College Terminology
The value that indicates the amount of college credit given to a course.
What is a unit? Example: English C1000 is 3 units.
First day of school - fall semester.
What is August 25, 2025?
Number of hours a week you are in class for a 3 unit class?
What is 3 hours a week?
The location where you obtain your student ID and VTA pass.
What is Admissions and Records in the Student Services Building.
An academic tool that helps you plan your classes to achieve graduation.
What is an Education Plan?
A unique identifier, with three numbers, that distinguishes a specific instance of a course from others with the same subject and course number. Example: English C1000 201
What is a class section number?
Before this day, you can drop a class and it will not be on your academic record, you will not be charged for the class, and financial aid can be adjusted.
What is CENSUS day which is any day before 9/8/25?
Students' schedule planners for fall 2025 semester should include these important academic tasks (name at least 3).
What are important dates/ timelines/ deadlines for essays, assignments, exams, and presentations?
What is the First Stop Center on the first floor of the Student Services Building? Note: Email and texting assistance is also available.
The General Education pattern for transfer.
What is the CalGETC GE pattern?
Required petition a college student submits during a counseling appointment to officially declare their intent to graduate and have their degree or certificate awarded. It's a process that verifies the student has or will complete all necessary requirements for their degree or certificate.
What is a graduation petition?
What is the graduation petition deadline for the fall 2025 semester?
Best tool to manage your time in college.
The way to apply for financial aid to help pay for college. It is used to determine eligibility for grants, scholarships, work-study, and/or loans.
What is FAFSA or Dream Application?
Way to reach out to your professors for questions or concerns.
What is attend office hours or email in Canvas?
Professors hand out this document which gives you in depth information about the course. Includes grading policies, resources, timeline, assignments, office hours, contact information.
What is a syllabus?
Exam that is held on December 05, 2025.
Number of units students are recommended to take if working 20 hours a week.
What is 12 units of classes? 12 units budget 36 hours a week for classes and studying plus 20 hours of work!
Transfer agreement for Electrical Engineering for UC Davis and EVC can be found via this portal.
What is ASSIST.org?
This special program offers extended services to first generation low-income students.
What is EOPS?
A personalized semester by semester outline of all the courses you need to take in order to reach your educational goals.
What is a comprehensive educational plan?
Last day to receive a withdrawal, "W" in a class for fall semester 2025.
When is November 13, 2025?
Recommended number of studying hours a week for a 3 unit class.
What is 6 hours of study time?
What are tutoring services at EVC?
A suggested sequence of courses, organized by semester, that outlines how a student can complete a degree or certificate program. It helps students plan their coursework to save time and money by staying on track.
What is a program map? Example: Psychology Program Map