ACADEMIC CERDIT SYSTEMS AND THEIR BENEFITS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

When you get enrolled in a study program abroad, you enter a whole new world of opportunities, learning activities, efficient teaching methods, and assessment methods.
Academic credits serve as an integral part of education abroad, as these will help you to understand how your progress is evaluated during your academic session or how you can transfer credits to another university.

Academic credit system

An academic credit system is a standard used by universities to measure and assess performance of the students and their efforts during the ongoing academic program. Therefore, it becomes very important to understand how these credits work and how these are converted form one academic system to another.
Students are assessed by their teachers based on the amount of knowledge and skills they acquire after the successful completion of their respective courses. The most common forms of assessment include combinations of:
        -Tests taken during the course
-Attendance
-Oral, written, and practical examination scores
-Projects/research work

Usually, the more work and effort students put to do well in these categories, the more credit they earn.

 Academic credit system in Australia

Well, Australian universities do not have a unified credit system. Each university evaluates the credits according to the number of study hours and workload depending upon the course taken by the students. Credit transfer is available for both undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes which is established and coordinated by the Australian Qualifications Framework.
To complete a Bachelors degree students are required to score a minimum of 144 credit points and minimum 96 points for post graduation.

 Academic credit system in the U.S.

In the U.S., students receive semester credit hours. These credit hours are based on the number of total contact hours accumulated by the students during one semester. The minimum credit points needed for completing a bachelors degree in the U.S. is 120 to 130 and 30 to 64 are enough for a master degree.

Benefits of academic credit systems:

       • Support your entry to a higher education programme.
       • Estimate the workload of a programme.
       • Keeping a track of student's progress.
       • Find out whether a student has met the study requirements or not.
       • Used and recognised internationally.
       • Proof of qualification for students looking for a job.
       • Used by some universities to set the degree cost.