Academic Year Starts at the beginning of the fall semester, ends at the close of the spring semester; does not include summer sessions.
Accreditation Official certification by an external academic organization that a college, school, or academic unit meets minimum requirements for academic achievement, curriculum, facilities, etc.
Add Period Time at the beginning of each semester during which registered students may enroll in additional courses.
Articulated General Education Courses UH system courses reviewed by the System-wide Articulation Standing Committees and accepted by campus core/curriculum committees as meeting undergraduate requirements at one or more system campuses.
Auditors Regularly admitted students who register, with the consent of the instructor, for informational instruction only and who receive no credit. They do not take course examinations and the extent of their classroom participation is at the instructor’s discretion. Auditors are generally not allowed in art studio, laboratory science, mathematics, elementary and intermediate Hawaiian and foreign languages, creative writing, English composition, physical education, speech and other performance courses or in classes where they might displace credit students. Audit courses are entered on the student’s transcripts with a grade of L and are subject to regular tuition and fee charges.
Bachelor’s Degree Undergraduate degree signifying successful completion of the Manoa General Education Core, major, elective, and credit requirements of the University and of an academic unit.
Backtracking Completion of a lower-level or prerequisite course after (or while) taking an advanced course. Additional credit and grade points are not awarded for lower-level courses if they are taken after or concurrently with the advanced course for which they are explicitly or implicitly prerequisites.
Classified Students (Graduate) Students admitted by the Graduate Division to a program that offers a graduate certificate, or a master’s or doctoral degree.
Classified Students (Undergraduate) Students who intend to earn an undergraduate degree and/or are admitted into a degree-granting college or school such as Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering, etc.
Community Colleges Campuses within the University of Hawai‘i system that usually offer lower division courses and grant two-year degrees and certificates.
Conditional Students (Graduate) Students admitted to graduate programs on the condition that they make up academic deficiencies or other requirements within a prescribed period of time.
Continuing Students For registration purposes, those who were registered for the previous semester (fall or spring), are in good standing, have not completely withdrawn, have not graduated in their current classification, and intend to register for the upcoming semester.
Co-requisite A course which must be taken in conjunction with and at the same time as another course. Co-requisites are indicated in the course descriptions.
Core Requirements See General Education Core. |
