A degree awarded upon completion of a prescribed program of student in a major field at Ohlone College. The Associate of Arts (AA) and Associate of Science (AS) are degrees that may be earned at Ohlone College.
Audit
To attend a class without official enrollment under conditions stated by the College.
Corequisite
A condition of enrollment consisting of a course that a student is required to take simultaneously in order to enroll in another course.
Credit
A completed and passed unit of study recorded on the student's official college record.
Dismissal
A status caused by low academic or progress performance. The dismissed student may not continue at the College without approval for reinstatement.
Enrollment
Official recorded placement of a student in a class.
Faculty
Instructors of college classes.
Full-time Student
A student taking twelve or more class units in a regular semester.
GPA
Grade point average.
Matriculation
Matriculation is defined as a process that brings a college and a student who enrolls for credit to agreement for the purpose of realizing the student’s educational objective. On the college’s part, the agreement includes providing an admission process; an orientation to college programs, services, and procedures; pre-enrollment assessment and counseling for course selection; a suitable curriculum; continuous follow-up of student progress; and a program of institutional research and evaluation.
Prerequisite
A condition of enrollment that a student is expected to meet in order to demonstrate current readiness for enrollment in a course or educational program.
Probation
An indication that performance is below standard because of academic or progress deficiencies; a trial period in which a student is permitted to redeem failing grades or deficient units.
Registration
The process of providing necessary information and signing up for classes each semester.
Unit
Courses are assigned a unit value based on one unit of credit for every hour of lecture or 3 hours of laboratory time per week by the student. A student's progress at the College is determined in part by the number of units completed.
