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Acronyms and Terms at CSUF
Administration Related
- ADA
- American with Disabilities Act
- ASI
- Associated Students Inc.
- BOT
- Board of Trustees
- CMS
- Common Management System - a CSU system-wide initiative that seeks to streamline the availability of human resources, finance, and student administration information.
- CO
- Chancellor's Office
- CSU
- California State University system
- ERP
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- FTEF
- Full-time Equivalent Faculty - used for budgetary, scheduling and statistical purposes, refers to full-time faculty positions on campus during any given semester or year. One FTEF equals .8 teaching units plus .2 advisement/committee work.
- FTES
- Full-time Equivalent Students. See FTEF – same thing, but applies to students. For a 3 unit course: 5 students = 1 FTES
- LAO
- Legislative Analyst's Office provides nonpartisan fiscal and policy analysis for the California Legislature
- MOU
- Memorandum of Understanding
- PAB
- President's Administrative Board
- PERS
- Public Employees Retirement System
- PRBC
- Planning Resource & Budget Committee
Buildings
- CP
- College Park
- CS
- Computer Science Building
- DBH
- Dan Black Hall
- E
- Engineering Building
- EC
- Education Classroom Building
- G
- Golleher Alumni House
- H
- Humanities Building
- KHS
- Kinesiology and Health Science
- LH
- Langsdorf Hall Building
- IRVC
- Irvine Campus
- MH
- McCarthy Hall Building
- P
- Physical Education Building
- PA
- Performing Arts Building
- PLN
- Pollak Library North
- PLS
- Pollak Library South
- RGC
- Ruby Gerontology Center
- SGMH
- Steven G. Mihaylo Hall College of Business
- SHCC
- Student Health and Counseling Center
- SRC
- Student Recreation Center
- T
- Temporary Trailers. These 35 year old trailers are located on the north campus and house Physical Plant, Parking, EH&IS, Shipping and Receiving, Reprographics and the Children's Center.
- TSU
- Titan Student Union
- UH
- U Hall or University Hall Building
- UP
- University Police
- VA
- Visual Arts Building
- Campus Map
- Access Campus Map
Personnel Related
- AAR
- Annual Activity Report - a report required of faculty as a basis for merit salary increases, when available.
- CBA
- Collective Bargaining Agreement
- CFA
- California Faculty Association - The union which represents faculty members of the CSU system and which negotiates the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
- CSEA
- California State Employees Association - The union which represents staff within the CSU system.
- FAR
- Office of Faculty Affairs and Records - Permanent personnel records are housed there.
- FERP
- Faculty Early Retirement Program
- FLSA
- The Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938 established a national minimum wage, guaranteed time and a half for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors.
- FMI
- Faculty Merit Increases - Salary increases awarded based on faculty merit.
- HEERA
- The Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA) is the state law that regulates labor relations between the University of California and California State University systems, their employees and the labor organizations that represent their employees.
HEERA is administered by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).
- MPP
- Management Personnel Plan -
The California State University Management Personnel Plan is an integrated personnel system addressing the employment rights, benefits, and conditions of those California State University employees designated as “management” or “supervisory” under the Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act.
- PBSI
- Performance Based Salary Increase
- PMM
- Performance Measurement Matrix
- PORTFOLIO
- Documentation of activities prepared annually including teaching, research/creative activity, and service.
- RTP
- Retention, Tenure & Promotion - refers to the evaluation process for faculty.
- SETE
- Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness forms - also called SOQs (student opinion questionnaires), and other names.
- SSI
- Service Salary Step Increases - salary increments within rank
- TSA
- Tax Sheltered Annuity
- WPAF
- Working Personnel Action File now called the Portfolio. It is the document, prepared annually, that is the basis for personnel evaluation.
Colleges
- COMM
- College of Communication, CP-450
- COE
- College of Education, CP-500
- ECS
- College of Engineering & Computer Science, CS-501
- CHHD
- College of Health and Human Development, EC-606
- H&SS
- College of Humanities & Social Sciences, H-211
- NSM
- College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, MH-166
- MCBE
- Mihaylo College of Business & Economics, SGMH
- COTA
- College of the Arts, VA-199
University Divisions/Programs
- AA
- Academic Affairs
- AS
- Associated Students - the student body government
- ASC
- Auxiliary Services Corporation - a multi-purpose nonprofit organization created by the university in 1959 to oversee all the auxiliary enterprises on campus. These services include, but are not limited to the book store, Carl’s Jr., TSU food court, vending machines, and research grants.
- CSFPF
- Cal State Fullerton Philanthropic Foundation, CP 850
- CTS
- Classroom Technology Support Center, MH-63
- FDC
- Faculty Development Center, PLS-44
- IT
- Information Technology, LH-700
- OGC
- Office of Grants and Contracts, CP-205
- UEE
- University Extended Education, CP-200
- VPAF
- Vice President for Administration and Finance Office, LH-802
- Technical Glossary
- Access Technology Acroynms
