The credit system means that you can graduate after completing a certain number of credits. However, the academic year and teaching hours of academic year colleges and universities have different regulations according to the training objectives of different majors, which not only stipulate a certain number of years of study, but also stipulate a certain number of teaching hours.
3. At present, most universities in China are still based on the academic year system, but some qualified universities in China have begun to try out the credit system, and the credit system reform has been fully promoted in domestic universities.
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Advantages of credit system
(1) Replace the academic year with credits. Replacing rigid teaching plan and academic system with flexible teaching plan and academic system requires greater time flexibility and course selection flexibility in teaching plan. Taking courses instead of arranging courses allows students to arrange their own study plans according to their own abilities and interests, and even change majors at any time.
(2) It can enhance teachers' sense of competition, which is conducive to improving teaching effect. This is relative to the independent course selection system. Schools can evaluate teachers' teaching based on the number of courses, which is conducive to improving the teaching effect.
(3) Can truly realize "choose what I love and love what I choose". Stimulating students' enthusiasm, initiative and independence is conducive to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and effectively developing their potential.
(4) Credit system charging in colleges and universities is of positive significance to alleviate the current tuition problem of poor students. If a student from a poor family chooses to complete all the credits in three years, it is essentially equivalent to reducing the total cost of receiving higher education. Similarly, some poor students can solve the tuition burden by extending their graduation years, taking fewer credits and taking part-time jobs.
(5) Students are allowed a certain degree of freedom in choosing courses within the specified period of validity of their school status, which has great flexibility. As long as you complete the required courses and necessary practical teaching activities specified in the teaching plan, take some elective courses, complete the total graduation credits specified in the teaching plan, and meet the requirements of ideological and moral assessment, you can graduate.
(6) It helps to relieve the pressure of concentrated employment and is beneficial to students' employment. And for non-credit teaching institutions, students can get employment one year or six months in advance. While students in most other colleges and universities are still writing their graduation thesis, our students can get employment in advance under less competitive pressure.
(7) The credit system is conducive to the integration of educational resources. In the past, some schools offered repeat courses. Even if the same content is repeated in similar courses, educational resources are wasted to some extent. After the implementation of the credit system, repeat students have no choice.
(8) The credit system reform has improved the transparency of charging and standardized the charging behavior. In the past, schools usually only gave students a total tuition fee every year. No matter how many courses students choose, they all pay a unified academic year tuition, and students who graduate early still have to pay tuition.
After the credit system reform, each credit is clearly marked, and students can choose according to their own economic situation. Such a "clear price tag" makes students feel confident, and also overcomes the unreasonable charges in colleges and universities to some extent.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Credit System
Baidu encyclopedia-academic year system