Note: For course alphas, go to the credit courses page.
For general acronyms, try searching at thefreedictionary.com
AA - Associate in Arts
ABIT - Applied Business and Information Technology - Certificate of Competence
ACCFSC - All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs
ACCJC - Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College
ADOI - Assistant Dean of Instruction
AEL - Aerospace Exploration Lab
AKOA - Hale Akoakoa
ASC - Academic Subject Certificates
CCCFSC - Community College Council of Faculty Senate Chairs
DB - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Biological Sciences
CAE - Center for Aerospace Education
CATs - Classroom Assessment Techniques
CCAAC - Credit Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee
CCAO - Council of Chief Academic Officers
CCCM - Chancellor of Community Colleges Memo
CCLC - Community College Leadership Champions - Tsunoda Leadership Champions
CIL - Computer and Information Literacy - Requirement for A.A. Degree
COA - Cost of Attendance (used for Financial Aid)
CRN - Course Reference Number
CEEB - College Entrance Examination Board (Windward Community College's number is 4976)
CR/NC - Credit/No Credit grading options
DA - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Arts
DAC - Dean's Advisory Council (committee)
DCs - Department Chairs
DH - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Humanities
DL - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Literature
DOE - Department of Education (Hawaii State)
DOI - Dean of Instruction
DP - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Physical Sciences
DPC - Division Personnel Committee
DS - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Social Sciences
DY - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Natural Sciences Lab
eCAFE - electronic Course and Faculty Evaluations
EFC - Estimated Family Contribution
EMC - Enrollment Management Committee
ETC - Employment Training Center
ETS - Educational Talent Search (part of TRiO)
FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FG - Foundations Requirement for A.A. Degree - Global and Multicultural Perspectives
FS - Foundations Requirement for A.A. Degree - Symbolic Reasoning
FS - Faculty Senate
FTE - full-time equivalent
FW - Foundations Requirement for A.A. Degree - Written Communication
GPA - Grade Point Average
HSGC - Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
HSPLS - Hawaii State Public Library System
ICS - Information and Computer Science
IEC - Institutional Effectiveness Committee
IR - Institutional Research
IRO - Institutional Research Office
LGBTIE - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Inter-sex Equality
LILO - Learning Information Literacy Online
LLC - Library Learning Commons
LRU - Library Research Unit
M/B - Mathematics and Business Department
MANAO - Hale Manaopono
MLEO - Hale Manaleo
MPC - Media Production Center
OCET - see OCCE - Office of Continuing and Community Education
OCCE - Office of Continuing and Community Education - formerly OCET
OHR - Office of Human Resources
OIR - Office of Institutional Research
ORS - Office of Research Services - UH System-wide office handling grants
PALANA - Hale Palanakila
PaCES - Center for Environmental Studies
PAPA - The Paliku Academy of Performing Arts
PSDS - Psycho-Social Developmental Studies - Certificate
PTK - Phi Theta Kappa, the student honors society on campus
SAR - Student Aid Report - part of the FAFSA process
SD - Staff Development Committee
SLOs - Student Learning Outcomes
SS - Department of Social Sciences
SSS - Student Support Services (part of TRiO)
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
TLC - The Learning Center
TPRC - Tenure Promotion Review Committee
UB - Upward Bound (part of TRiO)
UH - University of Hawaii
UHCCP - University of Hawaii Community College Policy
VCE - Vocational and Community Education
WAC - Writing Across the Curriculum
WCC - Windward Community College
WHM - Women's History Month
WI - Writing Intensive - a course designation that is part of the Associates of Arts Degree
WoLC - Wo Learning Champions
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