Campus Lingo
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Admin Building — Short for Administration Building, where you’ll find the Information Desk, Financial Aid Office, Records Office, Business Office and Dean of Students’, Men’s and Women’s offices
Artist Series — term for major concerts and productions
Assistant Prayer Captain — one per room; spiritual leader who organizes room devotions and offers general assistance to roommates
Associate’s Degree — typically a two- or three-year program
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Baccalaureate service — refers to the Sunday 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
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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
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DC — Short for dining common or discipline committee
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
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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 (visit BJU’s Virtual Financial Aid Office)
FMA — Short for Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium, seats over 7,000 people and is where all students, faculty and staff go for chapel and Sunday morning services
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GPA — grade point average; equals sum of quality points divided by sum of hours attempted
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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
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Living Gallery — production featuring religious art come to life with live models; display of the art is combined with music and drama
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M&G — Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
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Prayer Captain — sames duties as Assistant Prayer Captain; additional leadership over two to three neighboring rooms; organizes Prayer Group
Prayer Group — gathering of three to four residence hall rooms for a time of prayer and Bible study; occurs 5 times a week
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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
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RA — Short for resident assistant, one per hall, six per residence hall; oversees general orderliness of each hall; also a Prayer Captain
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
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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
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Undergrad — term for three or four years of class work; degree conferred after completed course work
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Vespers — religious program featuring drama and music; typically held every other Sunday afternoon
Vintage — BJU’s yearbook distributed at the end of every school year
