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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