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1、 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 aca
2、demic 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 camp
3、us 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
4、of their classroom participation is at the instructors discretion. Auditors are generally not allowed in art studio, laboratory science, mathematics, elementary and intermediate Hawaiian and foreign languages, creative writing, English composition, physical education, speech and other performance co
5、urses or in classes where they might displace credit students. Audit courses are entered on the students transcripts with a grade of L and are subject to regular tuition and fee charges.Bachelors Degree Undergraduate degree signifying successful completion of the Manoa General Education Core, major,
6、 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
7、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 masters or doctoral degree.Classified Students (Undergraduate) Students who intend to ear
8、n 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 Hawaii system that usually offer lower division courses and grant
9、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
10、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-requi
11、sites 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
12、 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 (
13、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.Cros
14、s-Listed Courses Courses whose contents are identical and are jointly offered by more than one department. Although the departments and course numbers are differentfor example, AMST 354 and MUS 370these courses are the same.Curriculum All the courses of study offered by the University. May also refe
15、r 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
16、 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 semeste
