美国大学录取通知书常用术语解释

美国大学录取通知书常用术语解释

Academic Year Starts at the beginning of the fall semester, ends at the close

of the spring semester; does not include summer sessions.

Accreditation

Official

certification

by

an

external

academic

organization

that

a college, school, or academic unit meets minimum requirements for academic

achievement, curriculum, facilities, etc.

Add Period Time at the beginning of each semester during which registered

students may enroll in additional courses.

Articulated General Education Courses UH system courses reviewed by the

System-wide

Articulation

Standing

Committees

and

accepted

by

campus

core/curriculum

committees as meeting undergraduate requirements at one or more system campuses.

Auditors Regularly admitted students who register, with the consent of the

instructor, for informational instruction only and who receive no credit. They do

not

take

course

examinations

and

the

extent

of

their

classroom

participation

is

at

the instructor’s discretion. Auditors are generally not allo

wed in art studio,

laboratory science, mathematics, elementary and intermediate

Hawaiian

and

foreign

languages, creative writing, English composition, physical education, speech and

other

performance

courses

or

in

classes

where

they

might

displace

credit

students.

Audit courses are entered on the student’s transcripts with a grade of L and are

subject to regular tuition and fee charges.

Bachelor’s

Degree

Undergraduate

degree

signifying

successful

completion

of

the

Manoa General Education Core, major, elective, and credit requirements of the

University and of an academic unit.

Backtracking

Completion

of

a

lower-level

or

prerequisite

course

after

(or

while)

taking an advanced course. Additional credit and grade points are not awarded for

lower-level

courses

if

they

are

taken

after

or

concurrently

with

the

advanced

course

for which they are explicitly or implicitly prerequisites.

Classified Students (Graduate) Students admitted by the Graduate Division to

a program that offers a graduate certificate, or a

master’s or doctoral degree.

Classified Students (Undergraduate) Students who intend to earn an

undergraduate degree and/or are admitted into a degree-granting college or school

such as Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education,

Engineering, etc.

Community Colleges Campuses within the University of Hawai‘i system that

usually offer lower division courses and grant two-year degrees and certificates.

Conditional Students (Graduate) Students admitted to graduate programs on the

condition that they make up academic deficiencies or other requirements within a

prescribed period of time.

Continuing Students For registration purposes, those who were registered for

the previous semester (fall or spring), are in good standing, have not completely

withdrawn, have not graduated in their current classification, and intend to

register for the upcoming semester.

Co-requisite A course which must be taken in conjunction with and at the same

time as another course. Co- requisites are indicated in the course descriptions.

Core Requirements See General Education Core.

Credit Overload (Graduate)

For classified graduate

students, registration

for

more than 16 credits (9 credits for graduate assistants) in any one semester.

Permission from the graduate dean is required.

Credit Overload (Undergraduate) Registration for more than 19 UH Manoa credit

hours in any one semester for undergraduate and professional diploma students.

Permission from the appropriate college/school dean is required. The request for

credit overload is processed during late registration only.

Credits (or Semester Credit Hours) Earned after successful completion (pass)

of a course. If students fail a course, they have only attempted (but not earned)

the

credits

for

the

course.

Three

semester

credits

are

approximately

equivalent

to

three 50-minute meeting periods per week in a 15-week semester.

Cross-Listed Courses Courses whose contents are identical and are jointly

offered by more than one department. Although the departments and course numbers

are different

—

for example, AMST 354 and MUS 370

—

these courses are the same.

Curriculum All the courses of study offered by the University. May also refer

to a particular course of study (major) and the courses in that area.

Discipline A branch of knowledge or teaching. Typically refers to an area of

study or a major field.

Diversification Requirement (Undergraduate) Specified courses in the General

Education Core intended to assure that every student has a broad exposure to

different

domains

of

academic

knowledge,

while

at

the

same

time

allowing

flexibility

for students with different goals and interests.

Double

Major

Multiple

majors

falling

under

one

degree

will

normally

be

approved

for students who show promise of success in both, provided there is sufficient

divergence between the majors. No one course may be used to satisfy more than one

major requirement.

Drop Period Time at the beginning of each semester during which registered

students may drop unwanted courses and not have them appear on their transcripts.

Early-Admits Academically superior and accomplished youths under 18 years of

age who are continuing high school students admitted to the University to take

specific courses for which they are qualified.

Electives Courses not designated as part of the General Education Core,

college/school,

or

major

requirements.

Students

should

consult

their

major

advisers

and college advisers to discuss the selection of electives.

Emeriti

Faculty

Recognition,

designation,

and

privileges

given

by

the

UH

Board

of Regents to faculty members who have retired but still retain ties to the

University.

Excess

Credit

Policy

(Undergraduate)

Students

who,

by

the

end

of

any

semester,

have

earned

24

credit

hours

beyond

those

required

for

graduation

and

have

fulfilled

all specific program and University requirements may graduate by action of their

college or school.

Focus Requirements (Undergraduate) Specified courses in the UHM Graduation

Requirements identifying important skills and discourses necessary for living and

working in diverse communities.

Foreign

or

Hawaiian

Language

Requirement

(Undergraduate)

Successful

completion

of

second-level

study

(i.e.,

through

202

or

equivalent)

of

Hawaiian

or

an

approved

foreign language for students who entered the UH system in fall 1989 or later.

Successful completion of first-level study (i.e., through 102 or equivalent) of

Hawaiian or

an approved

foreign language for

students who entered the

UH system

in

fall 1988 or spring 1989.

Foundation Requirement (Undergraduate) Specified courses in the General

Education Core intended to give students skills and perspectives that are

fundamental to undertaking higher education.

Freshmen Students who have earned fewer than 25 semester credit hours.

Full-Time Students For academic purposes, undergraduates carrying 12 or more

credits per semester or graduates carrying 8 or more credits.

General Education Core Specified courses in liberal arts and related areas

required for the bachelor’s degree and usua

lly completed in the first two years

of undergraduate study.

Grade

Point

Average

(GPA)

Determined

by

first

multiplying

the

number

of

credits

for

each

course

taken

for

a

letter

grade

by

the

points

earned

for

that

course

(i.e.,

A is 4 points, B is 3, C is 2, D is 1, and F is 0), then by adding all the points,

and

finally

by

dividing

total

grade

points

by

the

total

number

of

credits

attempted

for courses in which letter grades were given.

Graduate Assistants Graduate students hired by the University as teaching or

research assistants.

Graduate

Courses

Courses

offered

as

part

of

a

graduate

degree

program,

numbered

600

–

800.