Backtracking definition

Backtracking is not permitted. This means that any additional credit and grade is not awarded for lower-level classes if they are taken after or concurrently to an advanced course for which they are explicitly or implicitly a prerequisite.” (See UHM Catalog) In other words, if you take course A first and concurrently or later take course B that is listed as a prerequisite for course A, you will not get credit for course B toward the requirement 120 credits needed towards graduation. Note that if course B is required for the major, you will still have to take it and may need to take an addition course to meet the required credit hours.

Examples of Backtracking in a sentence

  • Backtracking is a way to check whether the two parties understood the same things and agreed on the same decisions, which is often taken for granted.

  • Backtracking is important to avoid going home with conjectures: "They will buy", or "they will refuse".

  • Backtracking is a chronological study of the main facts that happened in the process, the decisions made and the issues still open: the "sum‚" of the negotiation.