college credit
Earned toward degrees
College credit is the unit of academic achievement at a college or university.
Students earn credits by completing courses, accumulating them toward a degree: She needs fifteen more credits to graduate.
Credits transfer between institutions with varying success.
A course taken for credit counts toward requirements; auditing a course means attending without earning credit.
- transfer studentPupil from another institution
- equivalencyState of being equal
- dual enrollmentStudying at two levels
- course loadEnrolled classes collectively
- professional certificationEarned competency credential
major · elective · independent study · prerequisite · residency requirement · scholarship eligibility · minor · curriculum · general education · degree requirement · corequisite · syllabus · academic advisor · summer session · pass fail · tuition · GPA · corequisite
- Standardized TestsSAT, ACT, PSAT, AP exams, AP Biology
- work-studywork-study, library assistant, lab assistant, research assistant, bookstore clerk
college creditno credit
Acknowledgment or funds denied
failing grade · incomplete · withdrawal · F grade · audit
college creditcollege degree
diploma · graduation · degree · academic degree · bachelor's degree
college creditaudit
Formal accounts examination
life experience · self-study · pass/fail · extracurricular activity
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