Glossary
- Academic Session
- The fall/winter period from
September through April or the spring/summer session from May to August.
Both sessions are composed of two terms. Full-credit courses generally run
for a complete session while most half-credit courses are for a single term
only.
- Academic Performance Evaluation
- The decision regarding a student's
eligibility to continue in the current program of study. This evaluation
takes place in June of each year provided the student has attempted 4.0 or
more credits since admission or since the last academic standing decision.
- Academic Warning
- One of the possible outcomes
of the Academic Performance Evaluation process.
- Advanced Standing
- Courses taken at another accredited
institution and counted towards a Carleton University degree upon admission.
- Adviser
- A staff or faculty member
resident in the Student Academic Success Centre or a Departmental Office
who assists students in planning their academic program and resolving any
academic difficulties.
- Attempt
- A course in which a student
remains registered past the last date for withdrawal, whether successfully
or unsuccessfully completed. Students in any program are allowed 5.0 credits
of additional attempts to complete the program requirements.
- Audit
- In certain cases and with
the permission of the instructor a student may be permitted to audit a course.
This means that the student attends the lectures but is not evaluated in
the course.
- Bachelor's Degree (Baccalaureate)
- A university degree for which
a student follows an undergraduate program.
- Bursary
- A monetary award to a student
based on good academic performance and financial need.
- Calendar
- The university publication
listing courses, degree requirements, faculty, and University regulations.
The Calendar is the ultimate written authority for University policy and
regulations.
- Concentration
- A Concentration or Specialization
is a set of courses within a program that provides a student with specific
expertise, knowledge and/or practice and so further distinguishes their program
in a recognizable way.
- Concurrent
- Courses that may be taken
in the same term.
- Course Load
- The maximum number of courses
in which a student may register, usually five per term in a fall/winter session
or two in spring/summer (see also "Overload").
- Course Number
- The four-digit code that specifies
a particular course within a subject area. Each course is specified by a
subject code and a course number.
- Course Reference Number (CRN)
- The unique identifier
of a course section as offered in a particular term.
- Cross-listed Courses
- Two courses are cross-listed
if they are the same course listed under two different subject codes, usually
by two different academic units.
- Credit
- Each course has an assigned
credit weight that is used in calculations related to progress and graduation.
Most courses have credit weight 0.5 or 1.0, but credit values range from
0.0 to 2.0 and higher.
- Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
- One of the key assessment
tools for Academic Performance Evaluation. Students may be assessed using
the Overall CGPA, the Major CGPA, and sometimes the Core CGPA.
- Dean
- The chief academic and administrative
officer of a faculty.
- Debarment
- One of the possible outcomes
of the Academic Performance Evaluation process.
- Deferral
- A final examination or final
assignment that has been postponed by the Registrar's Office upon successful
petition by a student, usually for reasons of illness.
- Degree Audit Report
- A record, issued by the Registrar's
Office, of a student's progress in a specific program.
- Degree Student
- A student registered in a
program leading to an undergraduate degree.
- Department
- A branch of study and its
administrative unit at the University, e.g. Economics, History.
- Discipline
- The university equivalent
of a "subject" in high school.
- Equivalent Courses
- Courses are equivalent if
the appropriate academic units consider the content of the courses to be
sufficiently similar that either course may be used to fulfil a program requirement.
- Examinations
- Midterm: Tests administered
by the instructor during term. Final: Examinations at the end of a term or
session. Deferred: Final examinations or final assignments postponed to the
next special examination period by petitioning the Undergraduate Student
Service Centre (usually for reasons of illness).
- Faculty
- a) A major
teaching division of the University, divided into departments, schools or other
units and headed by a dean. (e.g. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences).
- b) The academic teaching staff of the University.
- Good Standing
- One of the possible outcomes
of the Academic Performance Evaluation process.
- Honours Research Essay
- Honours Research Project
- Honours Research Thesis
- A major research essay or
project required in the fourth year of some Honours degree programs.
- Ineligible to Return
- One of the possible outcomes
of the Academic Performance Evaluation process.
- Instructional Television (itv)
- The provision of courses to
both on- and off-campus students through cablevision and videocassette distribution
services.
- Interdisciplinary Program
- A course of study that crosses
departmental lines to follow a theme (e.g. labour studies). Some "thematic
majors" of this type are administered by the Institute for Interdisciplinary
Studies; others have their own administrative office (e.g. Canadian Studies)
or committee (e.g. Criminology).
- Language Placement
- A self-assessment questionnaire
or short test to establish a student's language proficiency. Usually followed
by confirmation of placement in class.
- Letter of Permission (LOP)
- Prior written permission required
from the Registrar's Office before a degree student may obtain credit at
Carleton for study at another university.
- Limited Enrolment
- The practice of establishing
a limit to the number of students who may enrol in a course or program.
- Major
- A discipline or area of specialty
studied in some depth as part of a degree program.
- Mature Applicant
- Individuals who lack normal
entrance requirements as published in the Calendar, but who will be 21 years
of age or over by December 31 of the year in which they wish to enrol, may
receive consideration for admission as a Mature Applicant to a degree program
either on a full-time or part-time basis.
- Minor
- A Minor is a defined set of
courses in a discipline or field that introduce the student to or extend
their knowledge of that discipline or field.
- Ombuds Service
- An independent service on
campus that investigates individual's grievances or complaints, reports findings
and helps achieve equitable settlements.
- Option
- An addition to a program that
is separate from the degree requirements. For example, the Co-operative Education
Option.
- Overload
- Registration in more than
the normal full course load for the students program.
- Petition and Appeal
- The process by which a student
seeks an accommodation from a rule, regulation or policy.
- Preclusion
- A course that, when attempted,
prevents a student from receiving credit for another course.
- Prerequisite
- A course, courses or other
requirement that must be successfully completed before a student may register
in the course described.
- Program
- A combination of courses over
a specific area or discipline that fulfills requirements for a degree.
- Registration
- The process of selecting,
enrolling in, and paying for courses for the academic session.
- Scholarship
- A monetary award based on
academic achievement
- Specialization
- A Concentration or Specialization
is a set of courses within a program that provides a student with specific
expertise, knowledge and/or practice and so further distinguishes their program
in a recognizable way.
- Special Student
- A student with permission
to register in courses without being admitted to a degree.
- Stream
- A pattern of courses within
the program that guides the student's studies and is distinctive from other
patterns, but does not result in a designation on the diploma.
- Subject Code
- The four-letter code that
specifies discipline area of the course. Each course is specified by a subject
code and a course number.
- Suspension
- One of the possible outcomes
of the Academic Performance Evaluation process.
- Transcript
- The official record of the
students academic history at the institution.
- Tuition Fees
- Fees paid by students for
instruction.
- Withdrawal
- The formal procedure, according
to regulations laid down by the University, of withdrawing from a course
or courses, or from the University.
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