academic department

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meaningsofacademicanddepartment

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academic
adjective
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/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/us
/ˌæk.əˈdem.ɪk/
relating to schools, colleges, and universities, or connected with studying and thinking, not with ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us
/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition ofacademicanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Noacademicdepartmentcan switch its course content fast enough and maintain a curriculum that passes on tested wisdom.
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Yet he also feels ambivalent about the meaning of retirement and towards his new role on the margins of hisacademicdepartment.
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The cure of pernicious anemia was worked out by some lucky accidents in anacademicdepartment.
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It takes a long time to produce a qualityacademicdepartmentwhere it is needed.
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Eachacademicdepartmenthas its own head.
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In addition, she headed anacademicdepartmentfor years.
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I wonder whether it is any longer sensible to have two distinct kinds of department in schools—the pastoral department and theacademicdepartment.
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For example, take a decision by anacademicdepartmentthat it cannot expand the number of its students beyond a certain figure on the books it has available.
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A major administered by more than oneacademicdepartmentis called an "interdisciplinary major".
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As anacademicdepartmentpersonal development has become a specific discipline, usually associated with business schools.
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Course equivalency decisions can often be appealed by presenting evidence to anacademicdepartment.
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Virtually everyacademicdepartmenthas an award to present to a senior of that major.
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This program was the first to exist as an independentacademicdepartment.
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A major is administered by select faculty in anacademicdepartment.
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Colleges arrange the tutorial teaching for their undergraduates, and the members of anacademicdepartmentare spread around many colleges.
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Eachacademicdepartmenthas dedicated teaching rooms around the school, in addition to the general classrooms and playroom study places.
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There are three major computer labs and a language lab, and eachacademicdepartmenthas an individual computer minilab.
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The importance of creating and maintaining disciplinary communities makes anacademicdepartmentthe building block from which disciplines are created.
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He has served as a university president, provost and chief academic officer, college dean, andacademicdepartmentchair.
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Invitations from these societies are organized through eachacademicdepartment, as students are usually invited membership by junior or senior year.
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During the 1970s, eachacademicdepartmentopened its resource center where students could work independently or seek tutorial assistance from teachers.
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In a scientific research group oracademicdepartmentit is usual for the content of current scientific journals to be discussed in journal clubs.
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Academicdepartmentheads and chairs serve the same function, and there may also be associate and assistant department heads or chairs (though this is unusual).
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The school is divided into several departments, such as the therapy center, theacademicdepartment, the office of the chaplain, and the special education department.
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