Glossary for Student Registration System
- Add Date
- starting date for registrations for a term.
- Administrative Functions
- system functions restricted for use by
privileged users, not for student use.
- Case Insensitive
- action is the same for upper or lower case letters.
- Conflict, Time Conflict
- occurs when a student attempts to enroll
in a course section occupying part of the same time interval
as another course section in their timetable.
- Course (Course Name)
- a course discipline and number (eg. MATH271)
- Course Component
- a part of a course that a student is required to
register in (eg. Lecture, Lab, Tutorial.)
- Course Number (Level)
- the numeric part of a course name.
- Course Title
- Descriptive Name for a Course (eg. Discrete Mathematics)
- Course Weight
- whether the course is one term or two.
- Current Courses
- the courses a student is enrolled in, but not completed.
- Days
- day of the week, encoded as M|T|W|R|F
- Department
- a synonym for course discipline used in menus for clarity.
- Discipline (Course Discipline)
- the major, or department,
offering a course, (eg. CPSC)
- Drop Date
- the last day on which a course can be withdrawn from.
- Duration
- the length in minutes of a course section.
- Enrolled
- when a student is registered for a course.
- Faculty
- title used for a set of course disciplines. eg. Science, Art, Engineering
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- presentation of system functions as
interactive elements of the display screen.
- Help, On-Line Help
- assistance displayed by the student registration system.
- Identification Number
- a unique numeric descriptor given to each user.
- Instructor
- person responsible for a section of a course.
- Lab (Lab Section)
- a component of a course, which may be optional.
- Lecture (Lecture Section)
- a component of a course which is not optional.
- Level (Course Level)
- the number of a course in a discipline.
- Location
- a code for a building and room number where a course section occurs.
- Login Screen
- the initial display of the course registration system.
- Main Menu
- a display listed all accessible features of the system.
- Past Courses
- courses completed (including failures and withdrawals)
- Prerequisite
- a course which must be passed prior to enrollment in another course.
- Section
- one of the choices available for a course component.
- Section Size
- the maximum number of students that can enroll in a section.
- Sign On
- entering the system by entering an ID and password.
- Start Time
- the hour:minutes of the day a course section commences at.
- Status Line
- a line on the screen which displays current status of the process.
- Terminal
- the display used by a user of the system.
- Timetable
- the courses components and times a student is registered in.
- Tutorial (Tutorial Section)
- a component of a course, which may be optional.
- User ID
- Identification Number for all users.
- User Information
- name, address and associated information given by
administrator when creating and instance of user.