Uno
Non mandatory classes like Spanish, Art, Marketing, Band and Exploring College and Careers
Electives
Typically a Four year program, higher level than associate degree, that awards a degree when all credits are completed
Bachelors Degree
A graduate degree added onto a Bachelor’s degree. It takes around 5-7 years to complete accounting for all your years of college taken after high school.
Masters Degree
The highest degree offered by colleges and universities. It usually takes around 8-10 years to complete
Doctorate Degree
Grants, scholarships, and loans used to pay for education.
Financial Aid
A school that will teach you a specific job skill and they offer apprenticeship programs for trade jobs such as barbers, electricians, or mechanics.
Trade Schools
foundational courses that students in all majors must take to develop a broad base of knowledge and essential intellectual and civic skills.
General Classes
A form you present at a job interview. It contains a list of reasons why you are qualified for the position of the job.
Resume
A program that is 2-3 years in length and when completed, awards a degree for completion.
Associates Degree
A fixed regular payment, typically paid on a monthly or biweekly basis but often expressed as an annual sum, made by an employer to an employee
Salary
Important to handle interpersonal relations, to make appropriate decisions and to communicate effectively.
Soft Skills
Colleges not run by the government and do not receive government funds
Private College
typically 16 industries that share similar skills and interests for different jobs
Career Cluster
a representation of your academic performance throughout a time period in school (typically one quarter)
GPA
A form filled out yearly to receive financial aid that includes a parent or adult's financial standing so a student can be approved for scholarships, loans and/or grants.
FAFSA
Counselor or professor that will help choose classes needed for a degree.
Academic Advisor
Things that are specific, measurable, and teachable abilities or technical knowledge, often related to a particular job or industry, that can be learned through education, training, and experience
Hard Skills
Classes available in high school that give college level credit.
Advanced Placement
What is awarded each time you complete a college course.
Credits
The word for Money that pays for you to attend classes and receive credits in a college, university or trade school setting.
Tuition
The correct order of Degrees:
Associates
Bachelors
Masters
Doctoral
The process of building Beneficial relationships for business purposes.
Networking
Permanent record of all the classes you’ve taken, similar to a report card, yet it shows the credits earned toward graduation.
Transcript
A person pursuing a 2 or 4 year degree (someone who gets an associates or bachelors degree.)
Undergraduate
What does FAFSA stand for? All words must be correct!
Free Application for Federal Student Aid