ARC – Academic Residential Communities offer students with shared academic interests, creative passions, or majors an opportunity to live together in a residential learning environment that interweaves in- and out-of-class engagement with faculty, advisors, tutors, and peer mentors.
Canvas – A learning management system used by the UO and the honors college for course instruction such as class readings, assignments and announcements; and to provide general information, forms, instructions and more.
CHA – Chapman Hall (Note that CH is the abbreviation for Collier House).
CHC – Clark Honors College.
CRN – Course Reference Number. A number associated with a particular class which is used to identify and reference the class. The CRN is different from the Course Number (eg HC 221H).
Degree Audit – The Degree Audit is a detailed summation of all credits and classes (including transferred credits and classes) which illustrates the completion or absence of requirements for graduation. Find your Degree Audit on DuckWeb.
Duck, The – The university's mascot. Not to be confused with Donald Duck. Don't call The Duck "Puddles."
Duck ID – Your Duck ID is the part of your UO email that comes before the "@uoregon.edu" (example: username@uoregon.edu).
DuckWeb – The UO’s interactive information system for students, faculty, and staff. It allows current students to view, update, or print personal data and class registration.
FIG – First Year Interest Group. A FIG is a group of courses connected by a theme, including a small seminar led by one of the university’s prominent faculty members. FIGs are generally attended by freshmen outside the honors college because the curriculum includes general education classes from which honors college students are exempt. Within the honors college freshmen take part in the Clark Honors Introductory Program (CHIP)
GSH – Global Scholars Hall. Many honors college classes are held in classrooms within Global Scholars Hall, and both academic and social events take place within the residence hall on evenings and weekends.
HC – Honors college, aka the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. HC is used as a subject designation for honors college classes (i.e. a class labeled “HC 221H” is part of the honors college Arts & Letters class sequence). CH as a subject designation indicates Chemistry.
HC Major – Honors college major. In DuckWeb on your degree audit, and in Canvas you may see the honors college listed as a major. The honors college is separate from your declared major, but this is how some of the university systems are able to classify the college.
MTWRFSU – Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Note that the designation for Thursday is “R”, and Sunday is “U”. You may see these abbreviations when registering for classes etc.
PAC – Personal Access Code. Password for DuckWeb. Initial PAC is provided to you by the UO.
PIN – Six alphanumeric characters. A confidential “password” for logging on to create your admissions application. A PIN will also be provided to you during IntroDUCKtion to be used for initial fall term class registration.
Priority Registration – The ability to register for classes early. All honors college students have priority registration beginning winter term of their freshman year.
RA - Resident assistants. Live-in student leaders in the residence halls.
UO – The University of Oregon.
UO ID – Your nine digit student ID number (generally starting with 95…).