What is a credit hour, and what does it mean in terms of time commitment for me?
Classes are assigned a credit hour number based on approximate number of contact hours per week (i.e., tme spent in the classroom/lab, etc.). Most courses are 3 credit hours and meet for approximately three hours a week: 50 minutes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; 75 minutes on Tuesdays and Thursdays; three hours once a week, etc. Other classes, particularly those in the sciences that include lab time, are assigned four or five credit hours. Some classes in the fine arts or athletics meet for only one hour a week and are assigned one credit hour’s worth of credit. Your schedule is built on credit hours, not number of classes taken. 12 credit hours (four 3-credit hour classes) is considered full time status.
