University Terminology

Courses are either lower-division (1-99) or upper-division courses (100-199). What is this number system known as?

• Course Numbering System

• Dewey Decimal System

• Binary Numbers

• Octal Number System

What are electives?

A computer restriction preventing students from registering for classes. _____ are placed on a student’s

registration privileges for failing to meet University obligations.

• Restriction

• Rules

• Holds

• Controls

A grade received when a student earning a passing grade is unable to complete a course because of

extenuating circumstances.

• No Credit (NC)

• "W" Grade

• Credit (CR)

• Incomplete (I)

What kind of advisor will you see when you have questions about major requirements?

What is a minor?

• The courses not required for a major or for General Education but which satisfy your own personal interest or

  needs, and count toward graduation requirements.

• • A major is a specific area of study in which a student chooses to specialize.

• A concentrated area of study which consists of a minimum of 18 units, of which at least nine (9) are upper

  division. Minors are optional, not required.

• A person under the age of certain legal activities.

_____ is considered to be a very serious offense. _____ means using other people’s work without

revealing the fact or giving them credit for it and is regarded as serious academic misconduct.

______ classes must be taken BEFORE you can register for a specific class.

• Major

• Prerequisite

• Minor

• Elective

A ____ is usually equivalent to the number of hours per week of classroom time. Most courses carry three (3)

____ of credit and meet three hours per week.

This type of grade indicates that you were permitted to drop a course after the second week of instruction with the approval

of the instructor and after filing the appropriate documents.

• "W" Grade

• Credit (CR)

• "WU" Grade

• No Credit (NC)