academic credit
Degree progress units
Academic credit is a unit measuring progress toward a degree or credential.
Courses carry a designated number of credits based on workload or class hours, and students accumulate credits until they meet graduation requirements: The course is worth three credits.
Credits can often transfer between institutions, though policies vary.
Also called simply credits or credit hours.
- semesterHalf academic year
- transcriptVerbatim written account
- degreeUnit of measurement
- unitsStandard measures of quantity
- hoursSixty-minute spans
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- internshipsintern, apprentice, trainee, summer intern, paid intern
- work-studywork-study, library assistant, lab assistant, research assistant, bookstore clerk
academic creditno credit
Acknowledgment or funds denied
audit · auditing · credit denial · sitting in
academic creditauditing
Examining records for accuracy
self-study · personal enrichment · life experience · professional development
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