[Draft] UWM Data Thesaurus | Office of Assessment and Institutional Research

# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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Attempted Credit Hours

SN	The number of credit hours that the student attempted to complete. Official attempted credit hours is following the rule of the official enrollment, which means any enrollment occurring between the first day of classes and the census date. Attempted credit hours are only considered for credit-bearing courses, not non-credit courses.
BT	Credit Hours
RT	Completed Credit Hours Earned Credit Hours

Census Date

SN	The date that enrollment information is captured for reporting purposes each term. On the census date, the snapshot of enrollment and student credit hours is taken. UWM’s census date is the 10th class day for Fall and Spring semester.
UF	Official Reporting Date ORD
RT	Enrollment

Completed Credit Hours

SN	The number of credit hours that the student enrolled in credit-bearing courses and obtained any final grades. However, a withdrawal grade is not considered as completed.
BT	Credit Hours
RT	Attempted Credit Hours Earned Credit Hours

Course Enrollment

SN	Student enrollment broken down at course level.
BT	Enrollment
RT	Student Enrollment

Credit Hours

SN	Credit hours are a subset of Units. The number of units of the class that apply toward academic progress for students enrolled in the class. Credit hours are applied toward the total number of credit hours needed for completing the requirements of a degree program. All courses have units but not all courses like remedial courses have credit hours.
UF	SCH Student Credit Hours
BT	Units
NT	Attempted Credit Hours Completed Credit Hours Earned Credit Hours Remedial Credits
RT	Credit-bearing Courses Non-credit Courses

Dual Enrollment

SN	High school students who enroll in a class offered by UWM, wishing to receive credit through the University.
BT	Enrollment

Earned Credit Hours

SN	The number of credit hours that student enrolled in credit-bearing courses and obtained the final grade D- or better.
BT	Credit Hours
RT	Attempted Credit Hours Completed Credit Hours

Enrollment

SN	The action of registering as a student on a course in a given term. Official enrollment for UWM is based on the enrollment activities occurring between the first day of classes and the census date. Official enrollment activity includes not only registering but also dropping a course(s). FERPA, CDR, and IPEDS have a different methodology to count enrolled students.
UF	Enrolled Students Registered Students Registration
NT	Course Enrollment Dual Enrollment Student Enrollment
RT	Census Date Full-Time Equivalent Students Unduplicated Headcount

Headcount

SN	A count of persons irrespective of full- or part-time status.
NT	Unduplicated Headcount
RT	Enrollment

Milestones

SN	Student tracking records that allow school/college to denote student’s academic progress. For example, it contains students’ test completion, advanced to major status, or other academic requirements.

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Non-credit Courses

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Remedial Credits

SN	Credit hours attached to the remedial courses. Remedial credits are not counted for degree completion.
BT	Credit Hours
RT	Non-credit Courses

SCH

USE	Credit Hours

Student Credit Hour

USE	Credit Hours

Student Enrollment

SN	A student who is enrolled between the first day of classes and census date. Students who drop entire classes between these periods are also considered as enrolled students.
BT	Enrollment
RT	Course Enrollment

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Unduplicated Headcount

SN	The sum of students enrolled on a course counted only once in a given term. For instance, students are counted once regardless of multiple academic plans or multi-race/ethnicity.
BT	Headcount
RT	Enrollment

Units

SN	A unit of measure representing the equivalent of an hour of instruction per week over the entire term. Units attached to the graded section of a course that are used for tuition calculation or billing. Non-grade sections such as lab or discussion do not have units. While remedial courses do not contribute credit hours toward the degree completion, they are billable and will have units.
NT	Credit Hours