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and 42 credits in the 2 nd cycle. The range of variation for all items is
presented in Fig. 3. By a quick comparison with Fig. 1, we see that the
actual variation is much larger than the average value of credits
allocated to each item. This is a relevant fact by itself, even though a
couple of exceedingly high variation can be explained in terms of
«extreme» credit allocations by the institutions 7 .
ECTS credits
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
basic
charact. II.1
charact. II.2
Description of activities
Fig. 3
The Variation of Credits over Activities (52 returns)
3. The «core credit distribution» for Physics
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related IV.1
related IV.2
In the above general context, we can easily find the common core
contents (see above) for each cycle, We assume that it is represented by
that very credit distribution, which is common to 69 % of the sample
institutions («core credit distribution» for short). Such distributions (1 st
and 2 nd cycle) are shown in Fig. 4. The total number of «core credits» is
125 credits in the first cycle and 51 credits in the second cycle, i.e.
respectively 65 % and 35 % of the total average length in credits of the
7 See ref. [1].
Spec & Voc
minor or opt
skills
1st cycle
2nd cycle
thesis
(if decl.)
completely
free
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