hi,,,can somebody please throw some light on the credit hour system for doing ms in mechanical engg from us....

In the US, a student in a high school or university earns credits for the successful completion of each course for each academic term. The state or the institution generally sets a minimum number of credits required to graduate. Hope my answer has solved your query. If it has, kindly mark it as best

Credits are points assigned to each subject / paper according to its (1) required hours of study (2) difficulty level of subject (3) utility factor in future. Most of papers are assigned 3 credit points. Mostly 15 Hrs of study with average difficulty level is assigned 1 point. Since most of papers r