Offices and People
Academic Basics
Courses and Credits
It's only GPA
Hodgepodge
100

Someone who is an expert in their field, most often in mental health or career navigation.

What is a Counselor

100

Period when students can enroll in courses

What is Registration

100

Collection of required classes for major, minor, program, etc. 

What is Curriculum

100

GPA for Fall, Spring, or Summer

What is Semester or Term GPA

100

A student enrolled in a minimum of 12-credit hours has this status. 

What is Full-Time Enrollment 

200

This person helps you navigate your general education, major curriculum, and helping identify what classes to enroll in.

What is an Academic Advisor

200

When a student is enrolled in less than the full-time enrollment minimum.

What is Part-Time Enrollment

200

Removing yourself from a course. Also known as "Dropping"

What is Withdrawal

200

A GPA given to a student from the institution that they attended.

What is a College or University GPA

200

This is an outline or a guide for a course. 

What is a Syllabus

300

These are the times during the week that a faculty member sets aside to meet with a student individually

What is Office Hours

300

A students primary field of study and what they venture to achieve a degree in.

What is a Major

300

Numbers assigned to courses that designates their worth in progress towards graduation.

What is Credits or Credit Hours

300

Total GPA of all the courses a student has taken.

What is Cumulative GPA

300

These individuals have knowledge, skills, and abilities to teach a student about the subject matter covered in a course.

What is Faculty

400

This office manages the university catalog, transcripts, credit inquiries, academic calendars, etc.

What is the University Registrar

400

A Secondary field of study, consisting of fewer credit hours than a major. 

What is a Minor
400

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

400

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

400

This person oversees all operations of a university and reports to the Board of Trustees.

What is University President or Chancellor.

500

Dr. James T. Dalton holds this position here at UA and it acts as the Chief Academic Officer.

University Provost

500

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

500

A collection of academic policies, procedures, curriculums and course descriptions within the college or university. 

What is Catalog

500
The official records that include a student's classes, grades, GPA, earned credits, and major.

What is an Academic Transcript

500

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