>1: Used to designate Arts & Letters group courses. (Second-year foreign language courses used for the Bachelor of Arts requirement may not simultaneously be used for the >1 requirement despite the fact that those courses are >1-designated.)

>2: Used to designate Social Science group courses.

>3: Used to designate Science group courses.

>4: Used to designate courses that can be used for either the Science group requirement or the Bachelor of Science requirement.

>5: Used to designate courses that count toward the Bachelor of Science requirement.

>AC: American Cultures — one of three multicultural categories.

>IC: International Cultures—one of three multicultural categories.

>IP: Identity, Pluralism & Tolerance — one of three multicultural categories.

Academic probation: A student’s academic standing when the cumulative UO GPA drops below 2.00. Sophomores, juniors and seniors on probation are subject to disqualification the following term if his/her term GPA and cumulative GPA are below 2.00. (Freshman are allowed two terms of probation before they are disqualified.)

Academic warning: A student’s academic standing when the term GPA is below 2.00 but the cumulative GPA is 2.00 or higher.

ARC: Academic Requirements Committee. Students who wish to obtain an exception to the university’s academic requirements or procedures petition the exception through the ARC. Petition forms are available in the Office of the Registrar.

BA/BS: Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science.

Block: A journalism requirement. Students need to complete a block in literature, history, economics and three other additional blocks in courses offered by the College of Arts and Sciences.

CAS: College of Arts and Sciences.

CLEP: College Level Examination Program. One option for students who wish to test out of a specific requirement.

Core: Typically used by journalism advisers to refer to the lower-division core of courses: J201, J202, J203, J204.

DARS: Degree Audit Report.

Dean’s List: An honor awarded to students who complete at least 12 graded credits with a GPA of 3.75 or better. Only awarded after the fall, winter and spring terms.

Departmental control: Courses that are restricted for one reason or another. Students need to contact the appropriate department to see about gaining access to these courses.

Disqualification: A student’s academic standing when he/she is already on probation and the term’s GPA is below 2.00. These students need to talk with an adviser in the Office of Academic Advising about their options for reinstatement.

Double-dip: A term used by journalism advisers to indicate when a course counts for more than one requirement.

EMU: Erb Memorial Union, the student union. Referred to as the E-M-U, not emu.

FIG: Freshman Interest Group.

Full major: Journalism students who have successfully applied for admission to the school.

Gen-ed: General-education or university requirements. A set of requirements every UO student must complete, no matter what their declared major.

GPA: Grade point average.

Group: A university requirement. There are three groups: Arts & Letters, Social Science and Science.

GTF: Graduate Teaching Fellows. Graduate students assigned to teach or assist in the teaching of an undergraduate class.

I: Incomplete—a grade on your transcript. Instructors award an “I” when a student’s work is satisfactory and the student is passing the class BUT a minor (yet essential) requirement for the class has not yet been completed for reasons that are acceptable to the instructor. Students have 12 months to complete the work. After that time, the “I” will convert into an “F” (fail).

J-school: The UO School of Journalism and Communication.

LSDT: Language Skills Diagnostic Test. No longer a premajor requirement. Replaced by the grammar requirement.

N: No pass—a grade on your transcript. Credit was not earned and the course was not factored into the term or cumulative GPAs.

N*:  A “no pass” grade for a course that was only offered pass/no pass. Credit was not earned and the course was not factored into the term or cumulative GPAs.

Non-J: Non-journalism. Usually used to refer to the school’s general-studies requirement.

Office hours: A designated time when a professor/GTF/adviser is available in his/her office to meet with students.

P: Pass—a grade on your transcript. Credit was earned but the course was not factored into the term or cumulative GPAs.

P*: A “pass” grade for a course that was only offered pass/no pass. Credit was earned but the course was not factored into the term or cumulative GPAs. P* courses count toward the required 168 graded hours that all students need to complete.

Premajor: The major standing of any declared journalism student who has not completed J201-J204 or who has not formally applied for full major status.

Prerequisite: A requirement for a course. This may be a specific course or courses, a specific score on a test, a specific academic level or some combination of the three.

Residence credits: A university requirement. Students need 180 credits to graduate. Of the last 60 credits (i.e. credit #121-180), 45 need to be taken at UO.

SOJC: School of Journalism and Communication.

UAC: Undergraduate Affairs Committee. Students who wish to obtain an exception to the school’s academic requirements or procedures petition the exception through the UAC. Petition forms are available in 101 Allen Hall or online.

W: A withdrawal from a course without any penalty. Courses with a W are not factored into the term of cumulative GPAs nor do students receive credit for the course.

Walking in spring: Participating in the spring commencement activities despite not being eligible to graduate in the spring.

X:  A grade on a transcript that was assigned by the Office of the Registrar because no grade was inputted by the course’s instructor. No credit is awarded.

Y:  A grade on a transcript that means “no basis for grade.” In other words, the student’s name was on the final grade roster but the instructor had nothing to grade them on. No credit is awarded.