Assigning Credit Hours

Course Credit Hours*	Total Course Contact Hours†	Weeks of Instruction‡	Weekly Contact Hours† (hours of organized instruction per week)	Weekly hours of expected student work, apart from instruction time	Weeks of Instruction	Weekly Contact Hours† (hours of organized instruction per week)	Weekly hours of expected student work, apart from instruction time	Weeks of Instruction	Weekly Contact Hours† (hours of organized instruction per week)	Weekly hours of expected student work, apart from instruction time
1	16	16	1	2	8	2	4	4	4	8
2	32	16	2	4	8	4	8	4	8	16
3	48	16	3	6	8	6	12	4	12	24
4	64	16	4	8	8	8	16	4	16	32
* This contact hour/student work expectations calculator may not apply to independent study, dissertation, service learning, internship, and other similar credits.
† Contact Hours based on 50 min classroom period (1 contact hour = 50 minutes)
‡ Based on academic calendar definition of 16-week full term including finals week

An equivalent amount of work is required in courses and academic activities where direct instruction is not the primary mode of learning, such as online and hybrid courses, laboratory work, independent study, internships, practica, studio work, etc. Credits will be awarded on the basis of documented learning objectives, expected learning outcomes, and student workload expectations within a specified period of academically engaged time.

Credit hours assigned to a course delivered online must equal the number of credit hours for the same course delivered face-to-face. An online course credit hour requires 3 hours of student work for each week and this work can include reading, research, online discussion and instruction, assigned group activities and preparation of papers or presentations.