A&L
Arts and Lectures
AS
Associated Students
BARC
Billing Accounts Receivable Collections unit. BARC is a centralized system that oversees campus charges (tuition, student fees, on-campus housing and meal plans, Student Health charges, etc.) that you are required to pay.
Campbell Hall
Campbell Hall is a lecture and recital hall, with classes held during the day, and performances held during the evening.
Canvas
Canvas is where you can access sites for your courses, find syllabus information, assignment due dates and more.
CAPS
Counseling and Psychological Services
CARE
Campus Advocacy, Resources, and Education
CCS
College of Creative Studies
CLAS
Campus Learning Assistance Services
Class level
Undergraduate class level (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) is determined by the number of units completed.
CoE
College of Engineering
CRC
Campus Resource Center
De Anza Center
Located nearby Manzanita Village, De Anza offers study spaces, meeting rooms, classrooms, and a kitchenette.
Discussion Section
Discussion sections are typically led by teaching assistants and are where you will have additional opportunity to discuss/practice the course content and assignments.
DP
Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista
DSP
Disabled Students Program
Duo MFA
Duo Multi-factor Authentication adds an additional layer of security by verifying not only that the person knows a password, but that the person also has access to a registered device, like a personal smartphone.
EAP
Education Abroad Program
Electives
Electives are courses that fall outside of your major requirements. Every student will need to take elective courses to fulfill the upper-division units needed to graduate.
EOP
Educational Opportunity Program
FRAP
Faculty Research Assistance Program
FSL
Fraternity and Sorority Life
FSSP
Freshman Summer Start Program
General Catalog
The General Catalog is a comprehensive resource that includes information on courses, programs, activities, and services available at UCSB. It's where you can find the Undergraduate Major directory and Undergraduate Minor directory.
GEs
General Education requirement, aka GEs, are a set of courses that are considered foundational to your well-rounded university education. They will provide you with a breadth of knowledge to complement your major of choice.
Girvetz Hall
Centrally located lecture hall and classroom space on campus, located directly across from the Library.
GOLD
Gaucho On-Line Data System is the student registration system. You will use GOLD to access your grades/academic history, registration information, class schedules, personal information updates, and more. Note: Class days are listed as M/T/W/R/F - R stands for Thursday.
HSSB
Humanities and Social Sciences Building
IGETC
The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) is a series of courses that California community college students can complete to satisfy freshman/sophomore level general education requirements before transferring to most colleges and majors at UC campuses.
ILP
The Interactive Learning Pavillion is UCSB’s newest facility, offering lecture halls, standard classrooms, project-based learning rooms, and group study rooms.
IV
Isla Vista
IV Theater
Isla Vista Theater is used during the day as classrooms, and is used during the evening as an event venue.
L&S
College of Letters & Science
Lab
Labs are typically led by the teaching assistants and where you apply the content taught in lecture and in your readings.
Lecture
Some courses will have a lecture and a discussion section OR lab. Lectures are typically where the main content of the course is delivered by the professor.
Lower-division courses
Lower-division courses have an assigned course number of 1-99. They are open to all UCSB students and are especially appropriate for first and second-year students.
Manzanita Village
Manzanita Village is located on the west side of the main campus and includes seventeen three and four story residential buildings with scenic views of the ocean, lagoon, or campus. Each building houses approximately 45 guests, and includes a laundry room, a lounge with a terrace, and a study room. Students opting to stay overnight on campus during Orientation, will be housed in Manzanita Village.
MCC
MultiCultural Center
NetID
The UCSB NetID is the username used to sign-in to services and applications available to the UCSB community.
O-Staff
Orientation student staff leaders
OBSD
Office of Black Student Development
ONDAS
Opening New Doors to Accelerating Success Student Center (ONDAS) promotes the success and retention of first-generation college students with an emphasis on the first year transition and underrepresented student experience.
OSC
Office of Student Conduct
Pass Times
Pass Times (or registration appointments) are the times a student is assigned during which they can make changes to their schedule for a particular quarter.
Passed/Not Passed
You may choose to take some of your courses as a Passed/Not Passed option instead of electing for a letter grade. It is recommended that you review the Passed/Not Passed policies before selecting this option.
RA
A Resident Assistant is a trained student leader who coordinates activities in residence halls.
RCSGD
Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
SA
Student Affairs
SEAL
Student Engagement and Leadership
Shoreline
Shoreline is the campus engagement platform where you can find student organizations, campus events, and more.
SRB
Student Resource Building
SSMS
Social Sciences and Media Studies Building
SSO
Single Sign On is a session and user authentication service that permits a user to use one set of login credentials. At UCSB, you will use your NetID and password for Single Sign On.
STEP
Summer Transitional Enrichment Program
TAs
Teaching Assistants are graduate students who assist with the instruction of the course. TAs will lead your discussion sections or labs and contribute to grading your assignments and exams. TAs also hold their own office hours for each course, so you have the possibility of going to office hours with both your professor and your TA.
TSC
Transfer Student Center, located on the first floor of the library.
UCen
University Center. Here you can find the campus bookstore, various eateries, the AS food bank, and the Food Security and Basic Needs advising center.
UCPD
University of California Police Department
Units
Units are the amount of educational credit that are dedicated to each course. The number of units will vary for classes depending on how much time you spend in class and the number of hours you are expected to dedicate to the course outside of class time.
Upper-division courses
Upper-division courses have an assigned course number of 100-199. They are open to students who have completed the necessary prerequisites for each course and are most commonly taken by juniors and seniors.
USS
Undocumented Student Services
Work-study
A need-based form of Financial Aid that you earn through on or off-campus employment and receive in the form of a paycheck.