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.
political platform - a document stating the aims and principles of a political party; their candidate simply ignored the party platform; they won the election even though they offered no positive program. political program, platform, program. document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) plank - an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party.