Factbook Glossary

Academic Organization Derived from campus code and other applicable codes, depending on the type of data presented. AOs indicate campus of ownership and are used to realign ambiguous data in Banner. AO codes are:

• CC - Chukchi Campus (campus code Z, 1, 6)
• FC - Fairbanks Campus (campus codes F, 3)
• KU - Kuskokwim Campus (campus code L, 1, 6)
• NW - Northwest Campus (campus code N, 1, 6)
• RB - Bristol Bay Campus (campus code 7, 1, 6)
• RC - Rural College (see definition below) (campus codes 2, F, 1, 6)
• RI - Interior-Aleuitans Campus (campus code 8, 1, 6)
• TV - Tanana Valley Campus (campus code Y, F)

Associate Degree An undergraduate degree. Minimum 60 credits required.

Bachelor Degree An undergraduate degree. Minimum 120 credits required.

Certificate An undergraduate program of study lasting one to two years. Minimum 30 credits required.

Campus An administrative center for the university. Campuses are degree-awarding entities. The term "campus" should not be confused with the Banner term "campus code" (see definition below). UAF campuses include: Bristol Bay, Chukchi, Fairbanks, Interior-Aleutians, Kuskokwim, Northwest, and Tanana Valley.

Campus Code Campus codes are used in Banner to indicated ownership of courses, majors, degrees awarded, and other such data. Banner campus codes are not always used to describe a physical campus. Some campus codes are simply placeholders for administrative purposes. Banner campus codes are:

• 1 - Rural College (see definition below)
• 2 - Correspondence Study
• 3 - Juneau Fisheries
• 6 - UALC (University of Alaska Learning Cooperative)
• 7 - Bristol Bay
• 8 - Interior-Aleutians
• F - Fairbanks
• L - Kuskokwim
• N - Northwest
• Y - Tanana Valley
• Z - Chukchi

Developmental 050-099 level courses. These are preparatory courses that are not applicable to a degree program. Developmental courses above the 100 level may be applied to degree program requirements and therefore are not considered developmental for the purposes of this document.

Degree Award for completion of a program. Degrees available: Certificate, Associate, Bachelor, Master's, Ph.D.

Degree-Seeking A student who has formally applied and been accepted to a degree program. Undeclared students are degree-seeking. Non-degree seeking students are not degree-seeking.

First-Time Freshman Initial class standing of freshman students with less than 15 credits. Indicates a student's first-time exposure to a post-secondary education system.

Junior Class standing of student with 60-94 credits.

Lower Division 100 and 200 level courses.

Major A student's declared degree program. Non-degree seeking students and undeclared students are categorized in their single respective codes under major.

Nanook From the Inupiaq for polar bear, being a large white bear of Arctic regions suitable to all conditions, especially cold climates, ice and snow. A vicious, daring creature that commands dominance wherever it finds itself. Feasts mightily upon seawolf.

Rural College The Rural College simply represents CRA programs, majors, faculty, and other such data as they exist at the Fairbanks campus. This classification exists both as a campus code (campus code 1) and as an academic organization (RC). Data gets classified under the RC designator for different reasons depending on data type and use. Examples are given below to illustrate this designator's use:

• Students within the Rural Development program at the Fairbanks Campus have a campus code of 'F' and an AO of 'RC'.
• Correspondence courses administered through the Center for Distance Education (CDE) with a section code of 'FS3' have a campus code of '1' and a AO of 'RC'. Student credit hours for this course would route to the RC.
• CRA faculty paid through CRA administrative orgs (an org not otherwise owned by a CRA campus) are classified as 'RC' faculty.

Sophomore Class standing of an undergraduate student with 30-59 credit hours.

Student Credit Hour (SCH) A unit of measure that represents one student engaged in an activity for which one hour of credit for a degree or other certificate is granted upon successful completion.

Tenure Full-time faculty (regardless of funding source) whose coding in Banner HR indicates that they have tenure.

Undergraduate A student admitted to an associate or baccalaureate degree program. Undeclared baccalaureate degree-seeking students are undergraduates. Students working towards a certificate are not undergraduate students.

Upper Division 300 and 400 level courses.