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Acronyms

A

Acronym	Title
APC	Academic Progress Committee
au	academic units
AH	Allied Health
APA	American Psychological Association
au	assessment units
ASGC - RA	Australian Standard Geographical Classification - Remoteness Structure
AVCC	Australian Vice-Chancellor’s Committee

B

Acronym	Title
BCG	Bacillus Calmette-Guerin

C

Acronym	Title
CEO	Centre Executive Officer
CCRE	Centre for Clinical Research Excellence
CEM	Chief Examiners Meeting
CED	Clinical Education Database
ClinScD	Doctor of Clinical Science
CSSW	Combined Schools of Social Work
CRICOS	Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas students
CSP	Commonwealth Supported Places
CP	credit point

D

Acronym	Title
DEEWR	Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
DEST	Department of Education, Science and Training
DETYA	Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
DHS	Department of Human Services
DN	Doctor of Nursing
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
DrPH	Doctor of Public Health
DSW	Doctor of Social Work

E

Acronym	Title
EBL	Enquiry Based Learning
EBP	Evidence Based Practice
EFTSU	Effective Full Time Student Units
ENTER	Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank
ESL	English as a Second Language
ESRU	Employment Screening and Review Unit

F

Acronym	Title
FB	Faculty Board
FCC	Faculty Curriculum Committee
FDC	Faculty Development Committee
FHEC	Faculty Human Ethics Committee
FLaT	Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee
FPP	Fee Paying Places
FXO	Faculty Executive Officer

G

Acronym	Title
GPAS	General Purpose Answer Sheet
GST	Goods and Services Tax

H

Acronym	Title
HBV	Hepatitis B virus
HCV	Hepatitis C virus
HD	Higher Degree
HDC(R)	Higher Degrees Committee Research
HEC	Human Ethics Committee
HECS	Higher Education Contribution Scheme
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HSC	Higher School Certificate

I

Acronym	Title
ICT	Information and Communications Technology
IELTS	International English Language Testing System
IP	Internet Provider
ISDN	Integrated Services Digital Network

L

Acronym	Title
LASESL	Language and Academic Skills English as a Second Language
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LHS	La Trobe Health Sciences
LMS	Learning management system
LTU	La Trobe University
LUPA	La Trobe University Postgraduate Students Association

M

Acronym	Title
MD	Doctor of Medicine
MMR	Measles, Mumps and Rubella
MRC	Musculoskeletal Research Centre
MS	Microsoft

N

Acronym	Title
NCPO	National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics
NH&MRC	National Health & Medical Research Council
NSW	New South Wales

O

Acronym	Title
OPS	Office for Prospective Students
OSP	Outside Studies Program

P

Acronym	Title
PA	Phonological Awareness
PC	Personal Computer
PDA	Personal Data Assistant
PhysioD	Doctor of Physiotherapy
PI	Personal Information

Q

Acronym	Title
QAU	Quality Assurance of Units
QLD	Queensland

R

Acronym	Title
RAM	Random Access Memory
RGSO	Research and Graduate Studies Office
RRMA	Rural Remote and Metropolitan Area
RRSAS	Rural and Regional Student Access Scheme
RTS	Research Training Scheme

S

Acronym	Title
SAM	School Administration Manager
SAP	Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing
SEAS	Special Equity and Access Schemes
SIS	Student Information System
SOE	Standard Operating Environment
SOL	StudentOnLine
SRC	Students' Representative Council
SSS	Study Skills Scheme
SSAS	Study Skills Assistance Scheme
STAT	Special Tertiary Admissions Test

T

Acronym	Title
TAFE	Technical and Further Education
TB	Tuberculosis
TOEFL	Test of English as a Foreign Language

U

Acronym	Title
UAC	Univeristy Admission Centre
Udb	Unit Database
UDU	University Development Unit

V

Acronym	Title
VCAC	Vice-Chancellor’s Advisory Committee
VCE	Victorian Certificate of Education
VPD	vaccine-preventable disease
VPN	Virtual Private Networking
VTAC	Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre

W

Acronym	Title
W3C	World Wide Web Consortium
WAH	Work at Home
WWC	Working With Children