Workday Student Glossary
This guide contains a list of Workday terms with accompanying definitions.
Academic Level
Academic levels include certificate program, doctoral, graduate, non-degree and undergraduate.
Academic Period
The reporting window or timeframe for courses held at Stevens.
Academic periods include the fall semester, spring semester and summer semester.
Stevens Synonyms: Semester, Term
Academic Plan
An outline of the requirements and courses a student has taken and intends to take each semester based on their program of study. Stevens Synonym: Study Plan
Academic Progress
An overview of a student’s progress toward completing their program of study. The report lists all the requirements that are met and still need to be met.
Academic progress also shows satisfied academic requirements and cumulative GPA. Stevens Synonym: Degree Audit Tool
Academic Requirements
The necessary courses or academic guidelines that must be satisfied to complete a program of study.
Examples of academic requirements include: minimum cumulative GPA, general elective requirement or completing a minimum number of courses in a specific program. Stevens Synonym: Degree Requirements
Academic Standing
An indication of a student’s scholastic performance based on their GPA and completed credits.
Academic Unit
The base configuration element of Workday Student, categorized as a(n) institution, school/college, department, or program academic unit. Academic units are critical to security configuration and the routing path of business processes in Workday.
Examples include: Stevens Institute of Technology (as the institutional level academic unit), School of Engineering and Science (as a school/college level academic unit), Department of Mathematical Sciences (as a department level academic unit) and Pure and Applied Mathematics Program (as a program level academic unit).
Course Section
Course section refers to the specific offering a course that occurs during a specific semester.
Course Section Location
Location where a course section will be held.
Cross-Listed Course
A course with more than one departmental heading.
For example, HAR 280 (Modern Art History and Theory) is also listed as HHS 280. In Workday it appears as: HAR 280/ HHS 280 - Modern Art History and Theory.
Dashboards
The visualization of worklets on a landing page. Worklets can be found on your Workday homepage under the Applications section.
A dashboard can be customized to view, hide, and rearrange worklets based on user preference.
Declare Date
The date a student enrolls in or adds a program of study. The declare date is often the start date of the semester a student enrolls at Stevens.
Eligibility
Requirements a student must meet before enrolling in a course.
For example, students must complete CS 181-Introduction to Comp Sci-Honors I or CS 284Data Structures before they can take CS 385-Algorithms.
Stevens Synonyms: Pre-requisites, Co-requisites
Expected Completion Date
The approximate date a student should be expected to a complete a specific program of study.
Grade Requirement
The grade needed to earn units for a course, applied towards program of study.
Inbox
The Workday Student messaging system that informs the user of items that need to be reviewed and completed within the system. The Inbox can be accessed by clicking on the Inbox icon in the top taskbar.
Notifications
A series of alerts that keep the user informed of progress on tasks and actions taken within the Workday Student system. Notifications can be accessed by clicking on the bell icon in the top taskbar.
Program of Study
An academic area of focus for which students can pursue at Stevens. Each program of study is specific to an academic level.
For example, students can pursue a Bachelor’s (academic level) in Computer Science (program of study).
Stevens Synonyms: Major, Minor, Concentration, etc.
Program of Study Status
The status that appears next to a student’s Program of Study in Workday.
Discontinued
Student is no longer enrolled in this Program of Study.
In Progress
Student is currently enrolled in and actively working on this Program of Study.
Institutional Withdrawal
Student has withdrawn from Stevens and is therefore no longer enrolled in this Program of Study.
Matriculated
Student has accepted admissions to Stevens but has not enrolled in classes for this Program of Study.
Task
An assignment (sometimes part of a Business Process) that a user must complete within a Workday workflow.
Transfer Credit
Course credit granted for course work completed at an accredited college or university, per school policy.
Units
Stevens Synonym: Credits
Universal ID
Stevens Synonym: CWID
Worklet
A categorization of related reports displayed as an icon on a landing page. The worklet provides easy access to tasks and information that are used regularly.
Worklet examples include: Advising, Employee Help and Support, Workday Student Reports, and Academics.
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