Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Codes
Academic Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual
Academic Advising Centers: Campuses Other than University Park
Academic Advising Centers: University Park
Academic Assistance Programs (Educational Equity)
Academic Classification of Students and Adviser Assignment
Academic
Classification of Students by Semester 
Academic Dishonesty/Academic Integrity
Academic
Drop Action (Unsatisfactory Scholarship)
Academic/Enrollment Verification
Academic Entrance and Retention Requirements for Majors
Academic Integrity/Academic Dishonesty
Academic Verification, Understanding a Transcript/
Academic
Warning (Unsatisfactory Scholarship)
Accessibility (Resources for Students with Disabilities)
Administrative
Course Cancellation
Administrative
Enrollment Controls for Baccalaureate Degree Majors
Administrative Information Services (AIS), Integrated Student Information System (ISIS)
Administrative Offices for Undergraduate Education
Admission Requirement (Carnegie Units)
Admission Requirement, Foreign/Second Language
Admission
to Major (Entrance to and Changes in College/Major)
Advance Registration (Registration)
Advanced
Placement (AP) Program of the College Board
Adviser Assignment and Academic Classification of Students
Advising Centers, Academic: Campuses Other than University Park
Advising Centers, Academic: University Park
Appointment (Class Meeting Times)
Armed Services, Credit for Educational Experiences
Associate Deans for Undergraduate Studies
Athletes, Morgan Academic Support Center
Audit
of Unfulfilled Requirements (Degree Audit)
Baccalaureate "Bachelor's" Degrees (e.g., B.A., B.S., B.PH.)
Basic Skills Courses, Scheduling: English
Basic Skills Courses, Scheduling: Quantification
Blended Learning (Web/Online Course Work)
Calendar
of Religious Holy Days
CAMP (College Assistance Migrant Program)
Center for Academic Computing (Information Technology Services)
Certification Programs for Teachers, Entrance Criteria
Classification of Undergraduate Students
Classroom Problems, Resolution of
Codes, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
College Information (by advising topic)
College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) of the College Entrance Examination Board
Computer Learning Center (Technology Tutoring)
Confidentiality
of Student Records
Controlled Majors: Academic Entrance and Retention Requirements
Controlled
Majors: Administrative Enrollment Controls
Controlled Majors: Entrance Criteria for Teacher Certification
Corrected Grade: Grade Mediation and Adjudication
Correspondence
Study (World Campus)
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Course Cancellation, Administrative
Course Drop/Add: Dropping Down in a Sequence of Courses
Course Selection (Schedule Preparation)
Course Substitution (Exceptions to Degree Requirements)
Courses
with C-Grade Requirement
Credit by Portfolio Assessment
Credit
by Transfer from Other Institutions
Credit/Credit Load: Summer Sessions
Credit for Educational Experiences in the Armed Services
Credit for Noncollegiate Experience
Credit for Training Programs in Noncollegiate Organizations
Credits
Earned (Semester Classification)
Cultural Diversity (including GI and US IL requirements)
Cumulative
Grade-Point Average
Deans, Associate ("Appropriate")
Departmentally
Controlled Courses, Scheduling
Disabilities, Resources for Students with
Disenrollment from a College or Major (Drops by Colleges)
Dishonesty (Academic)/Academic Integrity
Distance Education (World Campus)
Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)
Double Majors (Concurrent Majors Program)
Drop Action (Enrollment Policies): Provisional and Nondegree
Drop Action (Unsatisfactory Scholarship)
Dropping Down in a Sequence of Courses
Drops by Colleges, Failure to Meet Retention Standards
Dual
Degrees (Concurrent Majors Program)
DUS (Division of Undergraduate Studies)
Early Progress Report (Online Student Progress Report)
Education, Entrance Criteria for Teacher Certification
English as a Second Language (ESL)
English Composition Courses, Scheduling
Enrollment/Academic Verification
Enrollment
Controls for Baccalaureate Degree Majors
Entrance and Retention Requirements, Academic
Examinations:
Advanced Placement Program (AP) of the College Board
Examinations: College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) of the College Entrance Examination Board
Examinations: Credit by Examination
Examinations: For Failure Elimination
Examinations: Penn State Placement Tests (English, Mathematics, Chemistry)
Exceptions to Degree Requirements (Course Substitution)
Exercise and Sport Activities (ESACT): Credit by Participation in Varsity Sports
Exercise and Sport Activities (ESACT): Credit for Basic Training in the Armed Services
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
First-Year Seminars and Approved Courses
First-Year
Testing, Consulting, and Advising Program (FTCAP)
"Flunking
Out" (Unsatisfactory Scholarship)
Foreign Language Courses, Scheduling
Foreign Language, Substitution for General Education
Foreign Language Tutoring Center
Foreign/Second Language Admission Requirement
Four-Hundred- and Five-Hundred-Level Courses, Scheduling
Global Programs (Education Abroad)
Grade Change: Grade Mediation and Adjudication
Grade Mediation and Adjudication
Grade-Point Average, Target (Calculation for Goal Setting)
Grade Report and Transcript Symbols
Grades and Grade-Point
Average
Graduate/Undergraduate Degree Programs, Integrated
Graduation
with Distinction/Graduation with Honors
Handicapped Students (Resources for Students with Disabilities)
Holds
on Student Registration and Records
Honors, Graduation with/Graduation with Distinction
Honors Program, Schreyer Honors College
Hybrid (Web/Online Course Work)
Identification
Cards (id+ card)
Independent
Learning (World Campus)
Information, Penn State Phone Numbers
Information Technology Services
Integrated Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Programs
Intercultural and International Competence (including US IL requirement)
International Baccalaureate Program
International Cultures Requirement
International Education Programs (Education Abroad)
ISIS
(Integrated Student Information System)
Laboratory Science Requirement
Language (Foreign), Substitution for General Education
Language (Foreign) Tutoring Center
Language (Foreign/Second) Admission Requirement
Language, Scheduling Foreign Language Courses
Learning
Disabilities, Services Available for Students
LEAP (Learning Edge Academic Program)
Major Information (advising topics by college)
Majors, Academic Entrance/Retention Requirements for
Majors,
Administrative Enrollment Controls for
Mathematics Courses, Advising Recommendations for Scheduling
Midsemester
Evaluation Report (Online Student Progress Report)
Military, Credit for Educational Experiences
Minors
for Baccalaureate Candidates
Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes
Multicultural Resource Center (MRC)
Multiple
Majors (Concurrent Majors Program)
Nondegree-Conditional Petitioning Information
Nondegree-Conditional Registration Information
Nondegree-Regular Petitioning Information
Nondegree-Regular Registration Information
Nondegree Students: Academic Standards
Nondegree
Students: Conditional, Regular, and Graduate
Nondegree Students: Enrichment Course Taker
Nondegree
Students: Evaluation of Credits from Other Institutions
Nondegree
Students: Late Course Drop Policy
Online Student Progress Report
Overload,
Credit (Credit Load)
Overload, Credit (Schedule Adjustment)
Pass/Fail (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grading System)
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Admissions Office
Petitions
for Exceptions to Academic Policies and Procedures
Physical Education: Credit by Participation in Varsity Sports
Physical Education: Credit for Basic Training in the Armed Services
Placement Tests (English, Mathematics, Chemistry)
Portfolio Assessment, Credit by
Procedures, University Academic Administrative
Proficiency Examination, (Credit by Examination)
Profile of Academic Abilities (Summary of Academic Performance)
Progress Report (Online Student Progress Report)
Provisional Students: Academic Standards
Provisional
Students: Evaluation of Credits from Other Institutions
Provisional
Students: Late Course Drop Policy
Provisional
Students: Re-entry
Quantification
Courses, Scheduling
Recommendations and References
Records, Confidentiality of Student
Re-entry of Provisional Students
Registration
Errors, Correcting
Registration
Schedule and Deadlines (Academic Calendar)
Remedial Courses: Quantification
Research Opportunities for Undergraduates
Resolution of Student Classroom Problems
Retention Requirements for College and Major
Retroactive
Procedure (Administrative Course Cancellation)
Retroactive
Procedure (Petitions for Exceptions to Academic Policies and Procedures)
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grading System (SA/UN)
Schedule Preparation (Course Selection)
Scheduling English Composition Courses
Scheduling Foreign Language Courses
Scheduling 400-, 500-, and 800-Level Courses
Scheduling Quantification Courses
Second/Foreign Language Admission Requirement
Secondary School Units (Carnegie Units)
Section Change, Schedule Adjustment
Simultaneous
Degrees (Concurrent Majors Program)
Sophomore
Application to Major (Administrative Enrollment Controls for Majors)
Student Records, Confidentiality
Substitution of Courses (Exceptions to Degree Requirements)
Summary of Academic Performance
Summer Registration at Alternate Penn State Campuses
Symbols, Grade Report and Transcript
Target Grade-Point Average: Method for Computing
Teacher Certification, Entrance Criteria
Technology Services (Information Technology Services)
Transfer
Credit (Credit by Transfer from Other Institutions)
Transfer
to Another Penn State Campus (Change of Assignment)
Trauma
Drop/Withdrawal, Petitions for Exceptions to Academic Policies and Procedures
Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Programs, Integrated
Undergraduate Studies, Associate Deans
Undergraduate Transcript and Grade-Report Symbols
Understanding a Transcript/Academic Verification
United States Cultures Requirement
University
Calendar (Academic Calendar)
University Faculty Senate Office
University Learning Centers (Penn State Learning)
University Park, Academic Advising Centers
University Policies, Faculty Senate
University Procedures, Academic Administrative
Unofficial Transcript (Advising Transcript)
Unsatisfactory Scholarship: Provisional and Nondegree
Varsity Sport (Alternative for Earning Health and Physical Activity Credit)
Verification, Academic/Enrollment
Veterans, Credit for Educational Experiences
Warning, Academic (Unsatisfactory Scholarship)
Withdrawal
from the University
Women in the Sciences & Engineering (WISE) Institute