College Terms
A subject or field of study chosen by a college student.
Major
A post-secondary educational institution that offers training for a specific job. Students attend a program to learn the skills needed for their chosen career path, such as welding, business administration, or computer repair. This institution is focused on solely preparing students to enter the workforce in a skilled trade.
Trade School
This is the calendar of the university/college as a whole, including breaks, finals week, holidays, etc.
Academic Calendar
Money awarded to students based on academic or other achievements to help pay for education expenses.
Scholarship
Culinary Arts
Students typically learn standard knife skills, industry terminology, intense food prep methods, catering skills, menu planning, and plating styles. Students are also usually exposed to a variety of international and regional cuisines.
Average Salary: $55,000
A secondary course of study in college.
Minor
An undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts two years.
Associate's Degree
This office or center can work with students to find employment and internships during school and after graduation. It may also provide job listing and career fairs.
Career Center
Financial Aid, often based on financial need that does not need to be repaid (unless you withdraw from school and owe money)
Grant
AIR CONDITIIONING & REFERIGERATION
You will be taught the skills to repair and maintain domestic and commercial air conditioning and refrigeration systems, as well as electrical controls, major home appliances and gas fired heating systems.
Average Salary: $52,000
To sign up for specific college courses for a specific college term.
Register
An undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts four years.
Bachelor's degree
This office or on campus center may run a listserve to connect potential employers with students who need part time jobs. It may also assist students in finding work study jobs and on campus jobs.
Student Employment Center
A federal grant for undergraduate students with financial need.
A federal student loan, made by the recipient's school for undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate financial need.
Federal Pell Grant
Federal Perkins Loan
EKG/Phlebotomy Technician
EKG technicians are responsible for performing electrocardiogram tests in order to record and monitor electrical impulses transmitted by the heart. This assists a physician in diagnosing and treating cardiac and blood vessel irregularities. These tests include basic EKGs, Holter Monitoring (portable EKG which records activity for 24-48 hrs.), and Stress Tests (treadmill).
Phlebotomy Technicians
Phlebotomy technicians draw blood from patients for testing purposes usually working under the supervision of medical technologists or laboratory managers. Generally, the same employee in a facility performs the functions of both an EKG technician and a phlebotomy technician.
Average Salary: $53,000
Something required as a prior condition for something else to happen. For example, a lower level class must be taken first in order to take high level class (Biology 1 before Biology 2).
Prerequisite
An institution of learning of the highest level which is authorized to award both undergraduate and graduate degrees.
University
This office helps students finance their education by providing loans, grants, and scholarships. Payments for a student's cost of attendance will be dispersed and received at this office.
Financial Aid Office
The difference between the cost of attendance (COA) at a school and your Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
Financial Need
COMBINATION WELDING TECHNOLOGY
Students will be taught the gas and electric welding processes, manual and automatic cutting techniques, blueprint reading for metal layout and fabrication including welding thin through thick metals, and exotic metals.
Average Salary: $50,000
Each residence hall floor has an older student living there to oversee the students, enforce community standards, and run social programs, among other duties.
Resident Advisor
Some schools offer this program where students complete military training at the same time as their college degree. This program pays for students' education in exchange for a multiyear commitment to join the military after graduation.
ROTC
This office or center has psychologists and advisors available to students struggling with any emotional or mental health issues like stress management, anxiety, depression, etc.
Counseling Center
This refers to the types of financial aid a college is willing to offer you. This may include a combination of loans, grants, work study, and scholarships.
Award Package
Pharmacy Technician
The pharmacy tech will learn about drug regulation and control, pharmaceutical terminology, medication calculations, basic biopharmaceutics, routes and formulations, and personal standards training.
Key areas of instruction include:
Average Salary: $40,000