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A
Academic Advising
Academic Advisor
Academic Major
Academic Probation
Academic Year
Activity Fee
"Add" a Course

Adjusted Gross Income
Advanced College Credit Program
Alternative Credit
Amortization
AP (Advanced Placement Credit)
Accepted Major (Approved Major)
Articulation of Courses
Assets

Athletic Grants-in-Aid
Attorney General

Audit a Class
Award
Award Certificate (TAP)
Award Letter, Financial Aid
B
Bad Checks
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Account
Bill
BIRD
Board
Borrower
Bursar (refer to Student Academic Records & Financial Services )
C
Campus-Based Aid
Cancellation of a Course
Cancellation of Loans
Capitalizing Interest
Certification (TAP)
Certification of Enrollment
CEU'S (Continuing Education Credits)
Chained Course
Checkstop
Class list
Class Schedule
"Closed" Course
"Closed to non-majors"
Collection Agency
College Code (TAP)
College Credit Examinations
College Credit Recommendation Service (CREDIT)
Comprehensive Fee
Consolidation Loan
Constitution Day
Continuing Student
Co-Op Programs
Co-register
County Codes (New York State)
Course Articulation
Course Catalog
Credit Hour
Critic Teacher Waivers (for Supervisors of Student Teachers)
Cross Registration
CSEA/LEAP
D

DARS Report (UB Degree Audit Reporting System)
Dean's List
Declared Major (Intended Major)
Default
Deferment
Deferred Tuition for Veterans

Degree Application and Conferral
Degree Program
Delinquent
Disbursement
Disclosure Statement
Discontinuance of Study and Financial Aid
Dismissal
Distance Learning
Drop a Course
E
Entrance Interview
EOP (Educational Opportunity Program)
Estimated Cost of Attendance at UB
ETA (Express TAP Application)
Exception Registration
Exit Counseling
Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
Experiential Learning
F
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Family Contribution
Federal College Work Study Program
Federal Family Educational Loan Programs (FFELP)
Federal School Code for UB (used when filing your FAFSA)
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)
Final Exam Schedule
Financial Aid Award Package
Financial Aid Office (see Student Reponse Center)
Financial Aid Consequences
Financial Need
Five-Year Program (TAP)
Forbearance
Force Registration
Freshman Status
Full-Time Status
G
General Certificate of Education (GCE A-LEVEL)
General Education Requirements ("GEN ED")
Good Academic Standing
Grace Period
Grade Point Average (GPA)
Graduate Assistant Waiver Scholarship
Graduate Education Opportunity Program (GEOP)
Graduate Student
Graduated Payments
Grant Billing
Gross Income
Guarantee Agency
Guaranteed Money
H
Half-Time Status
Health Forms
I
Identification
Immunization Forms
Incomplete Grade
Independent Student Criteria (FAFSA)
Interest
International Baccalaureate Credit (IB)
J
Junior Status
K
Knowledge Area Gen Ed Program
L
Lab
Late Fees
Leave of Absence
Lecture
Lender/Servicer
Loan
Loan Fee - (See Origination Fee)
M
Major (see Academic Major)
Matriculated Student
Military Credit
MyUB
N
Need Analysis
New York State Residency Status
New York State Taxable Income (TAP)
Non-Approved Major Status
Non-Matriculated Student Status
Not Enrolling at UB
Not Returning to UB
O
Optional Fees Origination Fee Override of Hours
P
P/F (PASS/FAIL) Grade
Parent Contribution
Part-Time Student Status
Password (see Username and Password)
Payment Plan (UBTP)
Payment Points (TAP)
PELL Grant
PIN (Personal Indentifier Number)
Power of Attorney
Private Scholarships
Probation (Academic Probation)
Professor
Promissory Note
Q
Quality Point (refer to Grade Point Average)
Quality Point Deficit
R
Recitation
Records & Registration (refer to Student Academic Records & Financial Services )
Re-Entering Student
Refund Check
Register for a Course
Registrar (refer to Student Academic Records & Financial Services)
Registration Window
Reimbursement from Employer
Repatriation
Repayment
Residency Requirement (for Graduation)
Resign a Course
Resign from the University
Return of Title IV

Room (Residence Hall)
Room Capacity Reached, Course Closed
S

S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatifactory) Grading
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Section, Course
Senior Status
SEOG (Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant)
Separation Date
Sophomore Status

Special Major
Stipend
Student Academic Records & Financial Services/Student Response Center
Student Account
Student Aid Report (SAR)
Student Budget (see Estimated Cost of Attendance)
Student Contribution
Student Data Form
Student Medical Insurance
Subsidized Loan
Summer Orientation
SUSTA (State University Supplemental Tuition Assistance)
Syllabus (Course)
T
TAP (New York State Tuition Assistance Program)
TAP Award Certificate
TAP College Code for UB
Third-Party Billing
Title IV Programs
Transcript, Academic
Transfer Coursework
Transfer Student
Tuition Bill
U
UB Card
UBlearns
Undergraduate Student
Username and Password (UB IT Username and Password)
Unsubsidized Loan
V
Variable Credit Hours
Veteran's Affairs
Veteran's Deferred Tuition Payment Plan
Visiting Student
W
Waiver Work-Study (see Federal Work-Study Program)
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Z
 

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