Credit System
Jinan University, following the international practice, adopts a standard credit system.
The credit calculation of each subject depends on the weekly teaching hours, such as, if a subject has one teaching hour every week, there is one credit for it.
The first term has 18 weeks; 14 of which are teaching weeks; however, the second term has 20 weeks (16 for classes, 2 for review, and 2 for examinations).
ⅰ For experiments, charting and designing courses and other practicing courses, there is one credit for each two teaching hours. Graduating practices have corresponding credits.
ⅱ Graduation thesis or graduation design project at least 10 weeks are allowed for completion. And each college designs the credits, which belongs to required credits.
ⅲ Orientation time, graduation appraisal and the courses for remedial lessons have no credits. |