WS LESSION 1

1. alumnus

(plural) or

alumni

(singular)

someone who was a student at a particular

school, college, or university

2. assignment

a specified task or amount of work assigned or

undertaken as if assigned by authority

3. attendance

the number of people present at an event,

meeting, etc. the act of being present at a place;

a record of how often a person goes to classes,

meetings, etc.

4. bachelor's

(degree)

a four-year university degree (meaning it

typically takes four years of full-time study to

complete)

5. boarding

school

a private school where students are lodged and

fed as well as taught

6. bursaries

money given to pay for studies, usually provided

on the basis of need

7. campus

the area and buildings around a university,

college, school, etc.

8. certificate

a qualification for short academic programs

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9. compulsory

required by a law or rule; having the power of

forcing someone to do something

10. cost of

attendance

total amount it will cost you to go to school

(includes tuition and fees as well as personal

expenses).

11. curricula (or

curriculum)

the subjects comprising a course of study in a

school or college.

12. debate

a discussion between people in which they

express different opinions about something

13. degree

relatively long academic programs covering

specific areas in great depth

14. department a section of a large organization such as a

government, business, university, etc.

15. diploma

a certificate of completion for high school,

often required by jobs and colleges to be hired

or accepted (it is lower than a degree)

16. discipline

a field of study and its methods

17. dissertation

a long piece of writing about a particular

subject that is done to earn an advanced