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noncredit

[ non-kred-it ]

adjective

  1. (of academic courses) carrying or conferring no official academic credit in a particular program or toward a particular degree or diploma.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of noncredit1

First recorded in 1960–65; non- + credit
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Example Sentences

In addition to the non-qualifying expenses already listed, you cannot use expenditures on hobbies, games, sports or noncredit coursework as a tax credit or deduction unless it plays some role in attaining your chosen degree.

In Washington, course failure rates didn’t go up, but the 2020-21 school year saw a massive uptick in the number of incomplete and noncredit grades.

A quarter of all high-school students had a noncredit grade during that school year, a 42% increase compared with the prior year.

There’s a huge focus on noncredit classes because that’s kind of a gentle step into getting into college pathways.

The Evergreen State College in Olympia is the public institution with the most experience operating prison education programs, as it’s offered for-credit classes at a male youth prison since 1996 and operates the Sustainability in Prisons Project, which includes both noncredit and credit-bearing education in science and sustainability.

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