Includes component types Academic, Laboratory, Rehearsal/Performance, and Special Project.
Section number is unique to subject, catalog number, meeting time, professor teaching, and the term and year offered; can be cross-listed within or outside the subject. Sometimes multiple section numbers are reported under one controlling section.
Notes about Labs: There are three types of labs at Santa Clara University
1. Classes that contain a lab and lecture combined.
These classes appear under Academic Group Category as "Academic - Academic". There is no separate lab.
2. Classes where the student gets credit for the lecture and takes a separate non-enrollment section for the lab.
There are two classes when this option is used: One coded as Lecture and reported under "Academic - Academic" and the other reported under "Academic - Lab."
The "Academic - Academic" record is a class type of Section and contains the units and the "Academic - Lab" is of class type subsection and contains no units.
3. Classes that consist of a lecture class and a lab class where credit is received for both classes.
There are also two classes in this scenario: One coded as Lecture and reported under "Academic - Academic" and the other reported under "Academic - Lab."
The "Academic - Academic" record is a class type of Section and contains 4 units and the "Academic - Lab" is of class type subsection and contains 1 unit.
Academic Level
Categorizes undergraduate students by the number of units earned towards a bachelor’s degree. Units may be earned by completing courses at Santa Clara, at another institution (transfer, study abroad), or testing (e.g. AP).
Students who have earned fewer than 44 units are classified as first-year (aka "freshman"); students who have earned 44 units but fewer than 88 are classified as sophomores, students with 88 units but fewer than 132 are classified as juniors, and students with 132 or more units are classified as seniors.
Note that academic level is distinct from year-in-school, and so it is possible to have, e.g. a second-year freshman, a first-year sophomore, or a fifth-year senior. For completeness, all graduate students are assigned a level of ‘GRAD’.
Academic Plan
Academic majors, minors, and certificates.
Academic Plan Count
Count of declared primary and secondary plans; a duplicated count.
Academic Plan Level
Primary Plan: Major or minor in position 1
Secondary Plan: Major or minor in position 2, 3, 4
Academic Staff (FT)
An individual hired into a position as a research staff, laboratory instructor, or field instructor; full-time.
Academic Staff (PT)
An individual hired into a position as a research staff, laboratory instructor, or field instructor; part-time. This includes individuals who are teaching while on leave from other professional employment; part-time
Academic Standing
To be in good academic standing at the University, a student must normally be enrolled for 12 or more units, must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 based on all courses taken at Santa Clara, and must have completed at least a minimum number of units as specified in the Bulletin. Failure to meet these requirements may result in academic probation or disqualification from future registration at the University.
Students in their last term of enrollment before completing a degree may be classified as a full-time student when enrolled for less than 12 units.
Academic Year
The period generally extending from the start of fall term in September to the end of spring term in June, equated to three quarters or two semesters (i.e. School of Law or Jesuit School of Theology). Summer term always trails the academic year and may or may not be included depending on context. Academic year is coincident with Financial Aid Year; not to be confused with Fiscal Year. Rendered as YYYY-YYYY+1; when rendered as a single number, it is displayed as YYYY. Hence the academic year of 2020 refers to the period of 2020-2021
Accrediting Agency
Regional or national private educational associations that assess whether institutions have met specific criteria aimed to measure quality. Institutions are accredited when the criteria are met and may then be eligible for federal benefits such as Title IV student financial aid.