Contact and Credit Hours
The contact and credit hours of each course are shown in column to the right of the course description.
- Credits represents the total semester hours of credit awarded to students for satisfactory completion of the course.
- Studio Hours indicates the number of contact hours per week in studio courses.
- Lecture Hours indicates the number of contact hours per week in lecture format.
- Minimum Study Hours represents the minimum expected number of hours outside of class for study, preparation and projects.
In Self-Service the information is displayed in a different format. It appears at the beginning of the course description.
- The first number indicates the number of contact hours per week in lecture format.
- The second number indicates the number of contact hours per week in studio courses.
- The third represents the total semester hours of credit awarded to students for satisfactory completion of the course.
- The fourth represents the minimum expected number of hours outside of class for study, preparation and projects.
For example, (3,0,3,6) indicates that the student will spend three hours in lecture, no hours in studio, worth 3 semester hour credits with an expectation of 6 hours of outside class preparation per week. In the case of seminars, lecture/lab and individual instruction courses only the credit is shown, e.g. (3). In the case of variable credit courses or six credit courses only the minimum and maximum credit is shown, e.g. (1-6).