College Lingo
Colleges require you to purchase these or rent them for most classes.
What are textbooks?
How many times can a student change their major?
No limit
A student who takes 12+ credit hours per semester
What is a full-time student?
The degree that signifies the completion of undergraduate studies, usually takes 4 years to complete.
What is a bachelor's degree?
A secondary course of study (15 - 18 credits) that often compliments a student’s major and is commonly listed on your resume.
What is a minor?
The secondary received after a bachelor's degree that may take 2-3 years to complete.
What is a master's degree?
Your main course of study
What is a major?
The money you don't have to repay that is awarded because of skills you have or academically or athletically.
What is a scholarship?
A document your professor will give you to explain assignments, expectations, grading systems, textbooks, and class policies?
What is a syllabus?
The four main types of financial aid for students
Grants, scholarship, work study, federal/private loans