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美国大学录取通知书常用术语解释Academic Year Starts at the beginning of the fall semester, ends at the close of the spring semester; does not include summer sessions. 　　Accreditation Official certification by an external academic organization that a college, school, or academic unit meets minimum requirements for academic achievement, curriculum, facilities, etc. 　　Add Period Time at the beginning of each semester during which registered students may enroll in additional courses. 　　Articulated General Education Courses UH system courses reviewed by the System-wide Articulation Standing Committees and accepted by campus core/curriculum committees as meeting undergraduate requirements at one or more system campuses. 　　Auditors Regularly admitted students who register, with the consent of the instructor, for informational instruction only and who receive no credit. They do not take course examinations and the extent of their classroom participation is at the instructor’s discretion. Auditors are generally not allowed in art studio, laboratory science, mathematics, elementary and intermediate Hawaiian and foreign languages, creative writing, English composition, physical education, speech and other performance courses or in classes where they might displace credit students. Audit courses are entered on the student’s transcripts with a grade of L and are subject to regular tuition and fee charges. 　　Bachelor’s Degree Undergraduate degree signifying successful completion of the Manoa General Education Core, major, elective, and credit requirements of the University and of an academic unit. 　　Backtracking Completion of a lower-level or prerequisite course after (or while) taking an advanced course. Additional credit and grade points are not awarded for lower-level courses if they are taken after or concurrently with the advanced course for which they are explicitly or implicitly prerequisites. 　　Classified Students (Graduate) Students admitted by the Graduate Division to a pr