I did not attend a school with a traditional semester/quarter system, or have continuing education courses. How can I determine my credit hours?
One semester hour equals one classroom meeting a week for 12-14 weeks, or two field/lab hours a week for 12-14 weeks. Therefore, a full three-credit course has three lecture hours a week, and a four-credit course has three lecture hours plus two lab hours, or two lecture hours plus a four-hour field trip. Another way of thinking about this is that a total of 45-46 contact hours of class time equals a three-credit lecture. A person in a six-day course with eight hours a day of contact time then has 48 hours, or the equivalent of a three-credit lecture in semester hours. Number of contact hours includes the time for exams.
