But at Brooklyn College, Sergei Nabatov, a 48-year-old Ukrainian and onetime international champion, offers four classes of a one-credit course in ballroom dancing.

Each year a one-credit course is offered in Paris through the January Term.

Now, in true physician-heal-thyself fashion, the school is offering one to itself, launching a one-credit course in which M.B.A. students will help professors fine-tune their syllabuses and teaching methods.

He offers both a continuing education course and a rarity: a one-credit course on boxing.

Edison O. Jackson, president of Medgar Evers College, is teaching a freshman year seminar, a one-credit course that focuses on topics like study skills, library use and critical thinking.

The Upper School year is broken into two semesters, with each semester representing one-half of a credit (a one-credit long course will meet during both semesters).

Tuition for credit recovery courses is $115 for a three-week, half-credit course and $225 for a six-week, one-credit course.

The residents are required to fulfill a one-credit course that deals with study skills, independent living and balancing fun and study among other things.

All students are required to take a one-credit course in English each year.

A one-credit course is of 30 classroom sessions of one hour each and half credit course is of fifteen classroom sessions of one hour each.