зависи од случаја до случаја: може се односити на врсту бодовног система - колико сати се признаје за какве активности, али и на врсту курса, тј. предмета.

1.
Course Credit Types

Each course is categorized as one of the following types:
ACADEMIC -These courses are designed for students who expect to enter college, university or other post-secondary institutions.
OPEN - None of these courses are designed to meet the specific entrance requirements of any post-secondary institution. These courses will not be accepted by most universities, but will be accepted by community colleges.
GRADUATION - These courses are designed for students who wish to obtain a graduation diploma with a view to proceeding to employment or to community college.
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2.
Course Credit Types
A - Credit by Examination or Advanced Placement
B - Credit by Re-examination
C - Correspondence
E - Off-Campus Extension
R - Course Repeated Without Penalty
T - Ten-Week Course
I1 - Interinstitutional (UNC-Chapel Hill)
I2 - Interinstitutional (UNC-Greensboro)
I3 - Interinstitutional (UNC-Charlotte)
I4 - Interinstitutional (Duke)
I5 - Interinstitutional (Meredith)
I6 - Interinstitutional (NCCU)
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Или:
The course proposal should clearly indicate one of the following course credit types:
LECTURE - Number of contact hours per week: One weekly class contact hour per credit.
SEMINAR - Number of contact hours per week: For each seminar, the number of weekly class contact hours may range from 2/3 of an hour to 2 hours per credit.
RECITATION - Number of contact hours per week: One weekly class contact hour per credit.
LABORATORY - Number of contact hours per week: Two to four weekly class contact hours per credit.
LAB TIME
INDEPENDENT STUDY
SPECIAL TOPICS COURSES
SHORT COURSES
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Credit/No Credit (CR/NC)

http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/student_services/academic_policies...

During the semester in which the dissertation, treatise, thesis, report, or recital is completed by the student, a grade of CR (credit) or NC (no credit) ...
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CR/NC: CREDIT/NO CREDIT. All students officially registered for CR/NC will have a Grading Option of "2" indicated on the grade roster. THESE ARE THE ONLY STUDENTS WHO MAY RECEIVE CREDIT/NO CREDIT GRADES. Select either the CR (Credit), NC (No Credit), or "INC" grade on the roster. No other grades or grading symbols may be used.

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