The academic world

The academic word – word list

• Graduate – a person who has an academic degree from a university

• Alumnus/alumna/alumni - a person who has graduated from a particular university

• Lecture -a formal talk on a subject given to a group of students

• Seminar - an occasion when a teacher or expert and group of students meet to discuss and study

• Tutorial -a class given by a teacher to one student or small group of students

• Curriculum – a set of subjects studied at a university/course

• Postgraduate – a student studying for a more advanced degree

• Semester - a period into which the academic year is divided

• Thesis/theses - a long piece of writing on a particular subject to get a degree

• Undergraduate - a student studying for their first degree at university

• Internship - a period of time spent working for a company during studies

• Introductory course - a course that provides basic information on a subject and prepares students for higher level courses

• Degree - a formal title received after completing study program at university

• Enrollment - the number of students that have applied to study in a subject/at university

• Freshman - students studying their first year at university

• tuition fee - the money students have to pay for their studies

• gap year - a year between high school and university that students take as a break

• scholarship - financial support given to the students to cover their studies and expenses at university

• Trimester - one of three periods into which an academic year is divided

• core courses - the main courses in a study program

• matriculation - a formal event when students are registered at university

• student union - a student organization that supports and represents students

• graduation - final exams and finishing your studies at university

• graduation ceremony – promoce

• credit -zápočet

• study program – obor

• rector/president – head of the university

• dean – head of the faculty

• head od department

Types of degrees:

• AA - associate of arts

• ASc - associate of science

• BA - Bachelor of Arts

• BSc - Bachelor of Science

• BFA - Bachelor of Fine Arts

• MA - Master of Arts

• MSc - Master of Science

• MFA - Master of Fine Arts

• PhD