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[Term] Units [Definition] 
Instructional units are commonly referred to as academic areas to designate the planning and assessment organizational breakout groups that are coordinated by Area Facilitators. The terms discipline or area (applied to transfer degrees) and program (applied to career degrees and certificates) refer to groupings of curriculum. Non-instructional units are referred to as offices and in cases where multiple offices are combined, departments.
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