University of Colorado Acronyms

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ACRONYMS
Note: these acronyms are in alphabetical order but this page may also be searched by keyword: use "CTRL-F" on a PC or "Apple-F" on a Macintosh. Also Note: another helpful resource for locating websites of the various programs and departments on the Boulder Campus and at the system level is the "CU A to Z" directory. CU A to Z is accessible via the UCB homepage: www.Colorado.edu, or by clicking here: CU A to Z.
914 Broadway	The address of the University of Colorado President’s Offices
A&S	Arts and Sciences (College of)
AAHE	American Association for Higher Education
AAI	Academic Access Institute
AAU	Association of American Universities
ABS	Accounting and Budget Services
ACUC	Animal Care and Use Committee
AFROTC	Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
AFSCME	American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
AIA	American Indian Alliance
AISES	American Indian Science and Engineering Society
ALTEC	Anderson Language Technology Center
ANTH	Anthropology Department
APF	Additional Pay Form. NO LONGER EXISTS
A and S	Arts & Sciences (College of)
AP	Accounts Payable
APPM	Applied Math Department
APS	Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department
AROTC	Army Reserved Officers Training Corps
ASP	Administrative Streamlining Project THE PROJECT HAS ENDED
ATLAS	Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society
AVC	Associate Vice Chancellor
AY	Academic Year (September through May)
B&C	Buying & Contracting (procurement office). No longer exists. Replaced by PSC (procurement service center).
BCPC	Boulder Campus Planning Commission
Big 12	Athletic Conference but also used as a loose data sharing consortium
BFA	Boulder Faculty Assembly
BFALC	BFA Libraries Committee
BMPC	Bulk Mail Processing Center
BOC	Benefit Oversight Committee. No longer exists. Replaced by UBAB (University Benefits Advisory Board)
BPA	Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis (Formerly the office of Budget, Planning and Analysis, now known as the) (see PBA)
BRS	Billing & Receivable System
BSA	Black Student Alliance
BSC	Boulder Staff Council
B School	Business School, College of Business and Administration (Now Leeds School of Business)
BUSN	Business College
CACMA	Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Minority Affairs
CADS	Council of Associate Deans
CADSWES	Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Services
CAFC	Coordinated Administrative Funding Committee (provides funding for student organizations)
CAPE	Colorado Association of Public Employees
CAPP	Center for Applied Parallel Processing
CAPRH	Council on Academic Programs in Residence Halls
CAS	Center for Aerospace Structure
CASA	Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy
CATECS	Center for Advanced Training in Engineering and Computer Science
CAUP	College Associated University Press
CCAR	Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research
CCHE	Colorado Commission on Higher Education
CCIS	Colorado Center for Information Storage
CCW	Chancellor’s Committee on Women
CE	Continuing Education
CEB	Cultural Events Board
CEC	Campus Executive Committee (Chancellor's Executive Committee)
CECC	Coors Events Conference Center
Central	The University of Colorado system offices and functions.
CHEM	Chemistry & Biochemistry Department
CIRN	Critical Incidents Response Network
CIRES	Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. UCB department.
CITE	CU-Boulder Comprehensive Information Technology Environment, developed by the IT Council
CIW	Central Information Warehouse
CLAS	Center for Limb Atmospheric Sounding
CLAS	Classics Department
CLEAR	Course Load Evaluation by Academic Rank
CLEAR	Center for Labor Education and Research
CLHM	Comparative Lit & Humanities Department
CNS	Computing and Network Services. Boulder campus provider of computing technology and connectivity. See ITS.
COB	College of Business
COMM	Communication Department
COPS	Committee on Personal Safety
Counseling	Counseling and Psychological Services: A Multicultural Center
CPP	Colorado Peak Performance No longer exists. Replaced by Performance pay program. (PPP)
CRCW	Council of Research and Creative Work
CS	Career Services
CSC	Center for Space Construction
CSERA	Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race in America
CSLU	Center for Spoken Language Understood
CSPV	Center for the Study of Prevention of Violence
CSU	Colorado State University
CTRC	Colorado Technical Reference Center (see Libraries)
CU	University of Colorado
CUC	Cultural Unity Center
CUFLA	Colorado Universities Faculty Leaders Association
CUPA	CU Parents Association
CUPA	College & Universities Personnel Association
CUPD	University of Colorado Police Department
CURPA	CU Regional Parents Association
DCC	Diversity Chairs Council, for Student Affairs
DES	Department of Ethnic Studies
DISC	Demonstrations and Information
DPO	Dental Preferred Organization
DS	Disability Services
EALC	East Asian Language & Civilizations Department
EAP	Employee Assistance Program
ECON	Economics Department
ED	Employee Development
EDUC	Education School
EH&S	Environmental Health & Safety
EIS	Executive Information System
EMT	Enrollment Management Team
ENGL	English Department
ENGR	Engineering College
ENVS	Environmental Studies
ESL	English as a Second Language
ETHN	Ethnic Studies Department
EOB	Explanation of Benefits
EOT	End of Term
EPOB	Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology
ExCom	BFA Executive Committee
F&A	Facilities and Administration
FacMan	Facilities Management
FAST	Full Access to Student Transactions, the SA virtual transactions FERPA web site
FCQ	Faculty Course Questionnaire
FERPA	Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act National legislation guaranteeing student access to records and privacy.
FHAP	Faculty Housing Assistance Program
FICA	Federal Insurance Compensation Act
FILM	Film Studies Department
FINE	Fine Arts Department
FRIT	French & Italian Department
FTE	Full-time Equivalency. Equal to 30 credit hours for an entire academic year for students.
FIS	Faculty Information System
FOPPS	Fund/Organization/Program/Project/Subclass - This is the unique number for each "account" under PeopleSoft. FOPPS is an easy way to remember the key ChartField Combination. The FOPPS is the long form of the "SpeedType."
FRS	Financial Reporting System. No longer exists. Replaced by PeopleSoft HRMS.
FY	Fiscal Year (July through June)
GAIR	General Administrative and Infrastructure Recharge, formerly known as GAR/GIR
GEOG	Geological Sciences Department
GIRs	General Institutional Requirements
GL	General Ledger
GLBT	Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender. Is used as an adjective, in regard to people, community, culture, etc., as well as in regard to the name of the Resource Center.
GPTI	Graduate Part-Time Instructor
Greek	Greek Liaison Office
GSLL	Germanic & Slavic Languages and Literatures Department
HC	Head Count
HIST	History Department
HMO	Health Maintenance Organization
HNRS	Honors Department
HR	Human Resources
HRKU	Human Resources Key Users
HRMS	Human Resources Management System (People Soft)
HROAG	Human Resources Operations Advisory Group
HRPG	Human Resource Policy Group
HSC	Health Sciences Center
HumResDB	Human Resources Data Base
IA	Institutional Analysis (part of Budget, Planning and Analysis)
IACUC	Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
IAFS	International Affairs
IBG	Institutes of Behavioral Genetics
IBS	Institute for Behavioral Science
ICEED	International Research Center for Energy and Economic Development
ICR	Indirect Cost Recovery
IEC	International English Center
INSTAAR	Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
INVST Program	International and National Voluntary Service Training
IR	Institutional Relations and Institutional Research
IRM	Information Resource Management
IRM	Integrated Resource Management. Systemwide collection of budget and other resource information. Also called "URM".
IRMS	Intergrated Resource Mangement System. See IRM.
ICS	Institute for Cognitive Science
IT	Information Technology
ITC	Information Technology Council (campus-wide committee)
ITLL	Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory
ITP	Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program
ITS/TCS	Information Technology Services Previously CNS Services Center. Information Technology Services/Telecommunication Services.
JBC	Joint Budget Committee (of the state legislature)
JCEM	Joint Center for Energy Management
JILA	Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
JRNL	Journalism School
KAPH	Kinesiology & Applied Physics
LASP	Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
LAW	Law School
LIBR	Library
LING	Linguistics Department
L3D	Center for LifeLong Learning and Design
LTSM	Learning to Teach Secondary Math Project
MAMTC	Mid-America Manufacturing Technology Center
MAPS	Minimum Academic Preparation Standards
MASP	Minority Arts and Sciences Program
MATH	Mathematics Department (& math programs)
MCDB	Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
MDNC	Marion Downs National Center for Infant Hearing
MEASA	Middle Eastern and Arab Student Association
MEP	Minority Engineering Program
MRS	Mountain Research Station
MS	PC’S that are Windows-based, with an Intel Pentium Processor
MUSC	Music College
MUSE	Museum
NASPA	National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, professional organization. NO LONGER EXISTS
NCA	North Central Association
NCES	National Center for Education Statistics
NCHEMS	National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
NHRAIC	Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center
NonRes	NR Non-Resident Student
NROTC	Naval Reserved Officers Training Corps
OIE	Office of International Education, a Student Affairs unit (not to be confused with the International English Center)
OSBC	Office of State Budgeting and Planning
OCSC	Optoelectronic Computing Systems Center
PAC	Program Accessibility Committee
PACE	Performance Appraisal for Colorado Employees. No longer exists - replaced by "pay for performance" system. (PPP)
PACS	Peace and Conflict Studies
PAF	Payroll Authorization Form. NO LONGER EXISTS
PAF	Personnel Action Form. NO LONGER EXISTS
PAOS	Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
PAR	Payroll Audit Report
PAS	Property Accounting System
PBA	The Office of Planning, Budget and Analysis
PBS	Payroll and Benefits Services
PCD	Primary Care Dentist
PCDP	Pre-Collegiate Development Program
PCN	Personnel Change Notice
PDF	Personnel Data Form. NO LONGER EXISTS
PCP	Primary Care Physician
PDQ	Position Description Questionnaire
PERA	Public Employees Retirement Association
PF	Parents’ Fund, the Student Affairs fund for annual giving of private donations
PHIL	Philosophy Department
PHYS	Physics Department
PIE	Pooled Investment Earnings
PIE	Partners in Education
PLC	Presidents Leadership Class
PPO	Preferred Provider Organization
PSC	Procurement Service Center (purchasing, accounts payable, travel)
PSCI	Political Science Department
PSYC	Psychology Department
PRA	Professional Research Assistant
PRP	Program Review Process
PTSP	President's Teaching Scholars Program
PWR	Program in Writing and Rhetoric (This has replaced UWRP)
QRMS	Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematical Skills
RA	Research Assistant. Research Associate. (Residence Halls "Resident Advisor")
RAP	Residential Academic Program
RAPB	Baker (was ERAP & RAPW)
RAPF	Farrand RAP
RAPK	RAP Kittredge
RAPS	Sewall RAP
Res/R	Resident Student
RLST	Religious Studies Department
RM	Risk Management
RM/TAAC	Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center
RRFF	Records and Registration Flat File
RFP	Request for Proposal
ROTC	Reserved Officers Training Corps
SA	Student Affairs
SAAB	Student Affairs Advisory Board
SAACD	Student Affairs Advisory Committee on Diversity
SACS	Student Affairs Communication Services
SAFETeam	Substance Abuse Free Environment Team
SASSC	System Administration Support Steering Program
S&G	Silver & Gold Record
SARN	Sexual Assault Response Network
SASC	Student Academic Services Center
SAR	Salary Adjustment Roster
SASA	South Asian Student Association
SCAG	Strategic Capital Assessment Group
SCD	Selected Census Data
SCH	Student Credit Hours
SCORES	Student Conflict Resolution Service
SCOSA	Standing Committee on Substance Abuse
SIS	Student Information System (Source of student data)
SLHS	Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences (formerly CDSS)
SOCY	Sociology Department
SOFO	Student Organizations Finance Office
SPA	Sponsored Programs Accounting
SPAN	Spanish & Portuguese Department
SRA	Salary Reduction Agreement
SSDAC	Social Science Data Analysis Center
SSEC	Social Science Education Consortium, Inc.
SWOT	Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats Analysis (an assessment done for or by campus units)
SYSD	UMS mainframe connectivity
TA	Teaching Assistant
TAAC	Rocky Mountain Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (also RM/TAAC)
TC	Transportation Center (now called Transportation Services)
TCS	Telecommunication Services
TDA	Tax Deferred Annuity
TDD	Telephone Devices for the Deaf
TEAML	Tundra Ecosystem Analysis and Mapping Laboratory
THDN	Theatre & Dance Department
TIAA-CREF	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association College Retirement Equities Fund
TLE	Total Learning Environment. REPLACED BY PRESIDENT HOFFMAN'S 2010 VISION
TQM	Total Quality Management
TRIO	Three federal grants administered through SASC: Colorado Upward Bound, the Academic Excellence Program, and the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccaulaureate Achievement Program
TRM	Total Resource Management
TTY	Teletypewriter
UAnet	University Affiliates physician network
UBAB	University Benefits Advisory Board
UCB	University of Colorado at Boulder
UCCS	University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
UCD	University of Colorado at Denver
UCEC	University of Colorado Engineering Council
UCFCU	University of Colorado Federal Credit Union
UCHSC	University of Colorado Health Science Center
UCSC	University of Colorado Staff Council (4 Campus Staff Council)
UCSU	University of Colorado Student Union
UMAS	United Mexican American Students
UMC	University Memorial Center (The student union)
UMS	University Management Systems
UPC	University Press of Colorado
URM	University Risk Management
UROP	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
UWRP	University Writing Program - NOW PWR, the Program in Writing and Rhetoric
VALIC	Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company
VCAA	Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
VCA	Vice Chancellor for Administration
VCSA	Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
WHC	Wardenburg Health Center (Formerly known as WSHC, Wardenburg Student Health Center)
WICHE	Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
MS Wintel	PC’S that are Windows-based, with an Intel Pentium Processor
WMST	Women's Studies Department
WRC	Women's Resource Center
WWW	World Wide Web


Last updated July, 2003

This list of acronyms was originally developed by Carole Anderson of CU's Department of Employee Development, who has since taken a position with the University of Nevada, Reno. Thank you, Carole! Additional thanks to Adrian Trujillo and Laiplia Ly.

Note: to make corrections to this list or suggest additional entries, please send e-mail to the BFA Administrator - Martha.Shernick@Colorado.edu.