Every course in the university has certain credits. Only by passing the exam of this course can you get the corresponding credits. You can't graduate until the credits have accumulated to the professional requirements.

There are elective courses and compulsory courses in universities, and credits are the integral units obtained by completing a certain course. This sometimes happens in domestic universities. If you don't have enough credits, the school won't give you a bachelor's degree certificate, but it can give you a diploma. But some colleges and universities are like this. As long as you can take enough credits in advance, you can graduate early.

Extended data:

Credits are units used to calculate students' learning weight. One credit is approximately equivalent to a student's academic work in a classroom or laboratory for one semester. It does not include the amount of extracurricular discussions and exchanges between students and teachers or classmates, preparation for exams and other academic work related to the course but not directly related to the course teaching.

Using credits to measure students' learning volume is the credit system, also known as the credit accumulation system. It calculates students' learning volume in units of credits, and holds that students must reach a certain minimum academic weight in order to obtain a degree, such as a bachelor's degree, a master's degree or a doctor's degree. This academic weight represents the number of courses taken by students.

In short, the credit system fully embodies the "people-oriented" educational thought, and respects students' freedom to choose courses, teachers and elective plans, which is conducive to cultivating students' personality and giving full play to their respective potentials.

Under the credit system, a school is like an education supermarket, with all kinds of "course goods". Students are customers and God. What class to take, choose by yourself; Choose which teacher you want to fuck; When to have class, do experiments, and decide for yourself. Subvert the traditional exam-oriented teaching and let students realize "choose what I love and love what I choose".

Excellent students can complete undergraduate courses in a short time and enter the stage of research-based learning and personalized learning in advance; Students with poor learning ability can use a relatively long time to lay a solid foundation and have a certain employability before going to social employment.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Credit System