Credit Hour Assignment

Traditional semester-based face-to-face lecture courses

Academic period: two 15 week semesters (exams built into final week of classes).
Recommended instructional time: 50 minutes per credit per week. [Three 50-minute sessions, two 75-minute sessions, or one 150 minute (2½) hour session for a 3-credit course.]
Recommended out-of-class time requirements: twice the in-class instructional time. [100 minutes per credit per week; 300 minutes (5 hours) per week for a 3-credit course.]

Traditional semester-based online courses

Academic period: two 15 week semesters (exams built into final week of classes).
Recommended instructional time: 50 minutes per credit per week engaged in interaction with faculty and other students – e.g., viewing/reading relevant content information shared by faculty, posting responses to assignments/other students, participating in required “chats” with faculty/other students, etc. [150 minutes (2½ hours) per week for a 3-credit course.]
Recommended preparation time requirements: twice the instructional time – the time per week engaged in interaction with faculty and other students. [100 minutes per credit per week; 300 minutes (5 hours) per week for a 3-credit course.].

Traditional Summer School

Academic period: four week semesters.
Recommended instructional time: 187.5 minutes (3+ hours) per credit pre week.
Recommended preparation time requirements: twice the in-class instructional time – the time per week engaged in interaction with faculty and other students. [375 minutes (6¼ hours) per credit per week.]

Traditional Summer School online courses

Academic period: four to six week semester
Recommended instructional time: 125-187.5 minutes (2-3+ hours) per credit per week engaged in interaction with faculty and other students – e.g., viewing/reading relevant content information shared by faculty, posting responses to assignments/other students, participating in required “chats” with faculty/other students, etc.
Recommended preparation time requirements: twice the instructional time – the time per week engaged in interaction with faculty and other students. [250-375 minutes (4-6+ hours) per credit per week.].

Policies for laboratory, studio, clinical, internship, independent study

Internships/Practicums/labs (3 to 1 ratio)
o 150 minutes per week =1 credits (2.5 hours per week)
o 300 minutes per week =2 credits (5 hours per week)
o 450 minutes per week =3 credits (7.5 hours per week)

Studio Art (2 to 1 ratio)
o   100 minutes per week =1 credit hour
o   200 minutes per week =2 credit hours
o   300 minutes per week =3 credit hours