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Academic Year
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The academic year at Lane begins with Summer term and ends with Spring Term
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Registration
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The process of signing up for classes using myLane.
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Enrollment
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Refers to who is eligible to attend the college and the series of steps that a student must take to complete the process
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Admission
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The process of completing an application to the college (usually completed online via the college web site)
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Student Number
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Lane does not use Social Security numbers to identify students. Students are given an “L” number after the admission process is completed.
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Probation
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A student who does not achieve satisfactory academic progress will be placed on academic probation. Students on academic probation may be required to meet with a counselor or advisor before they can register for the next term.
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Credit Hour
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At Lane, one credit is generally equivalent to one hour of class per week over an academic term. The average number of credits for a full time student is 12-15 credits per term. Part-time students enroll in fewer than 12 credits per term.
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Term
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A term, or quarter, is a unit of academic time. At Lane, we have four terms per year. Fall, Winter, and Spring terms are each 10 weeks of instruction, plus one week of final exams. During Summer Term courses may be four, six, eight, or twelve weeks in length.
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Tuition
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Money charged for instruction. Tuition charges are different for credit and non-credit classes, and for residents and non-residents of Oregon (including international students).
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General Education/Gen Ed
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Refers to general education core required classes for transfer degree options.
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Elective
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A course that does not meet any specific requirement for a degree or certificate. Unless there is a restriction, when an academic major requires an “Elective,” students may choose any credit class in the catalog.
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Degree
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Degrees usually require that students complete a set of courses, often known as “core requirements.” Lane offers associate degrees in many areas. The number of credits need to complete a degree may vary. Generally, associate degrees require around 90 credits in the quarter system.
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Certificate
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Getting a certification usually means that you completed a specialized form of training. Also, it can mean that you have the technical knowledge of a specific field. Generally it is faster to complete when compared to getting a degree, as most certification programs take less than a year to complete.
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Career pathway
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Career Pathway Certificates of Completion (CPC) are between 12-44 credits and are fully embedded in an Associate of Applied Science degree or One Year Certificate. They acknowledge proficiency in specific technical skills and are a “milestone” toward completion of a more advanced program. CPCs help students qualify for entry level jobs, enhance their current program, or advance in their current field of employment.
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Financial Aid
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Financial aid is any grant or scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expenses. Such aid is usually provided by various sources such as federal and state agencies, colleges, high schools, foundations, and corporations.
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FAFSA
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Federal Student Aid provided by the US Department of Education
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Stafford Loan
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Stafford Loans are available both as subsidized and unsubsidized loans. Subsidized loans are offered to students based on demonstrated financial need. The federal government pays the interest on subsidized loans while the student is in school and during authorized deferment.
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Scholarship
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A scholarship is a financial gift awarded to a student on the basis of academic achievement and promise. Many scholarships are based on merit; however, some are based on various criteria or financial need. Scholarships do not have to be repaid. Scholarships are worth seeking!
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Grant
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Unlike loans, grants—which can come from the state or federal government, from the college itself, or from private sources—provide money for college that doesn’t have to be paid back.
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Federal Work Study
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Federal Work-Study provides part-time jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service work and work related to the student’s course of study.
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Transcript
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A college transcript is your school’s documentation of your academic performance. Your transcript will list your classes, grades, credit hours, major(s), minor(s), and other academic information, depending on what your institution decides is most important. It will also list the times you were taking classes (think “Spring 2014,” not “Monday/Wednesday/Friday at 10:30 a.m.”) as well as when you were awarded your degree(s).
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Non-Credit/Continuing Education
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These courses do not offer college credit, but in some cases community education students can earn continuing education units, certification or other evidence of class completion to meet personal or professional requirements. Noncredit classes are offered at many different locations. Noncredit community education students can take advantage of many college services.
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Audit
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If you choose a grade option of “Audit” you may attend class but no credits are earned. The grade recorded on your college transcript is U, which has no effect on your grade point average. The tuition charges for audit are the same as for all other grade options, i.e., you will be charged the full tuition for courses that you choose to audit.
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Grade Options
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When you register for a class, myLane will always assume that you wish to receive a letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F) for the course. If you prefer to take a class for a Pass/No pass or Audit grade option, you must change your grade option using ExpressLane within the first eight weeks of a full-term class.
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Course Number
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The CRN is a five-digit number that identifies a specific section of a course. Credit courses have a course number that includes letters and numbers (e.g. WR 121, ART 115).
Non-credit course numbers have letters and numbers in the format XART 5785. The “X” before the subject and the four-digit numbers identify the course as non-credit.
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College Level Course
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College level courses have course numbers 100 and greater.
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Pre-College Level Course
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Pre-college credit courses have course numbers below 100, and do not transfer to a 4-year institution.
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Lower Division Course
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Courses with course numbers between100 and 299. These are generally freshman and sophomore level courses.
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Upper Division Course
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Courses with numbers 300 and above. These types of courses are offered at colleges with Bachelor’s degree options and above.
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Prerequisite
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Some classes require that you take one or more other classes first. Consult the course descriptions in the catalog to see the prerequisites for any class you plan to enroll in. At Lane, if you try to register for a class that has a prerequisite that you have not completed, you will see the following error message in myLane: ” PREQ and TEST SCORE-ERROR.”
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Co-requisite
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Requires a student to take 2 separate classes that are linked together as part of a program or Learning Community.
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Learning Community
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Learning Communities are linked courses with the same students and connected content.
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ExpressLane & myLane
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ExpressLane is Lane Community College’s web-based tool for registration, making payments, viewing transcripts, checking your financial aid status, and much more. myLane allows students to interact with the college from any computer connected to the Internet.
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