Alphabetical list of commonly used acronyms and terms in CAS
See the UO Course Catalog for all academic subject code abbreviations
3PM- Planning, Public Policy and Management |
AAAS- American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
AAU- Association of American Universities |
AEC- Accessible Education Center (formerly Disability Services) |
AEI- American English Institute |
AEIS- Academic English for International Students |
AFR - African Studies Department/Subject |
ANTH - Anthropology Department/Subject |
ASA- Academic Support Account |
ASIA- Asian Studies Department/Subject |
ASUO - Associate Students of the University of Oregon |
AY - Academic Year |
BAO- Business Affairs office |
BC- Budget Change |
BIO - Biology |
BOLI - Bureau of Labor and Industries |
BRP- Office of Budge and Resource Planning |
CAMCOR- Center for Advanced Materials Characterization in Oregon - centralized instrumentation facility |
CAPS- Center for Asian and Pacific Studies |
CAS- College of Arts and Sciences |
CASLS- Center for Applied Second Language Studies (pronounced "castles") |
CHC- Clark Honors College |
CHEM - Chemistry |
CINE - Cinema Studies |
CS- Computer Science |
CLAS - Classics Department/Subject |
CLLAS- Center for Latino/Latina American Studies |
CMAE- Center for Multicultural Academic Excellence |
COD - College of Design |
CoDaC- Center on Diversity and Community |
COLT - Comparative Literature Department/Subject |
CPC - Campus Planning Committee |
CPFM - Campus Planning and Facilities Management |
CRESS- Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality Studies |
CRWR - Creative Writing Department/Subject |
CSTDAC- Classified Staff Training Development Advisory Committee |
CSWS- Center for the Study of Women in Society |
DAC- Dean’s Advisory Committee |
DAG- Dean’s Advisory Group |
DEI - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Office of) |
DH - Department Head |
DGS - Director of Graduate Studies |
DPS- Department of Public Safety |
DUS - Director of Undergraduate Studies |
EALL - East Asian Languages and Literature Department/Subject |
EAP- Employee Assistance Program |
ECON - Economics Department/Subject |
ENG - English Department/Subject |
ENVS - Environmental Studies Program/Subject |
ERTH - Earth Sciences |
ESI- Environmental Science Institute |
EURO - European Studies Program/Subject |
FERPA- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act |
FFE- Faculty Fund for Excellence |
FIG- Freshman Interest Group |
FIS- Financial Information System |
FMLA- Family Medical Leave Act |
FOAPAL- Fund, Org, Account, Program, Activity, Location |
FOLK - Folklore Department/Subject |
FS - Food Studies Program/Subject |
FTE - Full Time Equivalency |
FWIBUDG- a screen on Banner FIS that mimics what CASweb presents in its financial reports |
FY - Fiscal Year |
FYP - First Year Programs |
GE - Graduate Employee |
GEO - Global Education Oregon |
GEOG - Geography Department/Subject |
GH - Global Health |
GRSC - German and Scandinavian Department Department/Subject |
GSS- General Social Science |
GTFF- Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (grad student union) |
HEP- High Energy Physics |
HIST - History Department/Subject |
HPHY - Human Physiology |
HRDW- Human Resources Data Warehouse |
HRIS- Human Resources Information System |
HUM/H - Humanities Division |
IE˄2- Institute of Ecology and Evolution |
IHP - Institutional Hiring Plan |
IMB- Institute of Molecular Biology |
INTL - International/Global Studies Department/Subject |
ION- Institute of Neuroscience |
IR- Institutional Research |
IRES - Indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies Department/Subject |
ITS- Institute of Theoretical Science |
JDST - Judaic Studies Department/Subject |
JSMA - Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art |
JV- Journal Voucher |
KC- Knight Campus |
LAS- Latin American Studies (a part of OCIAS) |
LCB - Lundquist College of Business |
LERC- Labor Education and Research Center |
LING - Linguistics Department/Subject |
LISB- Lewis Integrative Science Building |
LOA - Leave of Absence |
LWOP- Leave Without Pay |
MAC - Managers Advisory Committee |
MATH - Mathematics Department/Subject |
MDVL - Medieval Studies Department/Subject |
MENA - Middle East and Northern Africa |
MNCH- Museum of National and Cultural History |
MSCI - Multidisciplinary Science |
MSI- Materials Science Institute |
NAS- National Academy of Sciences |
NIH - National Institutes of Health |
NILI- Northwest Indigenous Language Institute |
NS - Natural Sciences - Division |
NSF - National Science Foundation |
NTTF- Non Tenure Track Faculty |
OAC - Officers of Administration Council |
OAR- Oregon Administrative Rules |
OBM- Oregon Budget Model |
OCE- Oregon Center for Optics |
OCIAS- Oregon Consortium of International Area Studies (Russian, African, Latin American, Intl. Asian, European and Canadian Studies) |
OEPA - Oregon Equal Pay Act |
OHC- Oregon Humanities Center |
OIMB- Oregon Institute for Marine Biology |
OPE- Other Personnel Expense |
HECC - State of Oregon's Higher Education Coordinating Commission |
OtP - Office of the Provost |
P&T- Promotion & Tenure |
PAA- Payroll Accounting Adjustment |
PAC- Personal Access Code |
PAW- Payroll Adjustment Web |
PCS- purchasing and contracting services |
PHIL - Philosophy Department/Subject |
PHYS - Physics |
PO- Purchase Order |
PRF- Payroll Request Form |
PS - Political Science Department/Subject |
PSC- Personal Services Contract |
PSY - Psychology |
PTR - Post Tenure Review |
PWAAPPT- A screen on Banner that allows us to enter and review contracts electronically |
RCS- Research Compliance Services |
RDS- Research Development Services |
REEES- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (a part of OCIAS) |
REL - Religious Studies Department/Subject |
RL- Romance Languages |
RTO- Request to Offer |
RTTP- Reacting to the Past seminars (role playing historical enactment seminars; College Scholars participate) |
SAG- Space Advisory Group |
SCH - Student Credit Hours |
SEF- Student Employment Form |
SEIU- Service Employees International Union (classified union) |
SIF- Student Information Form |
SIS- Student Information System |
SOC - Sociology Department/Subject |
SOJC - School of Journalism and Communication |
SOMD - School of Music and Dance |
SPS- Sponsored Projects Services |
SS - Social Sciences Division |
SSIL- Social Science Instructional Labs |
TA - Theater Arts Department/Subject |
TEP - Teaching Engagement Program |
TLC- Teaching and Learning Center |
TRP - Tenure Reduction Program (retiring TTF) |
TSA- Technical Science Administration |
TTF - Tenure Track Faculty |
UA - United Academics (faculty union) |
UAF - Unpaid Appointment Form |
UESS - Undergraduate Education and Student Success |
UG - Undergraduate |
VPFA - Vice President for Finance and Administration |
VPRI - Vice President for Research and Innovation (person and office) |
WGSS - Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Department/Subject |
WLA- World Language Academy |
WOW- Week of Welcome |
YLC - Yamada Language Center/Subject |
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