Title: Glossary
Course: FYE 101 First Year Experience > Section: FYE 101 First Year Experience

Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions | Glossary
AA | Associate of Arts degree program that community colleges offer that consists of 60 credit hours; usually transfers to a 4-year institution as part of the core curriculum | Glossary
AAS | Associate of Applied Science degree program that community colleges offer that consists of about 60 credit hours; usually doesn’t contain as many core courses as an AA and is not intended to tra ... | Glossary
academic integrity | doing honest work on all assignments and tests. | Glossary
AS | Associate of Science degree program that community colleges offer that consists of about 60 credit hours; usually transfers to a four-year institution as part of the core curriculum; emphasizes sc ... | Glossary
blog | a website that allows users to reflect, share opinions, and discuss various topics in the form of an online journal in which readers may comment on posts. | Glossary
Core Curriculum | Also called general education requirements or basic courses; the common courses that almost all students who earn a bachelor’s degree complete. | Glossary
credit hour | The unit of measurement that colleges use that usually equals the amount of time you are in class each week during the semester. | Glossary
degree plan | A list of classes you must complete to successfully be awarded a degree. | Glossary
FAFSA | Free Application for Federal Student Aid; a form that is completed each year to determine financial aid eligibility. | Glossary
FERPA | Family Education Rights and Privacy Act; Federal law that regulates the communication and dissemination of your educational records. | Glossary
GPA | Grade point average; each grade that is earned is awarded grade points that are multiplied by the number of credit hours taken; the result is the grade point average. | Glossary
Internet | a global network of computers that communicate using Internet Protocol (IP). | Glossary
search engine | an application that searches for and retrieves Internet pages containing specified words. | Glossary
social media | interactive forms of media that allow users to interact with and publish to each other, generally by means of the Internet. | Glossary
web browser | a computer program used to navigate the World Wide Web, chiefly by viewing web pages and following hyperlinks. | Glossary
wiki | a collaborative website which can be directly edited using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it. | Glossary