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On Campus Vocabulary

Advisor/Student Academic Advising

1. General Vocabulary:
Credit Hour a class that meets 3 hours/week over the course of semester gives your 3 credit hours toward your degree. Degree Requirements classes that must be taken as a part of your major. Required Courses classes that must be taken as a part of your major. Core Courses classes that re uired for your major and that make up the central curriculum for your degree. Electives !lasses that can be chosen by you and your advisor either for you minor or to round out your major Course Catalog shows all the courses a college or university offers Course Description e"plains what the course covers and can be found in the course catalog. rerequisite is a class that must be taken #and completed$ before taking another course. Course !it"dra# also known as %dropping a course& $ull %oad is usually '( credit hours in a semester. ass/$ail Course a class where a grade is not given. )nstead a student either passes #*$ or fails #+$ the class. Admission Requirements academic or work e"perience that is needed to be accepted into a program of study rograms o& Study degrees or majors at a college or university. ' A Grade *oint ,verage, - ../ 0 - 3./ !- 1./ Academic Dismissal means a student is asked to leave a university usually as a disciplinary measure College vs( )niversity an institution of learning of the highest level2 having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools2 as of theology2 law2 medicine2 and engineering2 and authori3ed to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. racticum a class that allows students to %practice& their future careers under the supervision of professionals Distance %earning a class taken online

2. 4ajors and 4inors #just some e"amples$:


,ccounting ,frican ,merican 5tudies ,nthropology ,rt 6istory ,sian 5tudies 0iology 0io78efense 0usiness ,dministration !hemistry !ivil 9ngineering !ommunication !omputer 5cience !ultural 5tudies 8ance 9conomics 9ducation 9lectrical 9ngineering 9nglish 9nvironmental 5cience +oreign :anguage Geography 6ealth 5cience 6istory )nformation ;echnology )nternational <elations/ 5tudies :atin :inguistics 4anagement 4athematics 4usic =ursing *hilosophy *hysics *hysical 9ducation *olitical 5cience *sychology *ublic ,dministration *ublic *olicy *ublic <elations <eligion 5ocial >ork ;95: ;heater ;ourism Go to http://www.gmu.edu/acadexcel/ for more majors and colleges

ro&essor/Student or Student/Student

1. General Vocabulary:
O&&ice Hours hours that a professor is available to meet with students in his or her office Due Dates the time that an assignment or paper must be turned in by. E*tension students often ask for %e"tensions& to due dates when they don?t have time to finish a paper or assignment 'rades +uition C"anges to Campus C"anges to olicies

resentation

2. <eports:
Dissertation a treatise or thesis paper written for a doctoral degree at a university Researc" aper/Report roposal a proposition or hypothesis about which a student will write a paper. ,ote Cards lagiarism passing off someone else?s work as your owncan be grounds for academic dismissal. -ibliograp"y a list of source materials used in preparing a written work or that are referred to in a written work Citations/ Citing Sources the act of creating a bibliography to give credit to authors for their ideas and what they have written Statistics/ Data/ Analysis ublis"ed/ )npublis"ed Data Academic .ournals 'rap"s/ C"arts /llustrations

3. 9"ams:
0id1term $inal Essay E*am 0ultiple C"oice E*am +a2e1"ome E*am Open1-oo2 E*am -lue -oo 2

4. ,pplications:
'raduate Sc"ool/Sc"olars"ip Applications %etters o& Recommendation ersonal Statement/Statement o& urpos e

5. *laces on !ampus:
@ffice ofA Academic and Career Services >hat classes do ) need to takeB !an ) get a job after ) graduateB +"e Registrar ) can?t seem to register for the class ) need. Admissions this is where students make their applications for acceptance at a university $inancial Aid information on scholarships2 loans2 or help with paying for college can be found here. Housing/ O&&1Campus Housing don?t like your roommateB Go here to make a change. Student Accounts Cour have not paid for your classes yet. Cou need to go to this office with your credit card. Computing and +ec"nology how do ) set up my email accountB @ther *laces: Student )nion get together with friends and classmates here2 and have something to eat or chat Dormitory 3Dorm4 this is on7campus housing where students live er&orming Arts -uilding you can see a play here or watch a performance #theatre$ +"e Stac2s the area of the library where the books are on shelves %aboratories 3lab4 this is where students do science e"periments and complete re uired %lab hours.& ar2ing Services 3 ermits/$ines4 8o you need to register your car so you can park on7campusB Go here.

6. 5tudent @rgani3ations on !ampus D ,ctivities on !ampus:

$raternity also known as a %frat& this is a group of males that usually live together in a %frat& house on campus Sorority a group of female students that usually live together in a sorority house on campus. ledge the process one must go through to become a member of a fraternity or a sorority Student 'overnment Student -ody 'overnment /ntramural Sports +eams competitive sports played among students of the same university Sporting Events 3/nter1mural4 competitive sports played between one university?s team and another universities team. Debate +eams RO+C <eserve @fficer ;raining !orp a training program to prepare college students to be commissioned officers

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