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credit hour

American  

noun

  1. hour.


Etymology

Origin of credit hour

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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Students often commuted, took classes and left, and focused primarily on earning credit hours rather than building community.

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead, why not lower the cost of credit hours for college students pursuing a degree in education?

From Los Angeles Times

This shift toward neutrality changed students' behavior: They accumulated credit hours more quickly than the control group, whose negative weighting bias and low self-control reliably predicted their delay in securing extra credit.

From Science Daily

If this is the case in your situation, treat the expenditure that you made for a certain amount of credit hours as a single academic period.

From Encyclopedia.com

Unlike accelerated programs that cram the standard 120 credit hours for a bachelor’s degree into three years, pilot schools have proposed slashing required coursework to between 90 and 100 credits.

From Washington Times