Porches - Porches is a University of Dayton website that students utilize to access their registration status, register for classes, look at their payment center, and many other services. Students won’t have access to Porches until they are officially enrolled as a student.
Isidore - Many universities have a system where all students can access their classes and homework assignments. For the University of Dayton, this system is Isidore, named after St. Isidore of Seville, the patron saint of students. This is a site that students should check regularly after they are enrolled in classes to review their syllabi.
Orientation - Process of welcoming incoming students to the University, includes residents moving into the dorms, campus and find your classes tour, and more information about the upcoming year.
Registration - The process of scheduling classes for each semester. The time a student can register carries from person to person, as some get priority over others for being a higher level student/having more credits, or being in the honors program.
Academic Year - The academic year is split up into three semesters or terms starting with the fall semester: fall, spring, then summer. Academic years fall between two calendar years, which is why the university catalog is for 2020-2021 or 2021-2022.
Semester - A semester is one of the three terms in the academic year (usually about 15-18 weeks) that you are taking classes during. This can be Fall, Spring, or Summer.
Face-to-Face vs. Blended vs. Fully Remote Courses - Due to COVID 19, multiple course modalities (ways of structuring a class) have started to be offered. Face-To-Face classes mean that a course that you register for meets fully in person on each scheduled day. Blended courses consist of partial online and partial in-person meetings on the scheduled days. Fully Remote courses consist of strictly online meetings or asynchronous material for the semester.
Transcript (Official vs. Unofficial) - An official transcript is one that is printed, watermarked, and sent via mail by the high school or college it came from; typically, this requires a formal request to wherever you need the transcript from, and many universities require a formal transcript. An unofficial transcript is one that has been scanned into an email and sent electronically.
Registrar - The registrar is an official that takes care of keeping track of students records, including knowing what students can get credit for from AP or College-Credit Plus classes or overseeing class registration processes.
Advanced Placement (AP) - Advanced Placement classes are college classes that can be taken at some high schools followed by an AP exam. Depending on the score of the exam, it can give you college credit and exempt you from taking those classes again at the university.
College Credit Plus (CCP) - Some high school allow students to take college classes at a local community college; college credit is given based on grades rather than an exam, but works the same way as AP classes in the sense that you can get college credit for the class if you get a good grade, allowing you to be exempt from taking the class again.
Bursar - An official in charge of financials in student accounts.
Credit hours - Credit hours refers to how many hours a class you’re registering for is meeting/refers to how much work you’ll be doing. For example, a typical class is labeled as 3 credit hours, meeting that you will meet for three hours each week (1 hour on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, or 1.25 hours on Tuesday & Thursday), or will have the equivalent of that in classwork.
Full Time vs. Part Time Student - To be a full time student, you have to be taking 12 or more credit hours, so about four classes. Part-time students take around 6-11 credit hours.
Syllabus (Syllabi, plural) - At the beginning of each class, professors typically give out a syllabus, which is a document highlighting the expectations and schedule of the course, including major assignments. Not all professors give reminders about tests or essays because they assume you’ve read the syllabus, so make sure to pay attention to that!
Prerequisite - A prereq is a class that you have to take before registering for another one. Normally when you are registering for courses each semester, the classes you want to take will have a list of prerequisites and if you haven’t taken them, you won’t be able to register for that class.
Elective - An elective is a course that isn’t required but the student chooses to take. For example, if you’re a computer science major, you could take a theatre class as an elective if that is something you’re interested in.
Resident vs. Commuter - A resident is someone living on campus, while a commuter is someone who lives off campus and drives here whenever they have classes.
Withdraw - After the add/drop deadline, if a class isn’t going so well and you don’t think you can get your grade back up by the end of the semester, you’re able to withdraw from it prior to the "withdraw with a W" deadline. This will leave a W on your transcript, which acknowledges your attempt at the class, but it won’t affect your GPA. However, reducing credit hours to below full-time student status may reduce your financial aid eligibility, so it is important to talk to both your advisor and Flyer Student Services when chosing to withdraw from any courses.
Internship - This is a short work experience that can be done while you’re in college or even after you graduate. It’s normally for a few months/limited time and can be either paid or unpaid. It’s purpose is for you to see what it’s like hands on and truly determine if you could see yourself doing it for the rest of your life.
Study Abroad - Taking classes outside of the US, or in Hawaii (UD has a sister school there).
Major - The main focus of your studies at the university.
Minor - This is a secondary focus of study that can compliment or be completely different from your major.
Seminar - Seminars are typically smaller classes with only a handful of students that goes in depth on whatever the topic is for that class.
Honors - If a student has a good GPA (for UD, its 3.6 and above) then they can be eligible for Honors/the Honors program. The honors program sets you on track to graduate with Honors (21 honors credit hours/ 7 honors classes), Honors with Thesis (15 honors credit hours/5 honors classes + honors thesis), or Honors with Distinction (21 honors credit hours/7 honors classes + honors thesis). To earn honors credit, you must take courses that are labeled honors, which is seen when you are registering.
Thesis - A thesis is typically done by honors students and is a students opportunity to investigate a problem or statement important to them. They work with a mentor/faculty member that advises them and conducts research.
Pass/Fail - Some classes are on a Pass/Fail grading scale, where instead of a letter grade you just get a P or F on your transcript.
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