 |
Common EAP Acronyms & Abbreviations
| AD | Associate Dean |
| ADAD | Associate Director, Academic Dean |
| AD&CRS | Academic Development & Cross-Regional Support |
| ADFA-UCSB | Associate Director of Financial Aid at UC Santa Barbara |
| ADS | Academic Development and Support (a UOEAP unit) |
| APF | Academic Planning Form |
| BBL | Brown Bag Lunch |
| CAD | Campus Administrative Directors |
| CAO | Chief Administrative Officer |
| CAR | Course Approval Request Form |
| CCD | Council of Campus Directors |
| CFR | Confirmation of Financial Resources form (used by reciprocity students) |
| CIDE | Center for International & Development Education, UCLA |
| DM | Director's Manual |
| DPA | Departmental Pre-Approval to Extend Form |
| EAP | Education Abroad Program |
| FAC | Faculty Advisory Committee |
| FAFSA form | Free Application for Federal Student Aid form |
| FAO | University of California Financial Aid Officer |
| GSAG | Graduate and Professional Student Agreement |
| I | Grade given for Incomplete Work |
| ID# | Identification number on Course Approval Request (CAR) |
| ILP | Intensive Language Program |
| IP | "In Progress" notation for a course that extends over two or more terms; grade will be assigned later |
| L&C/L&S | Language & Culture/Language & Society Programs |
| LO | Liaison Officer |
| MC | Management Council (at UOEAP) |
| MCF | Master Course File |
| myEAP | New online application |
| NR | Notation for grade Not Reported by instructor |
| OP | Office of the President (UC) |
| PA | Program Assistant |
| PD | Program Development |
| P/NP | Pass/No Pass grading option (non-letter grade option for undergraduate students only) |
| PMT | Project Management Team |
| Profile | Academic Profile of the host institution(s), the higher educational system of the host country, and programs in a given country |
| RD | Regional Director at UOEAP |
| SCA | UOEAP Budget & Finance Study Center Accountant |
| SCA Manual | Study Center Academic Manual |
| SC | Study Center |
| SCD or SC Director |
Study Center Director |
| SCIF | Student Course Information Form |
| SCD | Study Center Director |
| SC Director | (as referenced in the Director’s Manual) = Study Center Director or Liaison Officer |
| SHS | Student Health Service |
| SM&C | Strategic Marketing and Communications at UOEAP |
| SPO/DCO |
Spring Orientation Program (formerly called the DCO, Developing Country Orientation Program) |
| SPOT | Name for UOEAP’s main database that houses data on students, course approvals, grades, programs, student finances, reciprocity, etc. |
| S/U | Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading option (non-letter grade option for graduate students only) |
| StuFin | UOEAP Budget & Finance Student Finance Accountant |
| UC | University of California |
| UCIE | University Committee on International Education |
| UO or UOEAP | Universitywide Office of EAP |
| UCSB-ADFA | UCSB Associate Director of Financial Aid |
| UK/I | United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland |
| VP | Visiting Professor |
| W | Grade assigned for a dropped course |
| WD | Withdrawal from program |