Workday Student Terminology

Workday Student Terminology

Terminology Glossary

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Academic Level (New Term)

Describes the level of a learning opportunity. See the Academic Level Data Standard for more information.

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Academic Progress Report (Replacement Term)

A report on a student's progress towards satisfying academic requirements for a degree program. Academic Progress Reports will replace Degree Navigator Reports.

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Academic Requirements Effective Date (Replacement Term)

Academic requirements will only be updated when changes are required and use May 1 as an effective date associated with an upcoming Winter Session.

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Academic Standing (Replacement Term)

Academic Standing will substitute a variety of terms currently existing in SIS, such as Academic Standing, Sessional Standing & Evaluation Decision.

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Academic Unit (New Term)

A Workday organization type that represents a school, college, university, or other unit of your institution. These units can recruit prospective students, admit students, offer programs of study or courses, or administer financial aid. Academic units are also used with academic appointments in Workday.

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Add Course Section (New Definition)

The process by which a student is registered in a course section.

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Add Program of Study (Replacement Term)

"Add Program of Study" term will be used to label the process "to declare" a minor and/or a secondary pathway, e.g. second major, Major in Biology.

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Additional Period Honours (Replacement Term)

The value used to describe scholarly distinctions (i.e. Dean's List, Dean's Scholar). This will be displayed if a student receives a scholarly distinction.

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Administering Unit (Replacement Term)

In current SISC, 'Org Code' is attached to an award for departments to receive budgets and submit budget recommendations. In the future, AwardCloud will use the 'Administering Unit' to drive security permissions for awards, including workflow to receive awards and budget updates. The departments will receive budgets based on the Administering Unit identified, and can set up award application and adjudication processes using the standardized workflows designed.

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Applied for Completion (Replacement Term)

Graduation application status.

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Approved for Completion (Replacement Term)

Graduation application status.

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Bundled Programs of Study (New Term)

"Bundled" means a program which academic requirements or/and entry requirements are defined by the degree program the student is in and can not be taken independently from this primary program of study, e.g. Minor in Commerce for Bachelor of Arts students would appear as "bundled" with B.A., Major in [Arts Discipline]. Bundled programs of study are minors and co-op programs. The term "bundled" will appear on the students' educational objectives for minors and Co-op programs. This term will also visible to students and staff when they add or change minors and co-op programs.

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Change Program of Study (Replacement Term)

Change Program of Study term will be used to label two different processes: 1) "to declare" a primary pathway (e.g., a specialization/major/option: BCOM, Option in Accounting) and 2) "to change" a degree program (e.g., BA) and/or a pathway (e.g., BA, Major in History).

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Class Standing (New Definition)

Current state at UBC of use of Class Standing is an identification for graduation honours/standing in a program (Class I, Class II, Class P) or Continuation Requirements. 

In Workday, Class Standing is an identification of the year level the student is in (e.g. Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4).

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Closed (Replacement Term)

When viewing courses on Workday, sections that are at capacity and do not have a waitlist will be shown as "Closed".

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Continuing Student Onboarding (New Term)

The initial reach-out to continuing graduate students before the start of the next academic term to guide them to resources they need and confirm their attendance. Sometimes referred to as "intention to attend".

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Coordinating Academic Unit (New Term)

May be same as the owning academic unit or a subordinate unit within it. See the Program of Study Data Standard for more information.

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Course Registration Status (New Definition)

The state of student registration in a course section. Reference List - see for the full list of Course Registration Status values.

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Course Section Overlap (Replacement Term)

Course sections to be taught together.

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Curriculum Approving Senate or Body (New Term)

An entity that is responsible for developing a credit or non-credit offering based on learning objectives or a professional accreditation standard. See the UBC Senate and Other Curriculum Approving Body Data Standard for more information

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Declare Date (New Term)

This is a new field on a student's academic record in Workday. Declare dates must be entered when adding/changing a POS. It must be entered as the current date when the change is initiated. A student's academic record will freeze if a future date is entered.

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Denied (Replacement Term)

Graduation application status.

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Drop Course Section (New Definition)

The process by which a student is unregistered from a course section prior to the Drop Without Record End Date.

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Drop without Record End Date (New Term)

The last date to withdraw a student from a course section without a W Standing appearing on their transcript.

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E

Educational Credential (Existing Term)

Conveys UBC's recognition that a program has been successfully completed. Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates are all types of Credentials. See the Educational Credentials Lists for the Okanagan campus and the Vancouver campus.

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Expected Completion Date (New term)

This is a new field on a student's academic record in Workday. The Expected Completion Date must be entered when adding/changing a POS. Generally, the standard duration of the degree program (i.e. four years for Bachelor of Arts) is used to determine the Expected Completion Date.

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Grading Policy (New Term)

Also known as Grading Practice. Guiding practice used to grade a student for a registered course section. This is determined by a combination of academic level, course, academic unit and/or program of study a student is enrolled in.

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Graduation application status (Replacement Term)

"Remove Program of Study" term will be used to label the process "to drop" a degree program and/or a pathway.

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Learner (New Term)

A person engaged in a learning instance relationship and/or learning activity relationship. Both Students and Registrants are types of learners.

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Learner Enrolment (New Term)

The association of a learner to a credit or non-credit Program of Study.

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Matriculation (New Term)

The process by which an applicant becomes a learner and is enrolled in a credit Program of Study.

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Non-Credit Enrolment (New Term)

The process by which learners are admitted and registered in non-credit learning instances.

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Open (New Term)

Course section status that is applied once a course section is published, making it available for student registration.

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Open Registration (New Term)

A period when a student can start to change their registration regardless of their Registration Appointment.

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Open Registration Window (New Term)

A range of dates that specify when changes in registration can happen after an Registration Window End Date.

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Owning Academic Unit (New Term)

The academic unit that assigns requirements and assessments to a Program of Study. This is typically at the faculty or school level. See the Program of Study Data Standard for more information.

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Preliminary (New Term)

Unpublished course section status that is automatically applied when a course section is first created.

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Program Completed (Replacement Term)

Graduation application status.

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Program of Study (Replacement Term)

Previous Term: All UBC pathway selections, for example, major, minor, option, and specialization. All UBC pathway terms will appear in the field labelled as Program of Study, which is visible to students and staff. A path of studies that a learner applies to through either an application or registration process and is admitted into, and which leads to a specific outcome or credential following the completion of a number of requirements. See the Program of Study Data Standard for more information.

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Program of Study Code (New Term)

A unique identifier for a Program of Study. See the  Program of Study Code and Name Standard section for more information on the naming convention for Program of Study code.

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Program of Study Type (New Term)

A classification of a Program of Study used to control functionality, such as registration and application processes. See the Program of Study Data Standard for the full list of Program of Study Type values.

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Registrant (New Term)

Also known as Non-Credit Enrollee, Participant in Non-Credit Programming (Academic Calendar Term). A person studying towards an outcome that does not confer student status. Examples: Extended Learning, Non-credit certificate, etc.

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Registration Access Policy (New Term)

Also known as Enrolment Access Policy. The guiding rule set that is assigned to an academic unit and level that determines the courses a student can register in.

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Registration Appointment (Replacement Term)

Previous Term: Registration Open Date. The earliest date and time a student can start to change their registration in a course section in an academic period.

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Registration Credit Limit Policy (Replacement Term)

Previous term: Registration Credit Limit. Also known as Enrolment Credit Limit Policy, Registration Credit Policy, Registration Credit Limit. The maximum number of credits in which a student can register during the Registration Appointment and Open Registration processes for an academic period.

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Registration Override (New Definition)

Administrative process to waive restrictions that prevent a student from registering in a course section. E.g., Overriding time conflicts, unmet eligibility rules, lack of registration access to the course, maximum credit limit, hold.

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Registration Window (New Term)

A range of dates that specify when changes in registration can happen for a Registration Appointment in an academic period.

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Remove Program of Study (Replacement Term)

"Remove Program of Study" term will be used to label the process "to drop" a degree program and/or a pathway.

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Student (Existing Term)

A person who is presently enrolled in a credit program of study or who is designated by resolution of the senate as a student.

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Student Draft Timetable (New Definition)

Also known as Saved Schedule Worklist. A tentative schedule determined by a student ahead of the registration period, that contains course sections that the student wants to register for in a given academic period.

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Student Enrolment (New Definition)

The association of a student to a credit program of study.

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Student Registration (New Definition)

The association of a student enrolled in a credit program of study to a learning instance(s).

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Tokens (New Term)

Staff can provide certain registration restriction overrides within the system to students to enable them to register in courses for which they do not meet eligibility requirements in a self serve fashion.

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W Standing (New Definition)

A standing on a student academic record or transcript, indicating that a course section was dropped past the Drop without Record End Date.

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Withdraw Course Section (New Definition)

The process by which a student is unregistered from a course section after the Drop without Record End Date, and the student will receive a W Standing for the course.

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