The following is a glossary of acronyms commonly used at the Academic Senate and UC. For your convenience, this glossary is listed in two formats, alphabetically by abbreviation (below) and alphabetically by definition.
| ACRONYM |
DEFINITION |
| AAAS |
American Association for the
Advancement of Science |
| AAU |
Association of American Universities |
| AAUC |
Alumni Associations of the University of California |
| ABA |
American Bar Association |
| A by E |
Admission by Exception |
| AC |
Academic Council |
| AES |
Agricultural Experiment Station |
| AMA |
American Medical Association |
| APAG |
Academic Policy Advisory Group |
| APC |
Academic Planning Council |
| APM |
Academic Personnel Manual |
| APTF |
Admissions Processing Task
Force |
| APU |
Academic Program Unit |
| AREP |
Assembly Representation (Systemwide
Committee) |
| ASSIST |
Articulation System Stimulating
Interinstitutional Student Transfer |
| ASUC |
Associated Students of the University
of California |
| AY |
Academic Year |
| BOARS |
Board of Admissions and Relations
with Schools |
| CAA |
California Alumni Association |
| CALPIRG |
The California Public Interest
Research Group |
| Cal-ISI |
California Institutes for Science & Innovation |
| CAN |
California Articulation Number |
| CANSO |
California Articulation Number
System Office |
| CAP |
Capital Accumulation Provision |
| CCC |
California Community Colleges |
| CCGA |
Coordinating Committee on Graduate
Affairs |
| CCST |
California Council on Science & Technology |
| CDL |
California Digital Library |
| CE |
Cooperative Extension |
| CEQA |
California Environmental Quality
Act |
| CIO |
Chief Information Officer |
| CITRIS |
Center for Information Technology
Research in the Interest of Society |
| CNSI |
California Nanosystems Institute |
| COC |
Committee on Committees (Divisional
Senate) |
| COC |
Council of Chancellors |
| CONACyT |
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia
y Tecnologia
(Mexican Equivalent of the NSF) |
| COR |
Committee on Research (Divisional
Senate) |
| COR |
Council of Research |
| COTF |
Commission on the Future |
| COVC |
Council of Vice Chancellors |
| CPEC |
California Postsecondary Education
Commission |
| CRCC |
Cancer Research Coordinating
Committee |
| CRI |
Committee on Research Initiatives |
| CSU |
California State University |
| CTTCA |
California Technology Trade & Commerce Agency |
| CUCEA |
Council of the University of
California Emeriti Association |
| CV |
Curriculum Vitae |
| DANR |
Division of Agriculture and
Natural Resources |
| DAP |
Dual Admissions Program |
| DBP |
Defined Benefit Plan |
| DCP |
Defined Contribution Plan |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human
Services |
| DLC |
Distributed Learning Center |
| DOE |
Department of Energy (U.S.) |
| DOF |
Department of Finance (California) |
| EAP |
Education Abroad Program |
| EBC |
Executive Budget Committee |
| EIR |
Environmental Impact Report |
| ELC |
Eligibility in the Local Context |
| ESL |
English as a Second Language |
| ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
| EVC |
Executive Vice Chancellor |
| F&A |
Facilities and Administrative |
| FDRG |
Faculty Discipline Review Group
(related to CAN) |
| FGP |
Faculty Grants Program |
| FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act |
| FFRDC |
Federally Funded Research &
Development Center |
| FSA |
Flexible Spending Account |
| FTE |
Full Time Equivalent |
| GEMS |
Great Expectations in Math & Science Program |
| GRD |
Government Relations Director |
| GSI |
Graduate Student Instructor |
| GSR |
Graduate Student Researcher |
| HSPC |
Human Subjects Protection Committee |
| ICAS |
Intersegmental Committee of
the Academic Senate |
| ICC |
Intersegmental Coordinating
Committee |
| ICOLC |
International Consortium of
Library Consortia |
| ICR |
Indirect Cost Recovery |
| IDC |
Indirect Cost |
| IGETC |
Intersegmental General Education
Transfer Curriculum |
| ILE |
Institute for Labor and Employment |
| IMPAC |
Intersegmental Major Preparation
Articulated Curriculum |
| INPAC |
Institute for Nuclear and Particle
Astrophysics and Cosmology |
| IRB |
Institutional Review Board |
| I&R |
Instruction & Research |
| ISI |
Institutes for Science and Innovation |
| IUCRP |
Industry University Cooperative
Research Program |
| ITTP |
Information Technology & Telecommunication
Policy |
| J.D. |
Juris Doctor degree |
| J.S.D. |
Doctor of the Science of Law |
| LANL |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| LBNL |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
| LDO |
Locally Designated Officer |
| LDRD |
Laboratory-Directed Research
and Development |
| LEDPA |
Least Environmental Damaging
Plan Alternative |
| LL.M. |
Master of Laws degree |
| LLNL |
Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory |
| LRDP |
Long Range Development Plan |
| MOP |
Mortgage Origination Program |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRIF |
Multicampus Research Incentive
Fund |
| MRU |
Multicampus Research Unit |
| MTDC |
Modified Total Direct Costs |
| NAGRA |
Native American Graves Repatriation
Act |
| NAS |
National Academy of the Sciences |
| NIF |
National Ignition Facility |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NNSA |
National Nuclear Security Administration |
| NRS |
Natural Reserve System |
| NSF |
National Science Foundation |
| OSCAR |
Online Services for Curriculum
and Articulation Review
(California Community Colleges) |
| OMB |
Federal Office of Management
and Budget |
| ONR |
Office of Naval Research |
| OP |
Office of the President |
| ORU |
Organized Research Unit |
| P&T |
Privilege & Tenure Committee (Divisional Senate) |
| PI |
Principal Investigator |
| PIER |
Public Interest Energy Research
Program |
| POC |
Panel of Counselors |
| POWER |
Program on Workable Energy Regulation |
| PPG |
Preliminary Planning Guide |
| RA |
Research Assistant |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RFP |
Request for Proposals |
| SCIGETC |
Science Intersegmental General
Education Transfer Curriculum |
| SIO |
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
| SLASIAC |
Systemwide Library and Scholarly
Information Advisory Committee |
| SNRI |
Sierra Nevada Research Institute |
| SOE |
Security of Employment |
| SOR |
Standing Orders of the Regents |
| SORI |
Subcommittee on Research Initiatives |
| SPO |
Sponsored Projects Office |
| SUTI |
Sensitive but Unclassified Technical
Information |
| TA |
Teaching Assistant |
| TIPS |
Treasury Inflation Protected
Securities |
| TSTRP |
Toxic Substance Research and
Training Program |
| UACB |
Undergraduate Admissions Coordination
Board |
| UARC |
University Affiliated Research
Center |
| UC |
The University of California |
| UCAAD |
University Committee on Affirmative
Action and Diversity |
| UCACCORD |
UC All Campus Collaboration
on Outreach and Dissemination |
| UCAF |
University Committee on Academic
Freedom |
| UCAP |
University Committee on Academic
Personnel |
| UCB |
University of California, Berkeley |
| UCCP |
UC College Preparatory Initiative |
| UCD |
University of California, Davis |
| UCEAP |
University Committee on Education
Abroad Program |
| UCEI |
UC Energy Institute |
| UCEP |
University Committee on Educational
Policy |
| UCFW |
University Committee on Faculty
Welfare |
| UCI |
University of California, Irvine |
| UCO |
UC Observatories |
| UCOC |
University Committee on Committees |
| UCOLASC |
Library and Scholarly Communication |
| UCLA |
University of California, Los
Angeles |
| UCM |
University of California, Merced |
| UCMC |
University of California Marine
Council |
| UCMEXUS |
UC Institute for Mexico and
the United States |
| UCM-TF |
University of California, Merced
Task Force (of the Academic Senate) |
| UCOP |
University of California, Office
of the President |
| UCOPE |
University Committee on Preparatory Education |
| UCORP |
University Committee on Research
Policy |
| UCPB |
University Committee on Planning
and Budget |
| UCP&T |
University Committee on Privilege
and Tenure |
| UCR |
University of California, Riverside |
| UCR&J |
University Committee on Rules
and Jurisdiction |
| UCRP |
University of California Retirement
Plan |
| UCRS |
University of California Retirement
System |
| UCSB |
University of California, Santa
Barbara |
| UCSC |
University of California, Santa
Cruz |
| UCSD |
University of California, San
Diego |
| UCSF |
University of California, San
Francisco |
| UER |
University-Emeriti Relations
Committee |
| UEXT |
University Extension |
| UNEX |
University Extension |
| UOEAP |
Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program |
| WASC |
Western Association of Schools
and Colleges |
| WMRS |
White Mountain Research Station |
