Offices and People
Someone who is an expert in their field, most often in mental health or career navigation.
What is a Counselor
Period when students can enroll in courses
What is Registration
Collection of required classes for major, minor, program, etc.
What is Curriculum
GPA for Fall, Spring, or Summer
What is Semester or Term GPA
A student enrolled in a minimum of 12-credit hours has this status.
What is Full-Time Enrollment
This person helps you navigate your general education, major curriculum, and helping identify what classes to enroll in.
What is an Academic Advisor
When a student is enrolled in less than the full-time enrollment minimum.
What is Part-Time Enrollment
Removing yourself from a course. Also known as "Dropping"
What is Withdrawal
A GPA given to a student from the institution that they attended.
What is a College or University GPA
This is an outline or a guide for a course.
What is a Syllabus
These are the times during the week that a faculty member sets aside to meet with a student individually
What is Office Hours
A students primary field of study and what they venture to achieve a degree in.
What is a Major
Numbers assigned to courses that designates their worth in progress towards graduation.
What is Credits or Credit Hours
Total GPA of all the courses a student has taken.
What is Cumulative GPA
These individuals have knowledge, skills, and abilities to teach a student about the subject matter covered in a course.
What is Faculty
This office manages the university catalog, transcripts, credit inquiries, academic calendars, etc.
What is the University Registrar
A Secondary field of study, consisting of fewer credit hours than a major.
A course that is not required for graduation based on a chosen curriculum, but often count towards general credits for graduation.
What is an Elective
A calculation of grades earned in courses taken. This is often calculated by assigning a number or letter for the course.
What is a Grade Point Average
This person oversees all operations of a university and reports to the Board of Trustees.
What is University President or Chancellor.
Dr. James T. Dalton holds this position here at UA and it acts as the Chief Academic Officer.
University Provost
This is a type of subcategory or focus within certain majors. Ex. Exercise Science or Physical Education for Kinesiology
What is a Specialization or Concentration
A collection of academic policies, procedures, curriculums and course descriptions within the college or university.
What is Catalog
What is an Academic Transcript
Sometimes know as Liberal Arts Studies, or core, this is a category of classes designed to give all undergraduates a well-rounded education.
What is General Education