross

Activity | Sports | Bowling

Activity | Sports | Cheerleading

Varsity SportCheer

Activity | Sports | Crew

Rowing

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Cross - Country Running

Cross Country

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Diving

Activity | Sports | Drift Racing

Drifting

Activity | Sports | Equestrian Sports

Horseback Riding

Activity | Sports | Equestrian Sports | Dressage

English RidingVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Equestrian Sports | Rodeo

Western Riding

Activity | Sports | Fencing

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Field Hockey

Activity | Sports | FootballVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | GolfVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Gymnastics

Tumbling

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Hiking

Activity | Sports | Hockey

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Ice HockeyVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Ice Skating

Activity | Sports | Jogging

Activity | Sports | Lacrosse

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Marksmanship

Activity | Sports | Pickleball

Activity | Sports | Racquetball

Activity | Sports | Riflery

Activity | Sports | Rock Climbing

Activity | Sports | Rugby

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Sailing

Activity | Sports | Skateboarding

Activity | Sports | Skiing

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Skiing | Cross - Country SkiingVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Skiing | Downhill Skiing

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Soccer

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Softball

Activity | Sports | Squash

Varsity SportActivity | Sports | Surfing

Activity | Sports | SwimmingVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Table Tennis

Activity | Sports | TennisVarsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Track and Field

Running

Activity | Sports | Ultimate Frisbee

Activity | Sports | Volleyball

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Water Polo

Varsity Sport

Activity | Sports | Weightlifting

Powerlifting | Bodybuilding

Activity | Sports | Wrestling

Varsity Sport

Activity | Work

Activity | Work | Entrepreneurship

Startup Company

Activity | Work | Farming

Agriculture

Activity | Other

Activity Hierarchy

Activity

Synonym List

Alternate Categorization List

Activity | Academic Activities

Academic Activities