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Glossary
- academic staff: the permanent staff
of the Programme; lecturers who work for the University
- advisor: the college fellow responsible for providing additional
advice to an MSc student
- assignment: the examined part of a
course or module, distributed at the end of the teaching week.
- assignment fee: the fee charged for
a subsequent assignment.
- award: a postgraduate
qualification—certificate, diploma, or MSc
- award aim: the qualification that you
are currently registered for (synonymous with student status)
- CATS points: a measure of academic
value in the UK Credit Accumulation and Transfer System; a single
module is worth 15 points.
- certificate: the base postgraduate
qualification, requiring the successful completion of courses in at
least four different subjects
- college: a component of the University of
Oxford; each MSc student is made a member of a college, usually
Kellogg
- course: the combination of pre-study,
teaching week, and assignment, uniquely identified by subject, date,
and location (synonymous with module)
- course fee: the fee charged for
attendance on a single course or module
- diploma: the second postgraduate
qualification, requiring the successful completion of courses in at
least eight different subjects
- extension: an extension to the period of
study for a qualification, allowing a student more time to
complete.
- fellow: an academic staff member at a
college, usually also a University lecturer.
- Kellogg College: an Oxford college that
specialises in part-time study; many of the academic staff of the
programme are fellows of Kellogg.
- level: a measure of academic achievement or
advancement: e.g., first-year undergraduate level; all courses on
the Programme are taught at Masters or M-level.
- M-level: synonymous with Masters' level;
the level at which CATS points are awarded for participation in the
Programme.
- Masters: the most popular postgraduate
qualification, the MSc in Software Engineering; also the level at
which all courses are taught
- matriculation: the ceremony at which
students are formally admitted to MSc status, and to membership of a
college of the University
- MSc: the Master of Science in Software
Engineering, a degree from the University of Oxford.
- module: the combination of pre-study,
teaching week, and assignment, uniquely identified by subject, date,
and location (synonymous with course)
- module fee: the fee charged for
attendance on a single course or module.
- non-matriculated member: a
student at PGCert or PGDip status, prior to transfer to MSc status
and formal matriculation.
- period of study: the time taken
for a student to complete their studies, starting from the beginning
of their first term.
- pre-study: the first part of a module,
reading or exercises sent out to help participants prepare for the
intensive teaching week.
- registration fee: the fee charged
for registration on a postgraduate qualification
- student status: the qualification
that you are currently registered for (synonymous with award aim)
- subject: the subject of a course or
module; one of the options for study.
- subsequent assignment: the
assignment component of a later course in the same subject
- supervisor: the member of academic
staff responsible for monitoring academic progress and providing
advice to a student
- suspension of status: a gap in the
period of study, granted to allow a student time to address other
commitments
- transfer: moving between two award aims,
usually from PGCert to PGDip or MSc status.
