University of Otagouni Terminologies and Meaning

University of Otagouni Terminologies and Meaning

This section lists terms and abbreviations used within the University. You will encounter them frequently so it is useful to know them. 

A

 Academic points

 Academic Progress

 Academic Progress Policy

 Ad Eundem Credit

 Ad Eundem Statum Admission

 Admission

 Allowable Timetable Clash

 Application for study

 Ask Otago

 Assessment

 Audioconference

B

 Bachelor’s degree

 Blackboard

 Bridging Course

C

 Calendar

 Campus

 Certificate

 Certificate of Proficiency

 Certified copy

 Change of course

 Clash

 College

 Competitive Entry

 Completion

 Conditional Enrolment

 Conjoint degree programme

 Corequisite

 Council

 Course

 Course advice

 Course approval

 Course enrolment

 Credit

 Cross Credit

 Credit for study elsewhere (transfer credit)

D

 Dean

 Debtor

 Degree

 Deletion (of a paper or programme)

 Department

 Diploma

 Discretionary Entrance

 Dissertation

 Distance Learning

 Division

 Doctoral degrees

 Domestic student

 Double degree programme

See also  University of Otagouni Terms test

  Double major

E

 EFTS

 Endorsement

 Enrolment

 Entry Pathway System

 eVision

 Exceptional Timetable Clash

 Exemption

F

 Faculty

 Fees

 Field trip

 Final Examination Only (FEO)

 Finalist

 Final Examinations

 First-year student

 Full-time

G

 General bachelors’ degrees

 Grade

 Grade Point Average (GPA)

 Graduand

 Graduate

 Graduate diploma

 Guide to Enrolment

H

 Health Declaration

 HOD

 Honours degree

I

 Interest Only enrolment

 Internal assessment

 International student

L

 Laboratory

 Lecture

 Level

M

 Main enrolment period

 Major subject

 Managed Enrolment / Entry Pathway System

 Master’s degree

 Matriculation

 Medical certificate

 Minor subject

N

 National Student Index (NSI)

 National Student Number (NSN)

 NCEA – National Certificate of Educational Achievement

 New student

 New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)

O

 100-, 200-, 300 -level etc.

 Ordinary bachelor’s degree

 Orientation

P

 Papers

 Paper codes

 Part-time

 PhD

 Points

 Postgraduate certificate

 Postgraduate course

 Postgraduate degree

See also  University of Otagouni Honours degree

 Postgraduate diploma

 Preferential Entry

 Prerequisites

 Prescriptions

 Programme

 Progression

Q

 Qualification

R

 Recommencing student

 Recommended preparation

 Recommended preparation or concurrent study

 Re-enrol

 Residential college

 Restrictions

 Returning student

 RPL Credit

S

 Schedule

 School

 Selective Entry Course

 Semester

 Senate

 Special Admission

 Special topic papers

 Specialisation

 Specialised bachelors’ degrees

 Streams

 Study period

 Subject

 Summer School

 Suspension (in regard to Academic Progress Policy)

T

 Terms

 Terms test

 Thesis

 Timetable clash

 Timetabling

 Transcript

 Transfer of papers

 Transferring student

 Tutorial

U

 Undergraduate

 Undergraduate diploma

W

  Withdrawal

 Withdrawn Exceptional

 Witnessed copy

 Workload points