Degree Types
What are Graduate Degrees?
After Academic Probation, the student fails to maintain or achieve the minimum cumulative GPA required; dismissed from the college for a specified time period.
What is Academic Suspension?
These exams are usually given during the last week of classes each semester.
What are Final Exams?
A student who lives off-campus and drives to class, or commutes.
What is a Commuter?
Program providing undergraduate and graduate students with part-time employment during the school year
What is Federal Work Study? (FWS)
The undergraduate degree offered by 4-year college and universities. The minimum credit hour requirement is 120 hours.
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
A student not maintaining satisfactory progress towards his/her educational objectives will be placed on this
What is Academic Probation?
A number representing the average value of the accumulated final grades earned in courses over time.
What is Grade Point Average? (GPA)
The amount paid for each credit hour of enrollment.
What is Tuition?
financial aid that has its eligibility determined by financial need
What is Need Based?
Granted upon completion of a program of at least 2, but less than 4 years of college. For students who successfully complete programs designed for transfer to a senior college.
What is an Associate Degree?
Universal application for financial aid, including loans, grants, college work-study, and other federal and state programs. It is often required before a student can be considered for scholarships also.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid? (FAFSA)
An outline of the important information about a course.
What is a Syllabus?
Additional charges not included in the tuition. Charged to cover the cost of materials and equipment needed in certain courses.
What are Fees?
COA
What is cost of attendance for you to go to college?
Two types of Graduate Degrees
Both the process and the form a student fills out to request consideration of special circumstances.
What is Petition?
a permanent academic record of a student at college. It may show courses taken, grades received, academic status and honors received
What is a Transcript?
All instructors who teach classes for colleges. Also called professors.
What is Faculty?
Deferment
What is a postponement or delay of payment obligations?
Conferred upon students who successfully complete a 2 year program designed to lead directly into employment in a specific career.
What is Associate of Applied Science Degree?
This action becomes valid after the add/drop period expires, does appear on a transcript, counts as an attempt on the class, and charges tuition fees. They do not, however, impact your GPA.
What is Withdrawal?
A course taken in preparation for another course.
Responsible for the maintenance of all academic records
What is Registrar?
EFC (used to determine Pell Grant eligibility & amount of financial need)
What is expected family contribution?