Glossary

  • Faculty
  • The faculty, or a faculty member, is generally anyone who teaches at the college

  • Fees
  • Fees can be charged for anything from seeing a doctor in the campus health center to returning your library books late. Additionally, you may see something listed as "student fees," which cover some student services that the school provides and/or may be the basis for the student government budget.
     

  • Financial Aid
  • Anything related to the way you are paying for school. Loans, scholarships, grants, work awards, and any other resource you use are all considered part of your financial aid

  • FT
  • Full Time

  • Formal learning
  • The recognition of learning which has already had formal certification within the higher education system in Ireland or abroad, often referred to as formal learning.

  • Full-Time Workload
  • The normal workload for a full-time student on a taught programme will be 60 ECTS credits in a standard two-semester academic year.

    Full-time students will normally pursue modules equivalent to 30 ECTS credits per semester. However, to permit flexibility and facilitate student choice, a full-time student may pursue a greater (provided there are available spaces on the module) or lesser number of credits in a single semester, subject to the approval of the Programme Coordinator. The academic load for a full-time student will not exceed a maximum of 40 ECTS credits in a given semester, or more than 70 ECTS credits in a two-semester academic year.

    The student must meet the full cost of any additional credits she/he chooses.