3. To allowcurriculum adjustment to the dynamics of society and the development of science and knowledge.
4. To facilitate credit transfers between study programs, faculties, or universities nationwide or even worldwide.
B. Semester Credit Units
1. One credit unit entitles its takers to commit three compulsory weekly activities including:
a. A fifty-minute lecture scheduled by Academic Section of Faculties; b. A fifty-to-a-hundred-minute academically-structured activity scheduled by
lecturers; c. A fifty-to-a-hundred-minute academically-independent activities in which
students are required to be autonomous in learning further, preparing curricular tasks, reading references, and so forth.
2. One credit in the form of seminars and capita selectarequires students to deliver a fifty-minute presentationto their regular classmates as their audience. The
presentation is conducted weekly in one semester. 3. One credit in the form of practice or experiment in a laboratory should be conducted
for two hours per week in one semester. 4. One credit in the form of internship consumes four hours per week in one semester.
5. One credit in the form of research and final-paper writing allows 3 – 4 hours per week
in one semester. 6. One credit for a lecturer equals obligations to conduct the following activities:
a. Fifty-minute classes or lectures scheduled by Academic Section b. Fifty-to-a-hundred-minute planning and evaluating academic activities
c. Fifty-to-a-hundred-minutepreparations for developing materials.
C. StudyLoad and Study Time
1. The Diploma III program requires students to take 110-120 credits in six semesters or ten semesters at the latest.
2. The Graduate program requires students to take 144-160 credits in eight semesters or fourteen semesters at the latest.
3. The Post-graduate program requires students to take 36-44 credits in four semester or six semesters at the latest, and the major taken should be linear to that of the graduate
program. The Non-linear prospective students are required to take a matriculation program
provided by the Post-Graduate Program and completion of the program is compulsory.
D. Short-Term Semester Programs
a. Short-Term Semester Programs are administered in the semester breaks and are equivalent to the regular semesters.
