A.A. Certificate – Associate of Arts certificate: Awarded upon satisfactory completion, with an overall C average, of 60 credits (at least 36 at UF), including general education requirements, communication and computation requirements (Gordon Rule), and College Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST).

Academic Year – The traditional annual cycle of academic terms: fall, spring and summer.

Admission – Students who have applied and have been accepted to the university in a degree-seeking status. Admission is not validated until the student registers for and attends classes.

Audit – Permission to attend and to participate in a course without benefit of a grade or credit. CEUs (continuing education units) may be awarded at the discretion of the instructor.

Baccalaureate – Bachelor’s degree: the traditional undergraduate degree.

Board of Regents (BOR) – the governing body of the State University System.

Calendar, University – An annual publication listing all official dates and deadlines for the academic year.

Catalog Year – The year during which the regulations published in a specific edition of the Undergraduate Catalog apply. A student’s academic year, which begins when the catalog takes effect in the Summer B term, is governed by the regulations for academic requirements published in the catalog in effect at the time the student begins undergraduate studies.

Classification/College – A code indicating a student’s academic level (year) and college affiliation.

CLAST – College Level Academic Skills Test required by Florida statutes and designed to test communication and computation skills.

Common Course Numbering System – A statewide system of course prefixes and numbers developed to facilitate the transfer of credit by identifying equivalent courses.

Continuous Enrollment – Undergraduate students who register for and complete at least one course in one term in an academic year are continuously enrolled.

Corequisite – Two courses which must be taken concurrently.

Correspondence/Extension Work – Division of Continuing Education course offerings. Consult your college dean’s office for restrictions and limitations.

Credit – One semester hour, generally representing one hour per week of lecture or two or more hours per week of laboratory work.

Deficit Points – The number of grade points below a C average on hours attempted at the university. If the grade point average is less than a 2.0, there is a grade point deficit. Refer to "Grade Point Averaging and Deficits" in the Academic Regulations section of this catalog.

Dismissal – Students with a grade point deficit of 15 or more will be placed on academic dismissal.

Drop/Add – A period of time beginning the first day of classes when students can adjust schedules by dropping or adding courses or changing sections of a course. Courses dropped during the official drop/add period are not subject to fees.

Dual Enrollment – Simultaneous registration at two educational institutions.

Enrollment – Registration for course work and payment of fees constitutes official enrollment.

General Education Requirement – University-wide requirement of the basic studies that form the foundation of all undergraduate degree programs.

Good Standing – Eligible to continue to register for university course work.

Gordon Rule (Communication/Computation Requirement) – A state law requiring that all students complete 24,000 words of designated communication courses and 6 hours of designated computation courses prior to earning 60 credits. Gordon Rule sections of courses are identified by category in the Schedule of Courses.

Grade Point Average (GPA) – The ratio of grade points earned to semester hours attempted. The UF GPA is computed on University of Florida course work only.

Grade Points – The number of points attributed to a grade (A=4, B=3, etc.) times the number of credit hours in the course.

Graduate Student – A student who has earned a baccalaureate degree and who has been admitted to the Graduate School to pursue a graduate degree program (master’s, specialist, engineer, doctoral).

ISIS, Integrated Student Information System – Web based system for students to access their records at http://www.isis.ufl.edu.

Major – A subject of academic study chosen as a field of specialization.

Matriculation – Enrollment as an admitted, degree-seeking student.

Minor – An officially recognized secondary concentration of study in an approved subject area, consisting of at least 15 credits of appropriate course work.

Permanent Academic Record – The complete list of a student’s courses attempted, grades and credit earned, degrees awarded, and any other pertinent academic information.

Petition – A written request seeking a waiver of or an exception to a university regulation, policy or deadline.

Postbaccalaureate – A student who has earned a baccalaureate degree and been admitted for continued study but who has not been admitted as a graduate or professional student.

Prerequisite – A condition that must be met to establish eligibility to enroll in a program or course.

Probation, Academic – Any undergraduate with less than a 2.0 cumulative UF GPA shall be placed on academic probation while a grade point deficit exists. Refer to "deficit points".

Professional Student – A student who is admitted to pursue a Doctor of Dental Medicine, Juris Doctor, Medical Doctor, Doctor of Pharmacy or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.

Readmission – The procedure for a previously admitted/enrolled UF student to re-enroll in a degree-seeking status after a break in enrollment of more than one term.

Registration – The process by which a student officially selects and enrolls in university course work.

Residence – A student’s tenure within the university and/or a specific college or school.

Residency – Classification of students as Florida residents or non-Florida residents for tuition purposes.

Schedule Adjustment – A period of time following advance registration before the beginning of classes when students can adjust their course schedules.

Schedule of Courses – A publication made available each term that provides registration information, academic regulations and a listing of all courses offered.

Semester – A standard academic term (fall or spring) of approximately 16 weeks of instruction. Refer to "term".

S-U Option – A provision by which a student may elect, with college approval, to enroll in a course, the grade for which is not computed in the grade point average. Grades awarded are S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

S.U.S. – The State University System of Florida. The University of Florida is one of ten state-supported universities in the S.U.S.

Term – A period of instruction. During the fall and spring, the term is a standard 16-week semester. During the summer, various shorter length periods of instruction are offered: Summer A and Summer B are 6-week terms; Summer C is a 12-week term.

Transcript – An official certified copy of the student’s permanent academic record.

Transfer Credit – Course work completed at another institution that is accepted for credit toward a degree at the University of Florida.

Transient Student – A student of another accredited institution who receives permission to register (for one term) as a nondegree-seeking student to earn credit to transfer back to his or her parent
institution.

Universal Tracking System and Audits: A computerized academic advising and tracking program that provides an assessment of progress toward degree requirements.

Withdraw – To drop all courses for a given term.