noncredit
- noun
- /ˈnɒnˌkrɛdɪt/
- Specialized
- Average class size in noncredit ESL programs is considerably higher than in credit ESL classes.
- noncredit ESL
- credit and noncredit
- noncredit programs
Examples
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However, these students, and those in noncredit courses as well, should be included in a more comprehensive analysis of institutional effectiveness.
Academic text (2002) -
In addition to its degree programs, the standard array of corporate service and noncredit courses is offered for the local community.
Academic text (2002) -
One hundred students were enrolled in transfer courses, and 100 were in noncredit community education classes.
Academic text (1996) -
In addition, the college provides apprenticeship programs in six areas and an array of noncredit courses.
Academic text (1991) -
College and university outreach programs often schedule noncredit workshop classes on a semester-by-semester basis, with an experienced poet as facilitator.
Academic text (2011) -
For example, one community college examined by Curry (2001) offers noncredit courses in ESL through the Alternate Learning Division.
Academic text (2002) -
Courses are numbered as part of a sequence that begins with noncredit, remedial level instruction and continues through advanced associate-level preparation.
Academic text (2002) -
Sixty-one percent (n=87) of the women were in the noncredit classes, and 39% (n=56) were in the transfer classes.
Academic text (1996) -
Low-level ESL courses are often included in community colleges' noncredit curriculum, thus barring immigrant students taking these courses from receiving financial aid.
Academic text (2002) -
The community center offers several noncredit courses for adults interested in learning new skills.
How Credit-Bearing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Noncredit as a noun is formed from non- 'not' plus credit 'points toward a degree'. So a noncredit course does not give credit toward a degree.