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Don'tknowthedifferencebetweenaLectureClassandaRecitation?ACompetitiveMajor
fromaConcentration?Foryourbenefit,hereisaglossaryoftermscontainingmanyof
thewordsyouwillhearasyoubeginyouracademiccareeratColoradoStateUniversity.
Clickthetermsbelowforanexplanation
AcademicProbation
AdvisingCode
AllUniversityCoreCurriculum(AUCC)
Advising@CSUHome
Students:AnOverview
BasicsofAdvising
MajorsandPrograms
PoliciesandProcedures
CheckSheet
ClassLevel
RAMwebResources
College
CSUResourceDirectory
CompetitiveMajors
StudentOrganizations
Concentration
CourseRestrictions
Credit
Thenumberofcreditsacourseisworthgenerallycorrespondstotheamountoftimethe
classmeetseachweek.Forexample,a3creditlectureclasswillmeetforapproximately
2hourseachweek,eitherinthree50minutesessionsortwo75minutesessionsper
week.
Dean'sList
DegreeAuditReport(DARS)
Electives
GradePointAverage(GPA)
Grading
GraduationwithDistinction
Incomplete(I)
IndependentStudy
InterdisciplinaryStudiesProgram(ISP)
Laboratory(Lab)
Lecture
LowerDivision
Major
Minor
PacedAlgebratoCalculuselectronically(PACe)
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Prerequisite(Prereq)
RamPoint
Recitation
RegistrationHold
Repeat/Delete
SatisfactoryProgress
SecondMajor
Section
Semester
TeachingAssistant(TA)
UniversityHonorsProgram
Undeclared
UndeclaredwithanAcademicInterestArea
UpperDivision
Withdrawal
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