1. Immunization
A vaccination that protects your immune system from any disease outbreak.

2. International student/person
A person who travels to the United States on a temporary basis, who is not a national or citizen of the U.S.

3. Internship
Supervised work experience (paid or not paid) for a short-term period. It can be fulltime or part time.

4. Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
Application provided free of charge by the U.S. Dept. of Education to students applying for the federal student aid programs. The FAFSA must be filed by all NHMCCD students who wish to apply for financial aid.

Academic counseling/advising: Students at U.S. universities and colleges are typically required to speak one on one with an academic counselor or advisor on a regular basis. Because students elect their own courses the advisor helps them to plan their academic calendars, and ensures that they are taking the classes they need to graduate.

Accreditation: the certification that a school or program meets a prescribed academic standard. It is very important to know that a college or university is accredited.

Advanced placement (AP): Some universities/colleges give credit for class work done in high school or to students who prove via examination that they have achieved university- level proficiency in a certain subject.

Campus: the location of a university, college, or school’s main buildings. U.S. campuses are known for their ample size, architecture, landscaping, and numerous student locales.

Coeducational: used to describe an educational environment that includes students of both sexes.

Cooperative education: a program in which students spend a portion of their time in a professional environment outside of the university. The duration of a bachelor’s program is usually five years.

Credits: Universities and colleges typically assign all courses a certain number of credits. Often the number of credits is equivalent to the number of hours spent in class each week.

Associate’s degree: earned upon completion of a degree program at a 2-year college.

Bachelor’s degree: earned upon completion of an undergraduate program, typically four years, at a college or university.

Master’s and Doctorate degree: earned upon completion of a graduate degree program

1. Accelerated program
Completion of a college program by attending summer classes and taking extra courses in a semester.

2. Associate of Arts or Associate of Science Degree
A collegiate degree related to the baccalaureate degree. This is not a degree with a declared major; rather it is a program of first and second year courses which will generally transfer to a four year college or university.

3. Contact hour
A unit of measure that represents 50 minutes of direct instruction for each clock hour

4. December Mini-Semester
Term between the end of fall graduation and the start of the spring semester.

5. Faculty International Exploration (FIE) Grant
Faculty International Exploration grant is to provide a source of funding to engage in international professional development (relevant to instruction, internationalizing the curriculum, pre study aboard exploration, etc.)