Understanding 分?


>
> 今週は大学のオリエンテーション。要は、これから一年受ける講義を選ぶための説明、及び体験期間である。自分の興味のある科目や必修科目を、進級・卒業に必要な単位の
> **分** 、バランスよく選ばなければならない。

What is the function of the bold 分? Is it like 一年間の休職の分だけ、仕事がたまっていた。?




As commented, they mean the same
[ある範囲の分量。区別されたもの。](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%88%86_%28%E3%81%B6%E3%82%93%29/#jn-197124).

A way to understand such 分 is to think about the amount of _what_ is being
talked about.

For the sentences in the question:

  * 必要な単位の分 **の科目や必修科目**
  * 休職の分 **の仕事**

A possible process to understand the sentece as follows:

The main clause is

  * 自分の興味のある科目や必修科目を、バランスよく選ばなければならない。You have to choose (compulsory) courses interesting to you in a well balanced way.

The part ending in 分 describes how much those 科目や必修科目 should be:

  * 進級や卒業に必要な単位の分 : the amount of courses you take is such that you can get credits required for successfully proceeding to next year/graduation

The second sentence can be understood in the same way:

  * 仕事が溜まっていた : Tasks had been accumulating
  * 一年間の休職の分 : the amount of those tasks is such that it represents a year's leave

I guess a difficulty lies in that you have to change the structure of the
sentence a lot in order to get a decent translation (which I didn't do above).

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I am wondering if there is no single English word for 進級.

