A
Admin Building — Short for Administration Building, where you’ll find the Financial Aid Office, Records Office, Business Office and Dean of Students’, Men’s and Women’s offices
Associate’s Degree — a three-year program
B
Baccalaureate service — refers to a service before Commencement honoring potential graduates
Bachelor’s degree — academic degree after completing 3 or 4 years of required class work; also known as an undergrad degree
Business Office — located in Administration Building where students can cash checks and put money toward their school bills
C
Catalog — information on all academic programs, including each major and its specific requirements
Collegian — BJU’s student-produced newspaper published weekly and distributed to all students every Friday
Course — another term for class
Credit — merits applied to degree requirements; each class is worth a certain number of credits
D
DC — Short for dining common
Dean of Students — Administrator who oversees student affairs, assisted by Dean of Women and Dean of Men
Degree — an academic rank presented to the student by the university upon completion of all required courses
F
FAFSA — Free Application for Federal Student Aid
FERPA — Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Financial Aid Office — information center for students with questions about their school bills and available financial aid
FMA — Short for Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium, seats over 7,000 people and is where all students, faculty and staff go for chapel
G
GPA — grade point average; equals sum of quality points divided by sum of hours attempted
Group Leader — spiritual leader who organizes room devotions and offers general assistance to roommates; additional leadership over two to three neighboring rooms; organizes Prayer Group
I
ID Card — photo ID issued at the beginning of your freshman year opens residence hall side doors, gets you into the dining common and serves as a library card for Mack Library
Intramural — activities like sports between school groups, like societies, as opposed to intercollegiate, which is between other schools
L
Living Gallery — production featuring religious art come to life with live models; display of the art is combined with music and drama
M
M&G — Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
P
Prayer Group — gathering of three to four residence hall rooms for a time of prayer and Bible study; occurs 5 times a week
Q
Quality points — each grade earned carries a numeric value known as a quality point. Quality points per hour for each grade are as follows: A = 4, B = 3, C = 2, D = 1, F = 0, P = 0
R
RA — Short for resident assistant, 1 per hall, 6 per residence hall; oversees general orderliness of each hall; also a Group Leader
Records Office — As the name implies, the Records Office holds your academic records. If you have any questions about credits, courses or any other academic information, the Records Office is the place to go.
Resident Counselor — those who serve as assistants to the resident supervisor; residence halls typically have one per floor
Resident Supervisor — person who oversees each residence hall
Room Devotions — time of Bible study and prayer in room 2 days a week
Room Leader — one per room; spiritual leader who organizes room devotions and offers general assistance to roommates
S
Society — student-run groups designed to encourage campus and community service as well as spiritual, social, intellectual and athletic development; each society has a Greek name, mascot, motto and verse
StudentCentral — student web portal with multiple uses including registration
U
Undergrad — term for three or four years of class work; degree conferred after completed course work
V
Vespers — religious programs featuring drama and music
Vintage — BJU’s yearbook distributed at the end of every school year