Scheduling Courses in the Term
Lecture or Seminar Course
Credit-to-contact ratio is 1:1, which means each 1 credit hour of the course should have 1 nominal hour (50 minutes) of faculty/student contact a week in a full (15-week) semester.
Course credit hours |
Total nominal hours * |
Total contact minutes (hours) |
Contact minutes (hours) per week full semester |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 8-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 7-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 5-week course |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 15 | 750 min (12 hr 30 min) |
50 min | 94 min (1 hr 34 min) |
107 min (1 hr 47 min) |
150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
2 | 30 | 1500 min (25 hr) |
100 min (1 hr 40 min) |
188 min (3 hr 8 min) |
214 min (3 hr 34 min) |
300 min (5 hr) |
3 | 45 | 2250 min (37 hr 30 min) |
150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
281 min (4 hr 41 min) |
321 min (5 hr 21 min) |
450 min (7 hr 30 min) |
4 | 60 | 3000 min (50 hr) |
200 min (3 hr 20 min) |
375 min (6 hr 15 min) |
429 min (7 hr 9 min) |
600 min (10 hr) |
Laboratory or Studio Course
with out-of-class assignments that normally average one hour of out-of-class study to prepare for or follow-up the laboratory/studio experience
Credit-to-contact ratio is 1:2, which means each 1 credit hour of the course should have 2 nominal hours (100 minutes) of faculty/student contact a week in standard 15-week semester.
Credit hours |
Total nominal hours * |
Total contact minutes (hours) |
Contact minutes (hours) per week full semester |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 8-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 7-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 5-week course |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 30 | 1500 min (25 hr) |
100 min (1 hr 40 min) |
188 min (3 hr 8 min) |
214 min (3 hr 34 min) |
300 min (5 hr) |
2 | 60 | 3000 min (50 hr) |
200 min (3 hr 20 min) |
375 min (6 hr 15 min) |
429 min (7 hr 9 min) |
600 min (10 hr) |
3 | 90 | 4500 min (75 hr) |
300 min (5 hr) |
563 min (9 hr 23 min) |
643 min (10 hr 43 min) |
900 min (15 hr) |
with little or no out-of-class study
Credit-to-contact ratio is 1:3, which means each 1 credit hour of the course should have 3 nominal hours (150 minutes) of faculty/student contact a week in standard 15-week semester.
Credit hours |
Total nominal hours * |
Total contact minutes (hours) |
Contact minutes (hours) per week full semester |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 8-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 7-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 5-week course |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 45 | 2250 min (37 hr 30 min) |
150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
281 min (4 hr 41 min) |
321 min (5 hr 21 min) |
450 min (7 hr 30 min) |
2 | 90 | 4500 min (75 hr) |
300 min (5 hr) |
563 min (9 hr 23 min) |
643 min (10 hr 43 min) |
900 min (15 hr) |
3 | 135 | 6750 min (112 hr 30 min) |
450 min (7 hr 30 min) |
844 min (14 hr 4 min) |
964 min (16 hr 4 min) |
1350 min (22 hr 30 min) |
Combined Lecture/Laboratory Courses
Credit hour is awarded on the same basis as lecture and laboratory and dependent on how the credit hours are allocated for each instruction. For example, a 5-credit lecture/lab that allocates 4 credits for lecture and 1 credit for lab with no out-of-class study would be broken down in the following way:
Course Credit hours |
Total nominal hours * |
Total contact| minutes (hours) |
Contact minutes (hours) per week full semester |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 8-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 7-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 5-week course |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lecture | ||||||
4 | 60 | 3000 min (50 hr) |
200 min (3 hr 20 min) |
375 min (6 hr 15 min) |
429 min (7 hr 9 min) |
600 min (10 hr) |
Laboratory | ||||||
1 | 45 | 2250 min (37 hr 30 min) |
150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
281 min (4 hr 41 min) |
321 min (5 hr 21 min) |
450 min (7 hr 30 min) |
Total for Course | ||||||
5 | 105 | 5250 min (87 hr 30 min) |
350 min (5 hr 50 min) |
656 min (10 hr 56 min) |
750 min (12 hr 30 min) |
1050 min (17 hr 30 min) |
Note: One way to know how many credits a lecture/lab course has allocated to each instruction is to view the breakdown of contact hours in the course description in FlashLine, see example:
Example
BSCI 11020 - FOUNDATIONAL ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY II
3.000 Credit hours
2.000 Lecture hours
3.000 Lab hours
The lecture and lab contact hours listed are in weekly nominal terms for a 15-week course. Therefore, by looking at the total nominal hours in the charts above, 2 nominal hours (100 minutes)for lecture (2x15=30 total nominal hours) and 3 nominal hours (150 minutes)for lab (3x15=45 total nominal hours) means that 2 credits have been allocated to lecture and 1 credit allocated to lab for this course.
Course Credit hours |
Total nominal hours * |
Total contact minutes (hours) |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 15-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 8-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 7-week course |
Contact minutes (hours) per week 5-week course |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lecture | ||||||
2 | 30 | 1500 min (25 hr) |
100 min (1 hr 40 min) |
188 min (3 hr 8 min) |
214 min (3 hr 34 min) |
300 min (5 hr) |
Laboratory | ||||||
1 | 45 | 2250 min (37 hr 30 min) |
150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
281 min (4 hr 41 min) |
321 min (5 hr 21 min) |
450 min (7 hr 30 min) |
Total for Course | ||||||
3 | 105 | 3750 min (62 hr 30 min) |
250 min (4 hr 10 min) |
469 min (7 hr 49 min) |
535 min (8 hr 55 min) |
750 min (12 hr 30 min) |
* One nominal hour is equivalent to 50 minutes.