Academic programs

Course ( a one/three credit course )

series of lessons or treatments;

syn. classes, lecture, lessons, studies.

to take a course

to attend a course

to give a lecture

a professor whose speech gives information about a subject;

syn. address, instruction, lesson, speech.

pass-fail course

a course where you don't take an examination, but a pass-fail test;

elective

chosen by election

a major/to major ( what's your major?)

gteater, very, imporant/ to specialize(in a subject) at college;

syn. chief, higher, important, larger, leading, main.

ant. minor, unimportant.

a minor(second in importance)

lesser, not very important;

syn. inconsiderable, insignificant, junior, lesser, secondary, second-class, subordinate.

ant. major, significant.

discussion session

a lesson at which one discusses smth, talks ot writes about;meeting for discussing or deciding smth;

syn. seminar, lesson with argument, consideration, conversation, debate,, dialogue.

seminars

discussion session

a more academic class, usually with grad students

additional class of theoretical interest only for students that are not the beginners;

a student-teacher

a person that hasn't graduated yet, but he teaches already;

to get/ to give grade

to receive a mark given to a student for his or her standart of work;

syn. to get degree, level, mark.

pass-fail grading

to receive a mark without taking an exam;(eg.to take grammar pass-fail);

grades A,B,C,D,E

letters to indicate the levels of achievement.

A- is the highest mark, indicating superior accomplishment, and the letters go through B,C,D, to E or F which denotes failure;

A-student

a student with superior accomplishment,with good knowledge

to grade with straight A

to receive excellent marks; to graduate with excellent marks;

a credit

a pass-fail test;

syn. distinction, glory, honour, praise, recognition, reputation.

ant. discredit, shame.

To earn a credit

to get a pass-fail;

education record

information on a student's attendance, enrollment status,degrees conferred and dates, honours and awards; college, class, major field of study;address, telephone number;

syn. education,cultivation,development,instruction/ document, journal, file, register, report.

Quiz

(n.) An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination; an examination consisting of a few short questions.

to conduct a quiz

(v.) to instruct in or by a quiz.

quizzing, quizzes, quizzed, quizzes (pl).

Syn. Test

to take an exam

to go through a course of exercises, tasks, questions ect.

to give an exam

to test carefully a person’s knowledge or ability

to retake an exam

to make another attempt to pass an exam

to flunk a course

to fail an exam or course of study: I flunked my second year exams and was lucky not to be thrown out of college

.to flunk somebody

to make somebody fail an exam

He flunked her in her finals.

to flunk out

to have to leave school or college because your work is not good enough Dan won't be in college next year - he flunked out

.to drop out / withdraw

to stop going to classes before finishing the course

a pass-fail test

exam or course with no mark given for it (the only thing the students are told about their performance is whether or not they have passed)

a multiple-choice test

an exam or question in which you are given a list of answers and you have to choose the correct one

an essay test

a test demanding a short piece of writing on a particular subject

SAT

the Scholastic Aptitude Test (in mathematics and verbal ability). The SAT is taken in the 11^th grade of high school

PSAT

their probable SAT scoring range the Preparatory Scholastic Aptitude Test – a test to give students a warm-up exercise for the SAT and indicate

ACT

an American College Testing program (in social and the natural studies). The ACT is taken when required by certain colleges or universities

GPA

Grade Point Average – a grade allowing to continue in school and to graduate