All about degrees
Degree requiring at least 60 credits, usually takes about 2 years to complete (examples A.A., A.A.S., A.S., A.S.T.)
What is an Associates degree?
College Office responsible for helping students to pay for their college expenses
What is the Financial Aid Office?
Courses you take by computer instead of a traditional class. The location usually is WWW
What is an online course?
A description of the course which also lists the dates of majors exams, assignments, projects. Usually passed provided on the first day of class.
What is a syllabus?
Date that you need to turn your college or university application in by.
What is the college's application deadline?
Degree requiring at least 120 credits, usually takes 4 years or more to complete
What is a Bachelors degree?
Government application you complete (usually online) for financial aid. Free Application For Federal Student Aid is also known as this.
What is FAFSA?
The average of all your grades that determines your class standing. You will usually need to have a 2.0 or better to graduate.
What is Grade Point Average or GPA?
Your program of study and the area you plan to get a job in after you finish college.
What is your major?
Time set aside by a professor to allow students to ask questions about the course or to seek additional assistance.
What are office hours?
A degree awarded to graduate students after they have completed a Bachelors degree
What is a Masters degree?
A form of financial aid that a student does not have to pay back
What is a scholarship?
A temporary job that can be paid or unpaid, usually in your field of study.
What is an internship?
A class you can take that is not specifically required for your degree program
What is an elective?
October 1 is the date that this application opens every year for the next academic year.
What is the opening date for FAFSA?
Highest Academic degree
What is a Doctorate degree?
Free money from a non-profit organization (usually the government) that a student does not have to pay back
What is a grant?
A student who lives in and meets the requirements for the state that the college or university is in may receive lower blank than a student who lives in or maintains residency outside the state where the college is located
What is Resident vs Non Resident tuition?
Classes that students take to get basic knowledge of a variety of topics. Sometimes referred to by students as "getting my Liberals"
What are General Education classes?
The number of hours assigned to a class. Usually this is how many hours the class meets per week during a normal term. The number of these determines if you are a part time or a full time student.
What are credit hours?
Short term, specialized programs prepare students for specific industry related "blank"
What is certification or credential?
A form of financial aid that you have to pay.
Subsidized student blanks have interest payed by the government while you are in school.
Unsubsidized student blanks accrue interest while you are in school.
Private blanks are offered through banks and credit unions to pay for educational expenses.
What is a loan?
An official academic record
What is a transcript?
A class that must be taken before you can take another class.
What is a prerequisite course?
1)Type of academic term that is usually about 15 weeks long (examples:Fall, Spring, Summer)
2)Type of academic term that is usually 10 weeks long (examples:Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer)
1)What is a semester?
2)What is a quarter?