Glossary

Academic Year/Semester/Term	The academic year is a period of twelve months starting in September of each year. The academic year is divided into two Semesters and a Summer Term.
Assessment	The tests, coursework, examinations and other activities undertaken to assess students' progress through courses and to assign final grades.
Assessment Panels	University bodies responsible for assigning grades to students for their courses.
Code of Student Conduct	The Code approved by the University governing the conduct of students and providing for a process to deal with breaches of the Code.
Course	The basic units of instruction into which students are registered and for which grades may be assigned. University courses are approved for inclusion in the course catalogue.
Course Catalogue	The official record of University courses maintained by the Academic Regulations and Records Office.
Course Examiner	A Course Examiner is appointed by the Head of department for each course offered by the department, to coordinate the assessment of the course.
Credit Transfer	The assignment of credit units toward the credit unit requirements of a programme on the basis of work done outside that programme. Credit units are normally assigned against specific courses for work equivalent in content and standard.
Credit Unit	Each course is assigned a number of credit units. A credit unit is earned by approximately forty-to-fifty hours of student work.
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)	For the calculation of Grade Point Average (GPA), G is the grade point awarded, U is the credit units earned for the ith course. CGPA is calculated for courses taken during enrolment for a specific programme, i=1-n are all courses completed at the time of the calculation, unless excluded under AR8.3, or AR11.3.
Dean	Dean refers to Deans and other equivalent posts.
Department	Department refers to "departments and equivalent bodies" as defined by Senate. A student's "programme department" is the department offering the programme in which the student is enrolled.
Enrolment	On entry to the University, students are enrolled in a programme of study.
Equivalent Course	Equivalent courses are courses where there is sufficient overlap in content that students may, with approval, register in the course to meet a programme requirement, to recover a failure or to improve a course grade.
Examination Board	University bodies responsible for classifying students' awards, recommending to Senate conferment of awards, and terminating the studies of students on academic grounds on behalf of Senate.
Exclusive Course	Exclusive courses are courses where there is sufficient overlap in their content to make it inappropriate for students to earn credits for more than one of the courses. Students may be restricted from registration in a course when they have earned credit units for an exclusive course.
Exemption	Students can be exempted from a requirement of a programme. Credit units are not earned for an exemption from a course.
Faculty	Faculty refers to "faculties and equivalent bodies" as defined by Senate, including Schools.
Graduation Date	Dates set by Senate each year for the graduation of students who have completed requirements for awards.
Mode of Study	Students are enrolled in either a full-time, or a part-time mode of study. Students' modes of study govern their maximum and minimum course loads.
Operational Grade	A course grade assigned for administrative purposes to assist in the management of student records. Operational grades of I, IP, S, and X do not count in the calculation of students' GPAs.
Postgraduate	A student enrolled for a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, or Master's Degree. These regulations do not cover students enrolled for a MPhil, PhD, or Professional Doctorate.
Prerequisite	A requirement that must be fulfilled before a student can register in a particular course. Precursors are set for some courses. Precursors are not requirements, but students are advised to complete precursors before registering in these courses.
Programme	The structured academic programme leading to a named award of the University into which students are enrolled.
Registration	The inclusion of a student in the class list of a course.
Required Course	A course that must be passed to complete a programme.
Semester GPA (SGPA)	The GPA calculated for all the courses taken in a semester, including F grades, but excluding courses graded I, X, S, IP, or P.
Senate	The University Senate of City University of Hong Kong.
Substitute Course	Where the normal course requirements of a programme cannot be completed, a “substitute” course may be approved by the programme department for a student, replacing the required course.
Taught Programme	A programme for which the requirements are chiefly the completion of courses.
Transcript	The official academic record of a student's progress through their programme, including grades assigned for courses.
Undergraduate Awards	In these regulations, undergraduate awards are awards of Bachelor's Degree, Associate Degree, Diploma, or Higher Diploma.
University	City University of Hong Kong
University Award	An award of the University Senate granted on completion of a programme approved by the University Senate.
University Requirement	A requirement set by the University Senate for all students at a particular level of study, irrespective of programme.