CUSIS Glossary of Terms

CUSIS Term

CUHK Term

Definition

Example

Academic Institution

University

Name of the University.

CUHK1 (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

Academic Organization

Department

Offices and Units in the Organization Structure of CUHK, including Departments, Divisions, Faculties, and Administrative Offices.

BIO (Department of Biology)

Campus

Campus Location

For CUHK, there is only one Campus called “MAIN” (Main Campus), which represent all teaching locations of CUHK courses.

MAIN (Main Campus)

Career

Career

Grouping of study program in dimensions of Academic Level and nature for administrative purpose.  In CUHK, study programs are categorized into four Careers, namely:
- UG (Undergraduate)
- TPG (Taught Postgraduate)
- RPG (Research Postgraduate)
- PGDE (Postgraduate Diploma in Education)

UG (undergraduate)

Catalog Nbr

Course Number

Number assigned to a course that appears in the Course Catalog.  For instance, for HIST 2001, the number "2001" is the Catalog Number.

Class

Class

Specific instances of the time, place, and term of a course.  Students enroll in classes, and Grades are based on classes.

2009-10 Term 1, HIST 2001, Foundations of World History, 4:00-5:00pm, Lecture.

Class Number

N/A

Unique number assigned to a class in a particular term and would be reused in different terms.  A class is a specific instance of the time, place, and term of a course.

Class 1494 for the offering of Course HIST 2001 in 2009-10 Term 1.

Course
Component

Course Classification

Format and teaching activity of a course, such as lecture, laboratory, or seminar.

LEC (Lecture)

Course ID

Course ID

Permanent, unique number assigned to each course in the CUSIS Course Catalog.

034610

Grading Basis

N/A

Grades that students would receive for a particular course.  For instance, “Graded” represents that the general set of grades (with A, A-, B+, B, etc.) will be used in assessing students; “Pass / Not Pass” represents that students will be graded as either Pass or Not Pass.

Graded
Pass / Not Pass

Permission Number

N/A

Currently.not applicable to CUSIS, and should be left blank.

Plan

Major, Minor

A specific study program within a Career and Program in CUSIS that a student is enrolled in, such as a Full-time Program, Major, Minor, or Double Degree in a particular area of study.  See definitions of Career and Program.

Major: BSc Computer Science

Program

Program

An area of study and the degree which a student is pursuing.

BSc Computer Science

Requisite

N/A

Pre-conditions controlling the eligibility of a student in enrolling into a specific class.  Requisites may be pre-requisites, requirements to be fulfilled prior to registering for the class; or co-requisites, requirements to be fulfilled currently with taking the class.

Pre-requisite: Passing ENGL 1001 prior to registering for ENGL 2001.
Co-requisite: Registering for a language lab during the same semester that the student registers for a language class.

Subject

Subject

The subject area of courses.  For instance, for HIST 2001, “HIST" is the Subject of the course.

HIST (History)

Sub-Plan

Concentration / stream

An area of further specialized studies directly within a Plan.

“Advanced Economics” concentration under the undergraduate Economics Major.