Common Abbreviations
Most Common
| ALI | Department of Arabic Language Instruction |
| BUS | School of Business |
| CAPS | Career Center |
| CASA | Center for Arabic Study Abroad |
| CLT | Center for Learning and Teaching |
| ELI | Department of English Language Instruction |
| GAPP | School of Global Affairs and Public Policy |
| GSA | Graduate Students Association |
| HUSS | School of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| IPSO | Office of International Programs and Services |
| OSL | Office of Student Life |
| ALA | Academy of Liberal Arts |
| NYO | New York Office |
| ODUS | Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Studies |
| OGS | Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies |
| OSE | Office of Student Engagement |
| RBSCL | Rare Books and Special Collections Library |
| RISE | Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment |
| SCE | School of Continuing Education |
| SRC | Social Research Center |
| SSC | Student Service Center |
| SSE | School of Sciences and Engineering |
| SU | Student Union |
| TAFL | Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language |
| TESOL | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| UACT | University Academic Computing Technologies |
| UIS | University Information Systems |
| UTI | University Technology Infrastructure |
| FYP | First Year Program |
| EMP | Empower Scholarship |
| TL | Tomorrow's Leaders Scholarship Program |
| DoS | Dean of Students |
| TCP | Timely Completion Policy |
| FP | Freshman Program |
Courses or Disciplines
| ACCT | Accounting | GWST | Gender and Women’s Studies |
| AENG | Architectural Engineering | HIST | History |
| ALIN | Arabic Language Intensive Program | IEP | Intensive English Program |
| ALIS | Arabic Language Intensive Summer Program | IHRL | International Human Rights Law |
| ALNG | Arabic Language Credit Courses | INTB | International Business |
| ALWT | Arabic Writing Courses | JRMC | Journalism and Mass Communication |
| AMST | American Studies | LAW | Law |
| ANTH | Anthropology | LING | Linguistics |
| ARIC | Arab and Islamic Civilizations | MACT | Mathematics and Actuarial Science |
| ARTS | Arts | MEST | Middle East Studies |
| ARTV | Visual Arts | MENG | Mechanical Engineering |
| BIOL | Biology | MGMT | Management |
| BIOT | Biotechnology | MKTG | Marketing |
| CENG | Construction Engineering | MOIS | Management of Information Systems |
| CHEM | Chemistry | MRS | Migration and Refugee Studies |
| CORE | Core Curriculum | MUSC | Music |
| CSCE | Computer Science and Engineering | NANO | Nanotechnology |
| CREL | Comparative Religion | OPMG | Operational Management |
| DSGN | Graphic Design | PADM | Public Administration |
| ECLT | English and Comparative Literature | PENG | Petroleum and Energy Engineering |
| ECNG | Electronics and Communications Engineering | PHIL | Philosophy |
| ECON | Economics | PHYS | Physics |
| EDUC | Education | POLS | Political Science |
| EGPT | Egyptology | PPAD | Public Policy and Administration |
| ELIN | English Language Intensive Program | PSYC | Psychology |
| EMBA | Executive Master of Business Administration | RCSS | Robotics, Control and Smart Systems |
| ENGL | English | RHET | Rhetoric and Composition |
| ENGR | Engineering | SEMR | Seminar |
| ENTR | Entrepreneurship | SOC | Sociology |
| ENVE | Environmental Engineering | SCI | Science |
| FILM | Film | TESOL | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages |
| FINC | Finance | THTR | Theatre |
| GREN | Sustainable Development | TRST | Translation |