A grouping of academic work undertaken by a student at a school and which the school groups into a single student record.

A college or school within a university.

Departments within the academic structure.

An area of study within an academic program, with one degree or certificate per plan (also known as major and minor).  "Declare an academic plan."

What a student applies to, is admitted into, and graduates from.

Equivalent to a student's academic status.

A representation of the institutions logical and physical structure within Campus Solutions.  Building blocks for the academic institution.

An area of further specialization within an academic plan.

Identifies variable data to add to a 3C item.  Can assign the administrative function by department or to a function within a department.

"Deferments" in the SAM environment; approved aid that Financial Aid anticipates disbursing on a student's account.

Share module in Campus Solutions that manages information for all the people on campus, including prospects, applicants, students, faculty, staff, alumni, etc.  This module also contains the 3C's (Communications, Checklists, Comments).

Umbrella name for 4 of the PeopleSoft products:  Student Administration, Campus Self-Service, Contributor Relations (Foundation/Development - BGSU not using), Gradebook

The century defaults to 2000 if a two-digit year date range is 0-50.  The century defaults to 1900 if a two-digit year data range is 51-99.  (i.e., 011560 = 01/15/1960; 011549 = 01/15/2049).

Monitors items needed to complete the student's file.

A grouping of related checklist items.  When all checklist items are completed, the checklist becomes complete.  Checklist codes are owned by administrative functions.

Manages outgoing letters and emails to students.

Tables that define the institution structure and processing rules.

Displays the content of the folders to the right of the menu; is an alternative to the left hand menu navigation.

Allows end users to: validate data as of a point in time, maintain historical data, avoid underwriting changing data over time, and enter future data.  Most PeopleSoft effective date defaults = 1900.

Designated award period for Financial Aid (FA) within an Academic Term.

This is the equivalent to grading systems in SIS.  A grading basis is attached to a grading scheme, which one can associate best with grading policies.  Attached to each will be the basis that will make up the approved grades for each used at BGSU (A through F, Audit, Pass/Fail, etc.)

The process that changes a grade of incomplete to a default final grade. This is equivalent to BGSU's "I to F".

Equivalent to the BGSU grade sheet.  An electronic roster that is used to submit grades, not a paper document.

An individual university or college.

12-digit numeric number used by both Financial Aid and Student Financials to identify various financial aid awards (BGSU's aid IDs), various Bursar charges and payments.

Corresponds to the Word template or the system.

Student classification.  Equivalent to BGSU's student academic standing.  Examples for an undergraduate student are freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior.

Student's enrollment.  BGSU examples are full-time and part-time.

How a communication was transmitted.

A defined period of time outside the typical academic year (fall/spring); i.e., summer semester

Maintains additional anecdotal information about students.

Tool used to run application specific reports and processes, such as a financial aid award notification

Provide or limit access to services for individuals.  Can be positive (*) or negative (check mark).

 Disbursement of financial aid funds to Student Financials.

Semester of enrollment.  Four digit number sequence representing century/year/semester (i.e., 2088 = Fall 2008      2092 = Spring 2009;      if Winter = 0, Spring = 2, Summer = 5, Fall = 8)

Tables that record day-to-day transactions.

Appears at the top of every page and, in CS, includes Home, Worklist, Add to Favorites, and Sign Out options.