- Academic standing, good
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- Maintaining a C (2.0) grade point average (GPA)
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- Accounts payable
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- Debts owed by the campus to others. The Accounts
Payable department (949) 824-2469 handles these.
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- Accounts receivable
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- Debts owed to the campus. Campus Billing Services (949)
UCI-BILL {824-2455} handles these.
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- Add/Drop card
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- A document requiring
the class teacher's signature that is used for adding and/or dropping a class. May also be
used to change from grade option to pass/no pass or vice-versa.
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- Assessment
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- The official amount
of
your registration fees, specified by the Registrar.
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- Billing address
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- Any address specified by a student to which invoices, statements, or
bills are mailed.
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- Bill clearance
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- A procedure performed by Financial Services staff to review a student's account for outstanding debts/holds owed to
the University.
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- Campus Billing Services
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- Accounts Receivable Office; ZOTBill and PACE Plan headquarters.
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- Cash
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- A combination of currency and coin.
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- Cash collection report
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- A document used by subcashiering stations to report and distribute income into
departmental accounts.
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- Central Cashier
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- The department responsible for processing registration
fees, payments and deposits; and
for the billing of returned checks.
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- Check
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- A document transferring money, usually given to pay for something - includes personal
checks, money orders, traveler's checks, loan checks, international checks, and certified
checks.
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- Deposit advice
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- A document used by campus departments to record deposit and account distribution
information.
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- Diploma
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- A certificate conferring a degree.
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- Endorsement
stamp
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- A stamp used by campus departments to endorse checks being deposited into the
University's depository account. The individually numbered stamps allow Central Cashier to
track who endorsed/deposited each check.
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- Fee payment
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- A cash, e-check, financial aid, or graduate aid credit posted to
a student's ZOTAccount.
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- Financial Aid
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- The office charged with processing applications and awarding grants, scholarships and
student loans to cover educational expenses. This office reports to the Vice Chancellor,
Student Affairs.
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- Financial Services
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- NOT Financial Aid! Includes Campus Billing,
Central Cashier, and Loan
Services. This
office reports to the Vice Chancellor, Administrative & Business
Services.
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- Financial standing, good
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- Having no outstanding past due debts or
holds.
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- GPA (Grade point average)
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- The average grade maintained by a student when all countable/completed units are
considered in combination. For example, an "A" average equals a score of 4.0. An
overall GPA of C (2.0) is required for continued attendance at UCI.
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- GSHIP waiver
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- Waiver for Graduate Student Health Insurance Program premiums.
Must be processed prior to the quarterly registration
fee payment deadline. This waiver relieves students from
the requirement to pay for campus-provided health insurance, by certifying that he/she has
personal health insurance which is comparable to, or better than, that provided by UCI.
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- Hold - See record/acct hold
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- A record notation which prevents registration, or records release (transcripts, diplomas
etc.).
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- Loans
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- See
Loan Glossary
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- NSF Check
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- A ("bounced") check that is not honored by your bank because you have
non-sufficient (too little) funds in your account. Checks not honored because of a
temporary hold on your funds by your bank (uncollected funds) are handled in the same
manner as NSF checks, and carry the same penalties.
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- PACE address
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- An address specified by a student on the PACE
application. Used to mail PACE Agreements,
separately from other University invoices, statements, or bills.
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- PACE Plan
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- An optional registration fee payment plan that provides for three installments, the
first to be paid by the quarterly registration
fee payment deadline. A participation fee
is charged, in the amount of $25.00 for California residents and $60.00 for non-residents.
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- Part-time student
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- Undergraduate students enrolled in 10 units or less and graduate students enrolled in 8
units or less.
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- Payee
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- A person or organization to whom a payment is given.
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- Payment
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- Giving money in exchange for goods and/or services.
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- Payor
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- A person or organization who gives a payment to another.
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- Petty cash
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- Reimbursements made to employees for small departmental purchases; also, the fund used
for this purpose.
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- Positive step
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- The action required to ensure registration fee payment. Examples
of positive steps are enrolling in Minimum
Required Units (MRU), and submitting a check for the balance due.
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- QuickSearch
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- Financial Services system which combines records from Accounts
Receivable and Collections (ARC) with ZOTAccount information, for
convenient access to student accounts.
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- Readmit
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- To return to the University after a leave of absence or a break in attendance; also, the
document used for the purpose of readmitting.
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- Receipt
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- A document acknowledging payment or delivery.
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- Record/Account hold
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- A notation on your registration record. Academic holds may be placed with the Registrar
for not declaring a major within the prescribed timeframe, or not maintaining a minimum
2.0 GPA, among other reasons. Check Student
Access for academic holds placed on your record.
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- Financial holds may be placed by campus departments
or by past due debts. Check Quick
Search and ZOTAccount Online
for financial holds placed on your record.
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- Registration
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- The formal process required each quarter by which you enroll in classes and complete fee
payment.
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- Enrollment is completed via
WebReg.
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- Fee payment is
completed either electronically (by enrolling in your Minimum
Required Units (MRU) if you have student aid), and/or by submitting a payment to the Central Cashier's.
Check ZOTAccount Online for
instructions.
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- Fee payment is contingent upon having no outstanding debts/holds.
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- Failure to complete both enrollment and fee payment during the quarterly registration period may result in
penalties,
including fines and/or the
loss of class enrollment.
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- Registration fees
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- A combination of applicable fees charged to the general student population, which may
include an education fee, registration fee, Bren Center fee, associated student
organization fee, professional fee, health insurance premium, UCI Student Center fee,
nonresident tuition.
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- Returned check
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- A ("bounced") check which is not honored for payment by your bank, either
because of insufficient funds or the payment is stopped at your request.
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- SBS
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- Student Billing System for registration fees, and the system which
generates your ZOTBill and ZOTAccount
Online for the payment of your registration fees.
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- Stopped Payment
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- The process by which you notify your bank not to honor a check you wrote. UCI views
stopped payments exactly like bounced (returned) checks, with the same procedures and
penalties. Stopping payment does not cancel registration or your obligation to UCI.
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- Student
Access
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- UCI Registrar's online system for changing addresses,
displaying holds, and applying for graduation via the Internet.
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- Transcript
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- A document containing a student's grades for class work completed at UCI.
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- Tuition,
Non-Resident
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- An additional registration fee charged to students who are not
classified as residents of California.
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- Verification
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- A document verifying a student's enrollment at UCI.
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- Waivers
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- Credits given to reduce or forgive certain fees required for registration.
Displayed on a student's ZOTBill
and ZOTAccount Online.
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- WebReg
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- UCI Registrar's system for online enrollment via the Internet.
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- Withdrawal
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- A formal process by which a student officially cancels his quarterly enrollment; also,
the document used for this purpose.
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- ZOTAccount Online
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- System which enables students to view registration fee and
student billing account information via the Internet.
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- ZOTBill
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- A consolidated registration fee statement that shows the amount of your registration
assessment and any credits toward your fees. Online information
available through ZOTAccount Online.
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