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Academic Calender
A calender that shows the time during which a school, college or university holds classes.
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01/31/2013

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Academic Calender
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A calender that shows the time during which a school, college or university holds classes.
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Accociates Degree
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A degree granted especially by Junior Colleges after completion of two years of study
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ACT (American College Testing)
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a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions.
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Admissions Office
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Office where faculty can help with admission and Registration
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Advising Center
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A place where you can get advisement for academics, career and life.
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Assessment
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the process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs
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Certificate program
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a targeted program of coursework that focuses on learning skills for a specific career, usually completed in a year or less
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CLEP College Level Examination Program
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A set of standardized tests in various subjects qualifying scores on which can be used to earn college credits
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College Catalog
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A publication sent to prospective students by colleges and universities. It provides information about the campus, professors, courses,...
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Core Curriculm
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A curriculm in which all or some of the subjects or courses are based on a central theme in order to correlate the subjects and themes
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Course Number
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the number given to a course at college or university. IE MAT 55, 65
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Developmental Courses
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Requirement for students whose placement test scores suggest that they are underprepared for introductory college courses in writing or mathematics.
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Drop/Add
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To drop or ad a class. usually has a deadline
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Elective
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a course that the student can select from among alternatives.
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Freshman
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is a first-year student in secondary school,
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GPA
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is the average of all your grades for a single semester
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Junior
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a student in their 3rd year of study
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Sophmore
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a student in the second year of study
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Senior
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a student in the 4th year of study
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Open Admissions
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type of Un-selective and non-competitive college admissions process were all you need is a high school diploma or a GED.
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Orientation
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An intro as to guide one into adjusting to new surroundings.
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Course Load
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number of classes or hours spent in class a person takes while in college. Usually it determines whether a student is considered full or part time
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Withdraw
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To remove oneself from active participation
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Transfer
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To transition from one school to the next
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Transcript
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A copy of a student's permanent academic record
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prerequisites
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courses that you need to pass before advancing on to other ones
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Registration
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The action or process of registering or of being registered.
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SAT
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Measures mathematical and Verbal Reasoning skills
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syllabus
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course schedule and guide
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total quality points
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what schools use to calculate your GPA. Each letter is worth a certain amount of points per credit:
a=4,b=3,c=2, d=1, f=0
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Plagiarism
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is the "wrongful appropriation" and "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work.
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Counselors
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Person who steers/helps students with school, personal and career goals
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Course description
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purge
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Bursar’s Office
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To provide quality service to students, parents and alumni in a professional and courteous manner and to maintain the highest standards of accuracy for handling the Student Financials for the University of Louisville.
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Financial Aid Office
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deals with all of the financial aid paperwork for thousands of JCTC students. The Financial Aid Office has a team of analysts and loan officers that process large amounts of paperwork each day.
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tuition and fees
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Office of Residential Housing
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Registrar’s Office
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processes registration requests, schedules classes and maintains class lists, enforces the rules for entering or leaving classes, and keeps a permanent record of grades and marks
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