- Business Day
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Day when University offices are open for business.
- Business Days
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Days when University offices are open for business.
- Commencement
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An optional event during which students are invited to wear formal dress and mark their academic accomplishments. Often referred to as “graduation ceremony”, but does not have a direct role in degree conferral.
- Curricular College
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Organizational college responsible for curricular decisions related to the department offering the program of study (for example, course offerings, faculty assignment, etc.).
- Degree Application
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The process by which a student indicates their intent to complete degree requirements and have their degree conferred.
- Degree Conferral
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The process of the University awarding degrees to students who have met all requirements for respective programs of study. Does not require participation in a commencement ceremony.
- Diploma
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A document typically awarded 6-8 weeks after degree conferral.
- Discussion
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An instructional unit used in conjunction with a lecture that denotes a non-laboratory situation. This term must be used to include all instructional units whose description could be categorized as recitation, conference, or drill (e.g., Lec AAA with Dis A01, Dis A02).
- Drop
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To unenroll from a course but to remain enrolled in at least one other course in a session.
- Dropping
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Unenrolling from a course but remaining enrolled in at least one other course in a session.
- Lab
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An instructional unit used in conjunction with a lecture that requires a room with specialized facilities and equipment (e.g., Lab A01, Lab A02, Lab B01, Lab B02).
- Lecture
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An instructional unit used in conjunction with one or more other types of instructional units that bring together a group as a single unit for a given class meeting (e.g., Lec AAA, Lec BBB).
- MyUI
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MyUI website will provide convenient gateway to key student systems and services and will serve as a hub for students to access several of the UI systems and tools they use most.
- One-Click
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A One-Click course combination seat reservation allows student to enroll in a given set of course sections. Typically they are used for students attending Orientation.
- Program College
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Organizational college responsible for granting academic objective for the program of study. Student admission, tuition/fee assessment, and degree audits will be based on the program college.
- Reserved Seat
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Seats held aside by a Seat Reservation.
- Restriction
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A restriction is used to limit the type of student enrolling in a section. For example, a restricted to majors restriction would allow only a student majoring in the academic unit offering the course.
- Seat Reservation
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Based on a restriction, which can be separate from the overall section restriction, the seat reservation holds a set number of seats within a section.
- Section
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A stand-alone instructional unit used to divide a course. A section appears as a numeric or alpha designation (e.g., Sec 001, Sec 002, etc.).
- Transcript
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A formal, secure document that reflects a student’s academic record and will only show degree notation after a degree has been conferred.
- Withdraw
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To unenroll from all courses in a session (even if enrolled in only one course).
- Withdrawing
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Unenrolling from all courses in a session (even if enrolled in only one course).