College Terms (1)

Accredited

(a person, organization, or course of study) officially recognized or authorized.

Credit Hours

A "CREDIT HOUR" is the unit of measuring educational CREDIT, usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term. Students are awarded credit for classes on the basis of the Carnegie unit. This defines a semester unit of credit as equal to a minimum of three hours of work per week for a semester

Bachelors Degree

A bachelor's degree (also baccalaureate, from Modern Latin baccalaureatus) is usually earned for an undergraduate course of study that nominally requires three to five years of study (depending on institution and field of study).

Associates Degree

An associate degree is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges, technical colleges, bachelor's degree-granting colleges, and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years.

FAFSA

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is a form that can be prepared annually by current and prospective college students in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid.

Advistor

a person who gives advice, typically someone who is expert in a particular field.

Transcript

a written or printed version of material originally presented in another medium

Major

having an interval of a semitone between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees.

Minor

having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.

Work study

of or relating to a college program that enables students to work part-time while attending school.