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.