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<b>Introduction</b>
The University operates on the semester system â First and Second semesters of approximately 15 weeks of lectures, two weeks of registration, plus three weeks of final examinations. This system is fashioned after the American system, which emphasizes practicality and quantification of academic programmes.
Actually, the adoption of the Course Credit System could be traced to the 1977 National Policy on Education which stated in Section 43(2) that Universities and other institutions of higher learning will be requiredâto reconsider the practice whereby examination performances in a limited number of papers determine the grading of graduates and to explore ways of introducing an element of continuous evaluation.
Hence, the NUC Amendment Decree 49 of 1988 gave the NUC, among other things, the responsibility of producing a uniform understanding of concepts and terms related to the adoption of the Course Credit System. The NUC, then produced the National Minimum academic standard documents for each degree programme based on the Course Credit System, to guide accreditation exercise.
<b>Definition of Course Credit System</b>
The Course Credit System is a quantitative system of organization of the curriculum in which subjects are broken down into unit courses which are examinable and for which students earn credits if passed.
The courses are arranged in progressive order of difficulty or in levels of academic progress. For example, Level 100 courses are to be coded 101, 103, 105, etc for first semester and 102, 104, 106, etc for the second semester. Likewise, Level 200 courses would be coded 201, 203, 205, etc., and 202, 204, 206, etc. respectively.
<b>Credit Units (CU)</b>
One Credit is considered equivalent to one hour of classroom lecture per week (or) two hours of laboratory time per week .Credit units represent the weight assigned to the courses, and are recorded in credit hours. Thus, CUs consist of specified number of student-teacher contact hours/week/semester. A full-time student is one who is taking twelve or more credits in a semester up to a maximum of 24. A student taking fewer than twelve credits is considered a part-time student.
<b>Grading System</b>
The most common grading system is the assignment of a numerical or alphabetical letter score to the results of examinations or submitted reports, projects, and papers. Numerical grading systems usually are arrayed on a scale running from 0 to 4.0, with 4 representing outstanding work. Letter systems generally run from A to F, with A representing outstanding work and F representing failure. Sometimes these systems are fractional, so that indices such as "2.5" or "A+" or "A-" appear on records. Fractional usage means that a student's work was judged to be slightly better or worse than the average for that grade but not sufficiently different to justify awarding a lower or higher whole numeral or letter. Some undergraduate faculty and institutions do not use numerical or letter grades, but rather prepare detailed comments on student's work, progress, and capabilities. Institutions that do not award grades are usually able to translate their reports into a grade scale if that is required by another institution or an employer.
Muhammad Asim Saeed Sheikh
<b>Introduction</b>
The University operates on the semester system â First and Second semesters of approximately 15 weeks of lectures, two weeks of registration, plus three weeks of final examinations. This system is fashioned after the American system, which emphasizes practicality and quantification of academic programmes.
Actually, the adoption of the Course Credit System could be traced to the 1977 National Policy on Education which stated in Section 43(2) that Universities and other institutions of higher learning will be requiredâto reconsider the practice whereby examination performances in a limited number of papers determine the grading of graduates and to explore ways of introducing an element of continuous evaluation.
Hence, the NUC Amendment Decree 49 of 1988 gave the NUC, among other things, the responsibility of producing a uniform understanding of concepts and terms related to the adoption of the Course Credit System. The NUC, then produced the National Minimum academic standard documents for each degree programme based on the Course Credit System, to guide accreditation exercise.
<b>Definition of Course Credit System</b>
The Course Credit System is a quantitative system of organization of the curriculum in which subjects are broken down into unit courses which are examinable and for which students earn credits if passed.
The courses are arranged in progressive order of difficulty or in levels of academic progress. For example, Level 100 courses are to be coded 101, 103, 105, etc for first semester and 102, 104, 106, etc for the second semester. Likewise, Level 200 courses would be coded 201, 203, 205, etc., and 202, 204, 206, etc. respectively.
<b>Credit Units (CU)</b>
One Credit is considered equivalent to one hour of classroom lecture per week (or) two hours of laboratory time per week .Credit units represent the weight assigned to the courses, and are recorded in credit hours. Thus, CUs consist of specified number of student-teacher contact hours/week/semester. A full-time student is one who is taking twelve or more credits in a semester up to a maximum of 24. A student taking fewer than twelve credits is considered a part-time student.
<b>Grading System</b>
The most common grading system is the assignment of a numerical or alphabetical letter score to the results of examinations or submitted reports, projects, and papers. Numerical grading systems usually are arrayed on a scale running from 0 to 4.0, with 4 representing outstanding work. Letter systems generally run from A to F, with A representing outstanding work and F representing failure. Sometimes these systems are fractional, so that indices such as "2.5" or "A+" or "A-" appear on records. Fractional usage means that a student's work was judged to be slightly better or worse than the average for that grade but not sufficiently different to justify awarding a lower or higher whole numeral or letter. Some undergraduate faculty and institutions do not use numerical or letter grades, but rather prepare detailed comments on student's work, progress, and capabilities. Institutions that do not award grades are usually able to translate their reports into a grade scale if that is required by another institution or an employer.
Muhammad Asim Saeed Sheikh
