Higher education

Higher education

Post-secondary education at universities, academies, colleges, and institutes of technology etc.

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Major

Education; Higher education

Undergraduate student's area of specialization, it consists of a number of courses in one field or in two or more related fields. The major is also referred to as concentration.

Cooperative education

Education; Higher education

Educational programme requiring students to alternate periods of full-time study and full-time work in their major.

Quarter system

Education; Higher education

Academic calendar in which the year is divided into four quarters of 10 weeks.

Dean

Education; Higher education

Middle-level academic or administrative officer in charge of an administrative unit.

Foreign student advisor

Education; Higher education

Official employed by the institution to assist foreign students, scholars and faculty with immigration, visas, orientation, insurance, and other such matters.

Core curriculum

Education; Higher education

General education requirements set as a defined series of interdisciplinary courses that must be taken by all undergraduates enrolled in degree programmes at an institution.