Definition and assignment of credit hours
According to the U.S. Department of Education a "credit hour" is a measure of graduate or undergraduate academic work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work for each week of instructional time for approximately 15 weeks for one semester, or an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time.
As an example, for a three-credit hour course, this translates to 135 hours of student work.
To view the policy and learn how this is to be communicated in course syllabi, link to http://webs.wichita.edu/?u=academicaffairs&p=/DefinitionAndAssignmentOfCreditHours/.
For more information, contact Rick Muma, associate provost, at richard.muma@wichita.edu or 978-5761.