| Policies and
Procedures 
Instructional
Credits
| CREDITS |
The credit for each course must
be indicated after the title in the course description in
the catalog. One credit is equivalent to one collegiate
semester-hour credit.
Each semester hour
of credit given for a course is based on the "academic
hour," which is 50 minutes of formalized, structured
instructional time weekly for fifteen weeks. This is
a total of 750 minutes of instruction. In addition to
this instructional time, there will be a minimum of one hour
of scheduled evaluation or examination for each semester hour
of credit, not to exceed three academic hours (150 minutes).
Courses may consist of lectures, out-of-class study, laboratory,
and shop study, or combinations thereof. Credits may
be assigned to activities as follows: |
| LECTURE CREDITS |
| One academic hour of lecture (including lecture, seminar,
discussion, or other similar activity) per week, generally for
15 weeks, plus the evaluation or examination period, equals
one collegiate semester-hour credit. Thus, a 3-credit
hour lecture course will meet for 150 minutes per week. |
| LABORATORY CREDITS |
| Two to five academic hours depending on the discipline, of
laboratory, shop, clinical training, supervised work experience,
coordinated internship, or other similar activity per week generally
for 15 weeks plus evaluation equals one collegiate semester
hour credit. Thus, a course scheduled for two laboratory hours
will meet for 100 minutes per week. |
| DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES |
| In the case of distance learning courses or hybrid courses
that employ a mix of traditional contact hours and learning
activities with students and faculty separated by time and place,
faculty must demonstrate that content and competency coverage
and student outcomes are equivalent to those of traditional
sections of the same class. |
| GENERAL USAGE COURSES |
| General usage courses include variable academic hours for
one to five credits such as coordinated internship, cooperative
education, seminar and project, and supervised study. |
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Faculty Handbook 2007-2008 |
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