Chapter 666 Credit System

As long as the students sign the "internship agreement", they are deemed to agree to participate in various internship tasks assigned by the school, usually to provide services for colonial companies or the military.

Of course, the school will not force students to participate in a certain internship task. Every time a new internship task is released, it will be posted on the campus bulletin board one to two weeks in advance. Students can choose the internship job they are interested in or are good at, and register with the school three days in advance, and the school will respond according to the registration. Arrange accordingly.

In addition, students participating in internship tasks are not free to work for colonial companies or the military. As long as the assigned work is completed within the stipulated time limit with quality and quantity, the college will reward the students with certain reward points according to their performance during the internship—the so-called “internship points”.

Since the school does not make mandatory requirements, does that mean that students can refuse to participate in all internship tasks?

Unfortunately, the answer is no.

Take Midgard University's Institute of Advanced Law as an example. If a student wants to graduate successfully and obtain a master's degree, he must meet three rigid conditions.

First of all, the spellcasting level of the mage profession should not be lower than level 7, and the spellcasting level of the warlock profession should not be lower than level 8.

Second, accumulatively get no less than 100 practice points while studying at the school.

Third, publish papers in authoritative academic journals and obtain no less than 40 academic points in total.

"Practice points" and "academic points", the former examines practical ability, while the latter tests theoretical level, both are collectively referred to as "credits".

Although the school does not force students to participate in certain internship tasks, students cannot graduate on schedule if they do not accumulate enough internship points. In fact, there is still a semi-forced constraint.

The freedom of the students is limited to choosing the internship tasks that suit them.

In fact, the more difficult the task, the more practice points you can get.

This leads to two strategies for collecting credits: either spend more time and participate in a large number of low-scoring but safe and easy internship tasks; or choose a small number of high-scoring but more difficult and dangerous tasks to save time and money. energy.

What to choose varies from person to person.

After listening to Mr. Dean's introduction, some students immediately raised their hands and asked: "Aside from being a mandatory requirement for graduation, are there any other uses for the credits?"

Mr. Franklin smiled, and answered in a sonorous voice.

"Of course there is, and it has a wide range of uses!"

"All paid facilities on the university campus that are open to students, including cafeterias, shops, laboratory equipment and even libraries, can be replaced by credits where money is needed. A credit is equivalent to 100 gold coins!"

"For example, if you come to the library of the Arcane College of Law and intend to borrow and copy a 3-ring spell scroll, you will normally have to pay 300 gold coins, but you can also spend 3 credits to pay the borrowing fee, so that you can Cash saved for off-campus spending."

"There is another advantage of implementing the system of credits instead of money, which is to provide a way out for poor students from poor families: it doesn't matter if you don't have money, as long as you work hard and study hard, you can earn enough credits to exchange for what you need. resources to live a decent life on campus!"

Mr. Dean's passionate words attracted a burst of applause, but soon some students raised doubts.

"I'm afraid it's not so easy to earn credits, is it? Maybe it's harder than making money."

"That's right. If I earn a few credits through hard work, I'm afraid I won't be willing to spend them. Otherwise, what will I do if I don't get the credits required for graduation in the future?"

"Children, you don't have to worry about this. The school has already considered it for you." Dean Franklin said with a smile: "First of all, I want to tell you a piece of good news. Spending credits will not affect the cumulative amount of credits."

"The total number of credits you have gained during your studies at the school is accurately recorded in the college. As long as the total points reach the graduation standard, you can get a degree. As for how you plan to spend these credits, the school will not interfere."

"For example, if someone gets a total of 100 internship credits and 40 academic credits during school, before graduation, he spends all of these 140 credits on transcribing scrolls and spends all of them, which does not prevent him from graduating normally."

After listening to Mr. Dean's explanation, everyone was relieved. Since graduation depends only on the total number of accumulated credits and has nothing to do with the existing credits, of course all credits must be spent before graduation. Anyway, this thing is just a series of numbers, and it is useless to leave the campus.

"Mr. Dean, we have learned a lot about 'internship points', what exactly are 'academic points' and how do we get them?" A student from other places asked with a strong southern accent.

"That's a good question, kids. To be frank, it's much harder to earn 'academic points' than to earn 'internship points'!"

Mr. Dean put away his smile, and his expression became extremely serious.

"In fact, not only do you want academic points, but I and all the lecturers and professors also want them. If you stay in school to teach or engage in academic research in the future, the number of academic points will directly affect your promotion, and even It will affect your status in the academic circle!"

The so-called "academic points" are the data to measure the academic level of a scholar in his professional field. If you want to get "academic points", there is only one way to publish papers in academic journals.

As far as the field of Austrian law is concerned, there are no less than a hundred of various professional journals, with uneven grades and different influences. For low-grade journals, the review is usually less strict, and it is easier to publish papers. Conversely speaking, the level of papers published in these low-end journals is usually not too high.

There is an authoritative organization called "Absolute Law Society" in the academic circle of Austrian Law in the world of Vales. "Abstract Exploration" is recognized as the top journal in academia.

These four journals are more authoritative than other miscellaneous journals, and being able to publish papers in these journals means that the academic level has reached the high standard recognized by the industry.

If an Austrian law scholar wants to seek a teaching position in a university, or an associate professor seeks to be promoted to a full professor, an indispensable and hard indicator is to examine how many papers he has published in the four major journals and how many academic awards he has won. integral. If the number of papers and academic points do not meet the standards required by the school, there is little hope for job hunting and promotion.

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