Difference between revisions of "List of acronyms for prefrosh"
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If there's one thing Columbia has a lot of, it's bureaucracy. It also has lots of acronyms. There are enough acronyms at Columbia to make you dizzy. This is a primer. Most of the below are actually examples of initialism, but if you notice that you're either mispronouncing something or you're a pedant. Don't worry, pedantry is cool. | If there's one thing Columbia has a lot of, it's bureaucracy. It also has lots of acronyms. There are enough acronyms at Columbia to make you dizzy. This is a primer. Most of the below are actually examples of initialism, but if you notice that you're either mispronouncing something or you're a pedant. Don't worry, pedantry is cool. | ||
| − | * '''ABC''' - [[Activities Board at Columbia]] | + | * '''[[ABC]]''' - [[Activities Board at Columbia]] |
| − | * '''BC''' - [[Barnard College]] (not Boston College) | + | * '''[[BC]]''' - [[Barnard College]] (not Boston College) |
| − | * '''CAA''' - [[Columbia Alumni Association]] | + | * '''[[CAA]]''' - [[Columbia Alumni Association]] |
| − | * '''CC''' - [[Contemporary Civilization]] or [[Columbia College]] (not Community College) | + | * '''[[CC]]''' - [[Contemporary Civilization]] or [[Columbia College]] (not Community College) |
| − | * '''CCE''' - [[Center for Career Education]] | + | * '''[[CCE]]''' - [[Center for Career Education]] |
| − | * '''CCSC''' - [[Columbia College Student Council]] | + | * '''[[CCSC]]''' - [[Columbia College Student Council]] |
| − | * '''CEPSR''' - [[CEPSR|Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research]] | + | * '''[[CEPSR]]''' - [[CEPSR|Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research]] |
| − | * '''CI''' - [[Community Impact]] | + | * '''[[CI]]''' - [[Community Impact]] |
| − | * '''CLS''' - [[Columbia Law School]] | + | * '''[[CLS]]''' - [[Columbia Law School]] |
| − | * '''CPS''' - [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] | + | * '''[[CPS]]''' - [[Counseling and Psychological Services]] |
| − | * '''CSMESS''' - [[Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School]] | + | * '''[[CSMESS]]''' - [[Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School]] |
| − | * '''CTV''' - [[Columbia Television]] | + | * '''[[CTV]]''' - [[Columbia Television]] |
| − | * '''CUIT''' - [[Columbia University Information Technology]] (formerly AcIS (Academic Information Services) and AIS Administrative Information Services) | + | * '''[[CUIT]]''' - [[Columbia University Information Technology]] (formerly AcIS (Academic Information Services) and AIS Administrative Information Services) |
| − | * '''CULPA''' - [[Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability]] | + | * '''[[CULPA]]''' - [[Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability]] |
| − | * '''CUMB''' - [[Columbia University Marching Band]] | + | * '''[[CUMB]]''' - [[Columbia University Marching Band]] |
| − | * '''E3B''' - Department of Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology | + | * '''[[E3B]]''' - [[Department of Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology]] |
| − | * '''ESC''' - [[Engineering Student Council]] (Not the 'Escape' button on your keyboard) | + | * '''[[ESC]]''' - [[Engineering Student Council]] (Not the 'Escape' button on your keyboard) |
| − | * '''GS''' - [[School of General Studies]] | + | * '''[[GS]]''' - [[School of General Studies]] |
| − | * '''GSSC''' - [[General Studies Student Council]] | + | * '''[[GSSC]]''' - [[General Studies Student Council]] |
| − | * '''IRC''' - Intercultural Resource Center | + | * '''[[IRC]]''' - [[Intercultural Resource Center]] |
| − | * '''LDEO''' - [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] | + | * '''[[LDEO]''' - [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] |
| − | * '''NSOP''' - [[New Student Orientation Program]] | + | * '''[[NSOP]''' - [[New Student Orientation Program]] |
| − | * '''OMA''' - [[Office of Multicultural Affairs]] | + | * '''[[OMA]]''' - [[Office of Multicultural Affairs]] |
| − | * '''RA''' - [[Resident Adviser]] or [[Research Assistant]] | + | * '''[[RA]]''' - [[Resident Adviser]] or [[Research Assistant]] |
| − | * '''SDA''' - [[Student Development and Activities]] | + | * '''[[SDA]]''' - [[Student Development and Activities]] |
| − | * '''SEAS''' - [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] | + | * '''[[SEAS]]''' - [[School of Engineering and Applied Science]] |
| − | * '''SGA''' - [[Student Government Association]] (Barnard Student Council) | + | * '''[[SGA]]''' - [[Student Government Association]] (Barnard Student Council) |
| − | * '''SGB''' - [[Student Governing Board]] | + | * '''[[SGB]]''' - [[Student Governing Board]] |
| − | * '''SSOL''' - [[Student Services Online]] | + | * '''[[SSOL]]''' - [[Student Services Online]] |
| − | * '''TA''' - [[Teaching Assistant]], not to be confused with T''&''A | + | * '''[[TA]]''' - [[Teaching Assistant]], not to be confused with T''&''A |
| − | * '''UNDED''' - [[UNDED|Undergraduate Education Committee]], the advising board of the [[History Department]] | + | * '''[[UNDED]]''' - [[UNDED|Undergraduate Education Committee]], the advising board of the [[History Department]] |
| − | * '''URH''' - University Residence Halls, now known as [[Housing Services]] | + | * '''[[URH]]''' - [[University Residence Halls]], now known as [[Housing Services]] |
| − | * '''UW''' - [[University Writing]] or [[Unofficial Withdrawal]] | + | * '''[[UW]]''' - [[University Writing]] or [[Unofficial Withdrawal]] |
[[Category:Online library]] | [[Category:Online library]] | ||
Revision as of 10:09, 8 December 2013
Acronyms, not be confused with initialism, are indispensable to understanding the workings of the university. Students interested in working with or fighting the administration, joining a student group, running for student government, or engaging in tenacious bureaucratic wrangling will undoubtedly encounter acronyms using all twenty-six letters of the alphabet!
If there's one thing Columbia has a lot of, it's bureaucracy. It also has lots of acronyms. There are enough acronyms at Columbia to make you dizzy. This is a primer. Most of the below are actually examples of initialism, but if you notice that you're either mispronouncing something or you're a pedant. Don't worry, pedantry is cool.
- ABC - Activities Board at Columbia
- BC - Barnard College (not Boston College)
- CAA - Columbia Alumni Association
- CC - Contemporary Civilization or Columbia College (not Community College)
- CCE - Center for Career Education
- CCSC - Columbia College Student Council
- CEPSR - Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research
- CI - Community Impact
- CLS - Columbia Law School
- CPS - Counseling and Psychological Services
- CSMESS - Columbia Science, Math and Engineering Secondary School
- CTV - Columbia Television
- CUIT - Columbia University Information Technology (formerly AcIS (Academic Information Services) and AIS Administrative Information Services)
- CULPA - Columbia Underground Listing of Professor Ability
- CUMB - Columbia University Marching Band
- E3B - Department of Evolution, Ecology and Environmental Biology
- ESC - Engineering Student Council (Not the 'Escape' button on your keyboard)
- GS - School of General Studies
- GSSC - General Studies Student Council
- IRC - Intercultural Resource Center
- [[LDEO] - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
- [[NSOP] - New Student Orientation Program
- OMA - Office of Multicultural Affairs
- RA - Resident Adviser or Research Assistant
- SDA - Student Development and Activities
- SEAS - School of Engineering and Applied Science
- SGA - Student Government Association (Barnard Student Council)
- SGB - Student Governing Board
- SSOL - Student Services Online
- TA - Teaching Assistant, not to be confused with T&A
- UNDED - Undergraduate Education Committee, the advising board of the History Department
- URH - University Residence Halls, now known as Housing Services
- UW - University Writing or Unofficial Withdrawal
