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Placement
Roane State Community College’s Placement Office provides its students, alumni and employers various job search/employee matching tools to help develop “a trained & ready Workforce”. Tools such as RaiderRecruit, Co-op and Internship Information, Career Resources are available at http:// www.roanestate.edu/?6224-Placement.
Frequently Used Terms
Advisor – A full-time faculty member who meets with designated students to help make curriculum choices and discuss progress toward achieving educational goals after the student transitions from a success coach.
Asynchronous – The instructor and the students in the course all engage with the course content at different times and from different locations.
Audit – Taking a course but not for credit. Students pay required fees and attend class but are not required to complete assignments or take exams.
Census – 14th calendar day of each semester. Financial aid awards (for files that have been verified) are based on enrollment status at time of census date.
Corequisite – A course that is required to be taken simultaneously with another.
Course – A subject or class in which instruction is offered within a given period of time for a
semester and for which credit toward a degree is given.
Credit hour – One hour of classroom study per week over the period of a semester.
Course load – The total number of semester hours or credit hours in which a student is enrolled for a semester.
Credit hour – One hour of classroom study per week over the period of a semester.
Curriculum – The whole body of courses offered for study by the college or by a particular department.
Drop deadline – The latest date in a semester to add or drop a course from a student’s class schedule.
Elective – A subject or course that is accepted toward fulfillment of credit for a degree or certificate but is not specifically required for that degree or certificate. So termed because a student elects or chooses to take the course.
FAFSA – FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid. You need to complete the FAFSA to apply for federal student aid. Completing and submitting the FAFSA gives you access to the largest source of financial aid to pay for college or career school.
Full-time student – A student enrolled in 12 or more credit hours of coursework per semester.
GPA – Grade Point Average – find a GPA Calculator online at http://www.roanestate.edu/?9776-
DegreeWorks-GPA-Calculator
Grant – Financial aid that does not have to be paid back.
Learning Support – Foundation courses in English, math, reading, and study skills designed for students who are not fully prepared for college level courses. Placement in Learning Support courses is determined by ACT, SAT or Compass test scores.
Loan – Financial aid that must be paid back, usually within a specified time.
Major – The academic area offered by Roane State in which one specializes.
One Stop – A student services office that can help you apply for admission, apply for financial aid and register for classes. There is a One Stop location on both the Harriman and Oak Ridge campus. One Stop is available by phone, email and in-person.
Part-time student – A student enrolled in less than 12 credit hours of coursework per semester. 8