"course credit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: course credits [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} course credit (plural course credits)
  1. (education, academics) A unit for measuring the amount of academic studies of which exact definition varies by learning institution. Typically, there is a minimum number of course credits required as a precondition for graduation. Categories (topical): Education Synonyms: credit, credit hour Translations (unit for measuring academic studies): 學分 (Chinese Mandarin), 学分 (xuéfēn) (Chinese Mandarin), ainepunkt (Estonian), opintopiste (Finnish), suorituspiste (Finnish), opintoviikko (Finnish), crédit [masculine] (French), satuan kredit semester (Indonesian), SKS (Indonesian), punktowana godzina zajęć [feminine] (Polish)

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