Getting in to College
Approval for a student to attend an educational institution
What is Admission?
Courses designed to create a foundation for students' understanding and appreciation of diverse cultures and modes of inquiry
What are General Education Courses?
Specialization in one academic discipline or field of study
What is an Academic Concentration or Major?
A member of the college faculty or staff who assists students with planning quarter or semester schedules as well as their overall programs of study
What is an Advisor?
The number of children Mr. King has
What are Three?
The first step in requesting admission to an institution of higher education
What is an Application?
A temporary grade given to a student who is doing satisfactory work but is forced by illness or other emergency to miss an exam or a major assignment
What is an Incomplete Grade?
A unit of measure for college work; one of these hours represents one hour of classroom attendance each week
What is a Credit?
Where Mr. King worked before coming to Odyssey ECCO
What is Night School?
A formal agreement between high schools and colleges or between community colleges and baccalaureate institutions
What is Articulation?
An arrangement that allows a student to earn college credit through individual study and research
What is an Independent Study?
The total credit value of the courses a student is currently enrolled in (e.g. I'm taking 12 credits this semester)
What is a Credit Load?
A college degree which can often be earned by following a four-year instructional program
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
What military branch Mr. King served in
What is the U.S. Air Force?
A method of determining a student's knowledge or skill level, often to find his or her best placement
What is an Assessment?
A course that must be completed or a skill that must be demonstrated before a student can enroll in a more advanced course
What is a Prerequisite?
Courses or instructional programs which do not require extensive homework or exams and which do not offer college credit
What is Non-Credit?
Instruction which is not time or place-specific; often delivered online
What is Distance Learning?
This was Mr. King's job in the military
What is Radio & T.V. Broadcaster?
Certification that a school or an instructional program meets standards set by an outside reviewing organization
What is Accreditation?
If a student demonstrates certain knowledge and abilities, the college may waive a course prerequisite
What is a Waiver?
An outline plan for a particular class, including textbook requirements, class meeting dates, reading assignments, etc.
What is a Syllabus?
A student who has not yet earned a Bachelor's degree
What is an Undergraduate?
Where Mr. King lived before moving to Colorado
What is Germany?