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Administration - Officials of the college who direct and supervise the activities of the institution.
Admission - The process of submitting the required documents which leads to being admitted to the college.
Advisory - Advisories signify that the acquisition of a body of knowledge or course skills will be of great advantage to a student prior to enrollment in a specific course. However, enrollment in a course to acquire this knowledge or skills is not required, merely recommended.
Application - A form that must be completed before a new student is allowed to register for classes. Palo Verde College uses an electronic admissions application through 3C Apply (accessible through the PVC Webpage).
Articulation Agreement - Articulation agreements refer to a list of courses offered at Palo Verde College which are acceptable at the transfer university as equivalent in content (or as an acceptable substitute) to those courses offered at the university.
Associate Degree (AA or AS) - A degree (Associate in Arts or Associate in Science) granted by a community college which recognizes a student’s satisfactory completion of an organized program of study of at least 60 units.
Associate Degree for Transfer (AA-T or AS-T) - The Associate Degrees for Transfer (AA-T/AS-T) are designed to give students the opportunity for an efficient path-way for transfer between Palo Verde College and CSU campuses. Students completing these programs are guaranteed admission with junior standing to the CSU system and given priority consideration when applying to a particular CSU program that has been deemed similar. Completion of 60 CSU-transferable semester units.
Associated Student Government (ASG) - The student government of Palo Verde College.
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science (BA and BS) - Baccalaureate degrees involving a minimum of 120 semester units in either the arts or sciences. Although they are awarded by 4-year transferring institutions, students may complete half of the degree coursework at Palo Verde College.
Basic Skills Classes (Non-degree appropriate) - These courses, principally in the basic skills, equip students to perform satisfactorily in associate and baccalaureateappropriate classes. Students can take no more than 30 units of these courses; they do not apply to the degrees.
CalWORKs (California Work Opportunities and Responsibilities to Kids) - Current CalWORKs or CalWORKs Phase II recipients (formerly called AFDC/GAIN or TANF recipients), may be eligible for job assistance and child care services while enrolled in college and during a period of transition to work.
Certificate of Achievement - A sequence of courses of 12-18 semester units or more which has been recognized by the Chancellor’s Office as an approved educational program and is transcripted.
Certificate of Career Preparation - a sequence of courses of fewer than 18 semester units which has been recognized by the Palo Verde Community College District as an approved educational program and is not transcripted.
Cheating - Utilizing dishonest means to meet course requirements including, but not limited to: crib notes, plagiarism, any inappropriate communication during testing, or any behavior prohibited by the instructor.
College-Level- “College-level” courses are those which customarily offer subject matter new to students of post secondary institutions. If the material is not new and also taught at a secondary level (such as history), the college-level course is offered with a depth, breadth, complexity, and pace characterized by postsecondary courses. Students are expected in these latter courses to take increased responsibility for their own learning and to devote considerable time outside of class to that learning.
Community College - A two-year college offering a wide range of programs of study, many determined by local community need.
Continuing Student - One who has attended classes during the previous regular term.
Contract Course - a course which a community college district offers under a contract pursuant to Education Code section 78021 with a public or private agency, corporation, association, or other organization. Counseling - Guidance provided by professional counselors in collegiate, vocational, social, and personal matters.
Co-requisite - conditions of enrollment consisting of a course that a student is required to simultaneously take in order to enroll in another course.
Credit by Examination - Course or unit credit granted for demonstrated proficiency in a given area.
Dean’s List - A list published each semester identifying full-time students who have attained a high level of academic achievement.
Deficiency - Grade Point Deficiency: Whenever a student’s grade point average is less than 2.0. Subject Deficiency: Whenever a student lacks a course or courses required for admission, graduation or transfer.
Disciplinary Probation - The exclusion of a student from extracurricular activities for a specified period of time, not to exceed one (1) year, because of his/her violation of college rules and/or regulations.
Elective - A course needed for graduation, but not a part of the major requirements.
EOPS (Extended Opportunity Program & Services) - Provides outreach and special assistance to students from culturally, educationally, or financially disadvantaged backgrounds.
Exclusion - To prohibit a student’s participation in college activities.
Expulsion - The permanent exclusion of a student from all college privileges including class attendance, by action of the Governing Board because of the student’s continued and/or extremely serious violations of college rules and/or regulations.
Final Examination - Final examinations occur on fixed days at set times at the end of each regular semester course. They are held in all courses with the exception of certain activity classes.
Financial Aid Program - Designed to assist students enrolled at least half-time who would be unable to attend college without financial help.
Freshman - One who has completed fewer than 30 units of college credit.
Full-time - A study load of 12 or more units per semester.
General Education Requirements (Also called Breadth Requirements) - A group of courses selected from several disciplines which are required for graduation.
Grade Point Average (GPA) - A measure of academic achievement used in decisions on probation, graduation, and transfer. The GPA is determined by dividing the total grade points by the number of units attempted.
IGETC - Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. A general education program that California Community College transfer students can use to fulfill lowerdivision general education requirements at a California State University or University of California campus.
Lower Division - Courses offered at the freshman and sophomore level of a college.
Major - A planned series of courses and activities selected by a student for special emphasis and designed to teach certain skills and knowledge.
Matriculation - A statewide plan designed to help students develop clear educational goals to succeed in college, and is incorporated within the enrollment process. It promotes and sustains the efforts of credit students to be successful in their educational endeavors. The goals of matriculation are to ensure that all students complete their college courses, persist to the next academic term, and achieve their educational objectives through the assistance of the student-direct components of the matriculation process: admissions, orientation, placement and testing, counseling, and student follow-up.
Non-credit Basic Skills- are those courses in reading, writing, computation, and English as a Second Language which are designated by the community college district as noncredit courses pursuant to subdivision (c) of section 55002.
Pass/No Pass (Previously listed as “Credit/No Credit”) - Completion of a course or program with credit, but no grade granted.
Plagiarism - The misrepresentation of the published ideas or words of another as one’s own either from a book, article, or electronic media.
Prerequisite - a condition of enrollment that a student is required to meet in order to demonstrate current readiness for enrollment in a course or educational program.
President’s List - A list published each semester identifying full-time students who have attained the highest level of academic achievement.
Probation - An acceptable scholastic standard has not been achieved.
Procedural Due Process - The guaranteed protection of procedural rights when a student is accused of violating a college rule and/or regulation. This includes the right to face an accuser and the right to written documentation of any and all charges, with ample opportunity to prepare a defense.
Registration (Enrollment) - Act of signing up for specific classes and paying fees.
Remedial - Any course that cannot be applied to a degree.
Residence Requirement - The law requiring the payment of tuition by out-of-state students.
Restitution - Reimbursement for damage or loss of property. Satisfactory grade -means that, for the course in question, the student’s academic record has been annotated with the symbol A, B, C or P as those symbols are defined in section 55023.
Schedule of Courses - A booklet which lists the course title, class section number, units, time, instructor, and locations of all classes offered in a semester. The same information can be viewed online.
School Day - Any official day when classes or final examinations are in session, as listed on the current Academic Calendar.
Semester - One-half of the academic year, usually 18 weeks.
Sophomore - One who has completed at least 30 but fewer than 60 units of credit.
Substantive Due Process - The right to protection from arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable action; the right to expect appropriate penalties for misconduct.
Suspension - The temporary exclusion of a student from classes and college privileges for a specified period of time because of his/her violation of college rules and/or regulations.
Tech Prep - Career and technical education courses taken in high school which are awarded college level credit and prepare students for programs at the community college.
Transcript - An official copy of the record of classes attempted/completed by a student.
Transfer Courses - Courses designed to match lower division courses of a four-year institution and for which credit may be transferred to that institution.
Unit - The measure of college credit given a course, usually on the basis of one unit for each lecture hour per week or for every two to three laboratory hours per week
Work Experience - A program which combines classroom studies with on-the-job experience.
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