Credit Unit
type: ConceptScheme
comment: Broad descriptions of units used to measure credit associated with a resource.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/ceterms/CreditUnit/json
has concept: Academic Year
has concept: Carnegie Unit
has concept: Certificate Credit
has concept: Clock Hour
has concept: Competency Credit
has concept: Contact Hour
has concept: Continuing Education Unit
has concept: Degree Credit
has concept: Dual Credit
has concept: Quarter Hour
has concept: Requirement Credit
has concept: Secondary Diploma Credit
has concept: Semester Hour
has concept: Time-Based Credit
has concept: Type-Based Credit
has top concept: Time-Based Credit
has top concept: Type-Based Credit

Academic Year
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted as being related to one or more academic years.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/AcademicYear/json
broader: Time-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Carnegie Unit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is based on 120 hours of contact time or class time with an instructor.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/CarnegieUnit/json
broader: Time-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Certificate Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted for certificates.
description: Includes credits earned while enrolled in a certificate program.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/CertificateCredit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Clock Hour
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted as being related to one or more temporal hours.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/ClockHour/json
broader: Time-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Competency Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted for a particular competency or set of competencies.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/CompetencyCredit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Contact Hour
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted as being related to one or more temporal hours of instruction presented to students.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/ContactHour/json
broader: Time-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Continuing Education Unit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or is accepted as education units for meeting professional development requirements.
description: Based on international standards, continuing education units are based on contact hours that may be converted to other units of measurement, such as professional development hours (PDH), continuing education credits (CEU), and continuing professional credits (CPC).
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/ContinuingEducationUnit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Degree Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or is accepted as credit for earning a college-level degree.
description: Includes credits earned while enrolled in a postsecondary program for a college-level degree.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/DegreeCredit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Dual Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is applicable to two different educational levels.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/DualCredit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Quarter Hour
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted at an academic quarter level.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/QuarterHour/json
broader: Time-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Requirement Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted for some type of requirement.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/RequirementCredit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Secondary Diploma Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted for a secondary diploma.
description: Includes credits earned while enrolled in a secondary diploma program that meet graduation requirements.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/SecondaryDiplomaCredit/json
broader: Type-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Semester Hour
type: Concept
definition: Credit that is issued or accepted at a semester level.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/SemesterHour/json
broader: Time-Based Credit
in scheme: Credit Unit

Time-Based Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit with a unit of measurement based on time, either figuratively or literally.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/TimeBasedCredit/json
in scheme: Credit Unit
top concept of: Credit Unit
narrower: Academic Year
narrower: Carnegie Unit
narrower: Clock Hour
narrower: Contact Hour
narrower: Quarter Hour
narrower: Semester Hour

Type-Based Credit
type: Concept
definition: Credit with a unit of measurement based on the type of credit.
term status: stable
change history: https://credreg.net/ctdl/termhistory/creditUnit/TypeBasedCredit/json
in scheme: Credit Unit
top concept of: Credit Unit
narrower: Certificate Credit
narrower: Competency Credit
narrower: Continuing Education Unit
narrower: Degree Credit
narrower: Dual Credit
narrower: Requirement Credit
narrower: Secondary Diploma Credit