Course Catalog / BMU 203 / Glossary
Glossary: BMU 203 Mission: Degree Without the Debt
- Articulation agreement
- A deal between schools that says how credits from one count at the other.
- Certifying official
- The person at a school who reports your enrollment to VA for GI Bill benefits.
- Check in
- A short, set time to review your plan and fix what slipped.
- Credential
- A license or certificate that shows you can do a job.
- Credit by exam
- College credit you earn by passing a test instead of taking the class.
- Deadline
- The last day you can do a step, set by an office, a school, or VA.
- Default
- Not paying a loan as agreed. For federal loans, the CFPB says this is no payments for 270 days.
- Degree map
- A list of every class your degree needs, with credits and the order to take them.
- Degree plan
- The school's official list of classes you must finish to graduate.
- Education center
- The office on or near your installation that helps you plan school and use TA.
- Education specialist
- A trained counselor at your education center or school who helps you plan classes and benefits.
- Entitlement
- The number of months of benefits you have.
- Execution plan
- A list of steps with dates and owners that turns a plan into action.
- FAFSA
- The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the form you use to apply for federal aid like Pell Grants.
- Grant
- Money for school that usually does not need to be paid back.
- Interest inventory
- A set of questions that matches what you like to do with kinds of work.
- Mission statement
- One sentence that says what you want your education to let you do.
- Non college degree program
- Training at a school that is not a college, such as a trade or technical school.
- Post 9/11 GI Bill
- A VA education benefit, also called Chapter 33, for people who served on active duty after September 10, 2001.
- Registered Apprenticeship
- A paid job with on the job learning, classroom training, and a credential at the end.
- Scholarship
- Money for school from a school, group, or company, often based on need, merit, or service.
- Subsidized loan
- A federal loan for undergraduates with need, with no interest charged while in school.
- Top Up
- A VA option that can cover the part of a course's cost that TA does not, for members who qualify for the Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty.
- Transcript
- An official record of the classes or training you finished.
- Transfer of Entitlement (TOE)
- Moving some or all of your GI Bill months to a spouse or child.
- Tuition Assistance (TA)
- Money each military service pays toward classes for eligible members while they serve.
- VR&E
- Veteran Readiness and Employment, a VA program for people with a service connected disability that limits work.
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