College courses are rated by credit hours. Generally, 1 hour per week of course time = 1 credit hour. So a course that meets 2 hours per day, 2 days per week would be 4 credit hours. (4 credits).
The Politics of Optimism Cynicism is often seen as a rebellious attitude in Western popular culture, but, cynicism in average people is the attitude exactly most likely to conform to the desires of the powerful--cynicism is obedience.
Your response is to look on the positive side of the situation and is an example of optimism. Optimism is a form of positive thinking that includes the belief that you are responsible for your own happiness and that bad things that happen are not necessarily your fault. Pessimism is the opposite of optimism. Pessimism is a form of negative thinking that includes the belief that the bad things that happen to you are your fault.