Port Authority
Skills and Services
William Pitt Union
Academic Communication
Lingo!
100
The bus that takes you to Bloomfield, Lawrenceville, South Side, Polish Hill, and the Strip District.
What is the 54C?
100
You go to this center for tutoring and homework help.
What is the Academic Resource Center?
100
This is where you go for studying anywhere from Paris to Prague!
What is the Office of Study Abroad?
100
These are where you go outside of class to talk to your professors about course materials... or life!
What are office hours?
100
This is your main course of study; you are all exploring these.
What is a major?
200
The bus that takes you to Shadyside from campus.
What is the 71B, the 71D, the P3, and/or the 75?
200
Managing this fourth dimension will serve you in your academic career. It is a measure in which events can be ordered from the past through the present into the future.
What is time?
200
This organization accepts student disc jockeys all year round.
What is WPTS?
200
The minimum length of time for which to request a letter of recommendation.
What is three weeks?
200
This is your secondary course of study; also people under 18 years of age.
What is a minor?
300
The bus that takes you to Squirrel Hill from campus.
What is the 71D, the 71B, and/or the 67?
300
This is who you talk to for academic advice.
What is an advisor?
300
This is where you go for resume help.
What is the Career Development and Placement Assistance Office?
300
While sitting in lecture, this is how we nonverbally communicate attentiveness.
What is body language? (Wlll accept eye contact, focus, nodding head, etc)
300
This is branch of science includes biology, chemistry, physics, geology, and astrology.
What is natural science?
400
The bus that takes you Downtown from campus.
What is the 61A, the 61B, the 61C, the 61D, the 71A, the 71B, the 71C, the 71D, and/or the 67?
400
The number of credits required to graduate from the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
What is 120 credits?
400
This is where you go for purchasing tickets to the Pittsburgh Symphony or to sign up for free art events around the city.
What is Pitt Arts?
400
The best way to contact your professor, outside of class.
What is a professionally worded email?
400
This branch of science includes political science, anthropology, education, law, sociology, and linguistics.
What is social science?
500
The bus that takes you to the Waterfront from the Cathedral of Learning.
What is the the 61C and/or the 61D?
500
This is where you go for help on your research papers or even your poems.
What is the Writing Center?
500
This organization is completely self-sustained from its advertising revenue.
What is the Pitt News?
500
When asking for a letter of recommendation, you should provide your professor with one of these.
What is a transcript and/or a resume?
500
Mathematics, science, arts, and language can all be considered part of this.
What is liberal arts?