Prospectus (university)
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A university
or school
prospectus is a document sent to potential (prospective) student
s to attract them to apply for admissions. It usually contains information about the institution and the available courses, including advice on how to apply and the benefits of accepting a place. Many universities have individual prospectuses for each course or group of courses that they offer. Most universities have both online and paper versions of prospectus, and they are divided into Undergraduate Prospectuses and Postgraduate Prospectuses. If asked, an application form can be sent.
The prospectuses usually contain information on the individual courses, the staff (professors), notable alumni
, the campus, special facilities (like performance halls for music schools or acting stages for drama schools), how to get in contact with the university, and how to get to the university.
Some universities also provide an audio recording of their prospectus being read aloud on CD for the sight-impaired.
Prospectuses for entry in a specific year or semester/term (e.g. September 2007) usually are available one to one-and-a-half years before.
Some universities also consider a prospectus the formal meeting for proposing a graduate thesis
or dissertation.
While many default to the plural 'prospecti', this is incorrect as the Latin noun prospectus, like other supine
s, is part of the fourth declension and as such its plural is prospectūs. http://www.math.osu.edu/~econrad/lang/ln4.html http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dprospectus2
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
or school
School
A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...
prospectus is a document sent to potential (prospective) student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s to attract them to apply for admissions. It usually contains information about the institution and the available courses, including advice on how to apply and the benefits of accepting a place. Many universities have individual prospectuses for each course or group of courses that they offer. Most universities have both online and paper versions of prospectus, and they are divided into Undergraduate Prospectuses and Postgraduate Prospectuses. If asked, an application form can be sent.
The prospectuses usually contain information on the individual courses, the staff (professors), notable alumni
Alumnus
An alumnus , according to the American Heritage Dictionary, is "a graduate of a school, college, or university." An alumnus can also be a former member, employee, contributor or inmate as well as a former student. In addition, an alumna is "a female graduate or former student of a school, college,...
, the campus, special facilities (like performance halls for music schools or acting stages for drama schools), how to get in contact with the university, and how to get to the university.
Some universities also provide an audio recording of their prospectus being read aloud on CD for the sight-impaired.
Prospectuses for entry in a specific year or semester/term (e.g. September 2007) usually are available one to one-and-a-half years before.
Some universities also consider a prospectus the formal meeting for proposing a graduate thesis
Thesis
A dissertation or thesis is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings...
or dissertation.
While many default to the plural 'prospecti', this is incorrect as the Latin noun prospectus, like other supine
Supine
In grammar a supine is a form of verbal noun used in some languages.-In Latin:In Latin there are two supines, I and II . They are originally the accusative and dative or ablative forms of a verbal noun in the fourth declension, respectively. The first supine ends in -um. It has two uses. The first...
s, is part of the fourth declension and as such its plural is prospectūs. http://www.math.osu.edu/~econrad/lang/ln4.html http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3Dprospectus2