Acronyms and Abbreviations
Note: For course alphas, go to the credit courses page.
For general acronyms, try searching at thefreedictionary.com
AA - Associate in Arts
ABE - Adult Basic Education
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 (now called Dean of Academic Affairs)
ADP - Academic Development Plan
AEL - Aerospace Exploration Lab
AKOA - Hale Akoakoa
APT - Administrative, Professional, and Technical - employment type
ARPD - Annual Report of Program Data
ASC - Academic Subject Certificates
ASUH - Associated Students of the University of Hawaii
ATD - Achieving the Dream
ATP - Authorization to Plan, used for prorams that requrie Board of Regents approval
AY - Academic Year
BOR - Board of Regents
CAE - Center for Aerospace Education
CATs - Classroom Assessment Techniques
CCAAC - Credit Curriculum and Academic Affairs Committee
CCAO - Council of Chief Academic Officers
CCCFSC - Community College Council of Faculty Senate Chairs
CCCM - Chancellor for Community Colleges Memo
CCLC - Community College Leadership Champions - Tsunoda Leadership Champions
CDC - Campus Distance Coordinators - a system-level committee
CIL - Computer and Information Literacy - former requirement for A.A. Degree
CIP - Capital Improvement Project
CIP - Classification of Instructional Programs (part of the IPEDS system)
CNA - Certified Nurse Aide Program - offered by the Employment Training Center
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) - now the Vice-Chancellor's Advisory Council
DB - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Biological Sciences
DCs - Department Chairs
DH - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Humanities
DL - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Literature
DL - Distance Learning - (also known as Distance Education)
DLAC - Distance Learning Advisory Committee - a system-level committee
DOE - Department of Education (Hawaii State)
DOI - Dean of Instruction (now called the Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs)
DP - Diversification Requirement for A.A. Degree - Physical Sciences
DPC - Division Personnel Committees
DQP - Degree Qualification Profile - administered by The Lumina Foundation
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
EDP - Educational Development Plan
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
FOB - Financial Obligation
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
FYE - First Year Experience
GPA - Grade Point Average
HAP - Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Issues Board
HCC - Honolulu Community College
HSGC - Hawaii Space Grant Consortium
HSPLS - Hawaii State Public Library System
HTI - Hybrid Technology Intensive. An HTI class is part face-to-face, part online.
IACUC - The Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee at the Univeristy of Hawai‘i System
ICS - Information and Computer Science
IEC - Institutional Effectiveness Committee
IRO - Institutional Research Office
IWD - Individuals with Disabilities
KCC - Kauai Community College or Kapiolani Community College
LCC - Leeward Community College
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 Mana‘opono
MaPSAC - Master Planning and Space Allocation Committee
MCC - Maui Community College
MLEO - Hale Manaleo
MMR - Measles-Mumps-Rubella (immunizations required for admission into the college)
MPC - Media Production Center
NSO - New Student Orientation
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 Systemwide office handling grants
PALANA - Hale Pālanakila
PaCES - Center for Environmental Studies
PAPA - The Paliku Academy of Performing Arts
PBC - Planning and Budget Council
PCC - Program Coordinating Council
PPWG - Policy and Planning Work Group
PRU - Plan Review Use - from the City and County
PSDS - Psycho-Social Developmental Studies - Certificate
PTK - Phi Theta Kappa, the student honors society on campus
RISO - Registered Independent Student Organizations
SAR - Student Aid Report - part of the FAFSA process
SD - Staff Development Committee
SLOs - Student Learning Outcomes
SOC - Schedule of Classes
SOC - Standard Occupational Classification (from the Federal Department of Business and Labor)
SPO - State Procurement Office
SS - Department of Social Sciences
SSH - Student Semester Hour
SSS - Student Support Services (part of TRiO)
STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
TLC - The Learning Center - now The Testing Center
TPA - Teaching Project Assignments
TPRC - Tenure Promotion Review Committee
UAP - Unsatisfactory Academic Progress
UB - Upward Bound (part of TRiO)
UH - University of Hawaii
UHM - University of Hawaii at Manoa
UHCCP - University of Hawaii Community College Policy
VCE - Vocational and Community Education
WAB - Writing Advisory Board
WAC - Writing Across the Curriculum
WASC - Western Association of Schools and Colleges - the accreditor of Windward CC
WCC - Windward Community College
WHM - Women's History Month
WI - Writing Intensive - a course designation that is part of the Associate in Arts Degree
WoLC - Wo Learning Champions
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