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Xinfu
September 17, 2013, 04:18 AM
At university/college, if a student wants to know how many credit-units the courses another student is doing in a term/semester account for, how should he phrase the question? Would he say?:

-How many credit-units are you doing this term/semester?
Rusty
September 17, 2013, 04:37 AM
'Credit units' (no hyphen) is usually shortened to just 'credits'. It may also be said 'units' or 'credit hours'.

'Taking' is the more commonly-use verb.
How many credits are you taking this term/semester?

Also,
How many credits do you have this term/semester?
Xinfu
September 17, 2013, 11:04 AM
Thank you, Rusty~
rparmst
September 21, 2013, 07:48 PM
Most people I have talked to in the U.S. say, "How many hours are you taking?"

Or, "You must take 12 hours to be a full-time student."

I am sure people would understand if you substituted "credits" for "hours," but I would say it is far less common to do so.
Xinfu
September 22, 2013, 09:44 PM
Thank you, rparmst~
Xinfu
November 07, 2014, 11:02 PM
Are they all correct?

-How many credits does this course comprise/include/consist of/account for?
-How many credits is this course?
thegatekeeper
November 08, 2014, 07:32 PM
Are they all correct?

-How many credits does this course comprise/include/consist of/account for?
-How many credits is this course?

Yes, they both can be used, but I find that the first one is used most often.
Xinfu
November 13, 2014, 07:50 AM
Yes, they both can be used, but I find that the first one is used most often.

Thank you. What's your first language?
thegatekeeper
November 17, 2014, 05:49 PM
Thank you. What's your first language?

My first language is English.
Xinfu
November 23, 2014, 09:26 AM
Thank you; what variety do you use?
yudithcool
November 23, 2014, 10:43 AM
At university/college, if a student wants to know how many credit-units the courses another student is doing in a term/semester account for, how should he phrase the question? Would he say?:

-How many credit-units are you doing this term/semester?

language is an expression, it has different style of structure as long as your opposite still understand what you mean :)


back to the topic

In my country they're rarely called "credit" but "shift".

How many shifts do you have in this semester?

or

How many shifts DID you GET for the whole semester?