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.
A political party platform or platform is a formal set of principal goals which are supported by a political party or individual candidate, in order to appeal to the general public, for the ultimate purpose of garnering the general public's support and votes about complicated topics or issues.