Course Registration System

Glossary

 

Version 2.0

Revision History

Date

Version

Description

Author

26/Dec/1998 1.0 Draft version Bill Collings
19/Feb/1999 2.0 Expand glossary. Bill Collings
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Glossary

  1. Introduction
  2. The glossary contains the working definitions for terms and classes in the Course Registration System. This glossary will be expanded throughout the life of the project. Any definitions not included in this document may be included in the Rose Model.

  3. Definitions
Course
A class offered by the university.
Course Catalog
The unabridged catalog of all courses offered by the university.
Faculty
All the professors teaching at the university.
Finance System
The system used for processing billing information.
Grade
The grade for the student in a course.
Professor
A person teaching classes at the university.
Registrar
University administrator responsible for enrollment & offered courses.
Remote Access
Any system access achieved by dialing-in remotely or connecting via the internet.
Report
All the grades for all courses taken by a student in a given semester.
Roster
All the students enrolled in a particular course offering.
Section
A specific offering for a course, including days of the week and times.
Semester
Each school year is split into 3 semesters; Fall, Spring, and Summer.
Schedule
The courses a student has enrolled in for the current semester.
Student
A person enrolled in classes at the university.
Student Body
The list of all students.
Transcript
The history of the grades for all courses for a particular student
University Artifacts
General term used to collect business entities associated with the University.

 



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