GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Degree Audit
The Degree Audit is the graduate student's official Program of Study and is an analysis of a student's progress toward meeting degree requirements. Students can access their degree audit through MyBLUE.
Elective
A course in the curriculum in the choosing of which a student has some options, as opposed to a required course. The term free or unrestricted elective denotes that the student either has complete choice in the selection of a course or choice among courses in several different fields. A restricted elective is one limited to a certain discipline or group of disciplines, such as an English elective or a social science elective.
Matriculation
The first registration following admission as a classified student.
Transcript
A copy of the permanent academic (educational) record at an institution of higher education. It becomes an official transcript when the seal of the institution is affixed and the signature of the Registrar is appended.

27 Jun 2016

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