Credit and Contact Hours

Credit for each course is recorded in semester hours and notated for the number of semester hours credit it carries. Normally, the number of semester hours earned is based on the number of class, laboratory or shop hours spent under the supervision of the course instructor per week for the semester. Usually one (1) semester hour credit is awarded for each hour of classroom work per week, or for each two hours of laboratory or shop per week. Contact hours is the amount of actual time that students attend class, laboratory, clinical or shop per week. This information is given for each course in the Course Descriptions section of the Academic Bulletin and Student Handbook.