It is the unit of qualification or assessment that is given to the learning that a student acquires, according to the time that the university grants him and that he dedicates, in receiving classes and carrying out activities, in order to be able to achieve or achieve the goals that are set, such as obtaining knowledge, attitudes and skills.
Said assessment or qualification is granted according to the complexity of the content, the means that are necessary, while it demands the performance of the activity, among others.
This indicator reflected quantitatively, but which represents a qualitative-quantitative assessment, can be awarded to subjects, laboratories, seminars, workshops, internships, professional practices, among others.
It is academic credit, also known as a unit of credit, it is a methodology that has been implemented in higher education, in order to improve inter-institutional relations, since it allows comparing the educational or training programs that each academic institution has created, in order to analyze the level of instruction the student has received, if he is able to make a change of institution without major inconvenience, if he needs to take a subject again or if he is in a position to take a postgraduate degree at the institution.
This is due to the fact that over the years academic mobility is very common, through exchanges or agreements between institutions, which to create the latter, it is necessary to evaluate the credit units, in order to find similarities in academic training of the students.
These exchanges can occur between institutions located in the same country or between institutions in different countries.
Academic credits or credit units can be seen reflected in the syllabi offered by each institution and in this way, the person who wants to enter it can evaluate how much time will be dedicated to each subject that makes up the career.
Likewise, academic credits serve as a guide for teachers, when designing their evaluation plan, respecting the hours assigned for theory and practice, depending on each case.
An academic credit is equivalent to 48 hours of academic work by the student, in a teaching period of 16 weeks, including the hours with teacher accompaniment, which would be 16 and those that must be used in independent study activities, which would be 32.
However, the assessment of academic credit may vary by subject, depending on its theoretical or practical nature and the methodology used by the institution. Thus, all hours could be for teaching accompaniment or independent work.
For this calculation there is a mathematical formula, which includes all the aspects that must be considered.
