credit hour
noun [ C ] education US specialized uk/ˈkred.ɪt ˌaʊər/ us/ˈkred.ɪt ˌaʊr/
学分小时（即获得一个学分所需要的学习时间）
a measure of the time someone has spent studying towards a credit (= a unit that represents a successfully completed part of an educational course)
Sonia has 33 credit hours towards the 64 hours required for an associate's degree. 获得副学士学位需要64个学分小时，索尼娅已有33个学分小时。
Students typically take 30 to 45 credit hours of courses. 学生通常要修读30至45个学分小时的课程。
Our salary range is based on experience and credit hours.
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- Maryland requires 12 credit hours of reading coursework for elementary-education majors.
- Colorado community colleges, for example, charge $115 per credit hour for an online course compared with $56 for a traditional one.
- Candidates must have a high school diploma or GED, plus 60 credit hours (or 90 quarter-credits) from an accredited college or university.
- At that time, I was taking more credit hours than anybody ever had at Marshall, 28 hours a semester.