1 College Hour = ?

GoldShadow
Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:50:54 +0000

That “rule of thumb” is in my opinion a bunch of BS and highly variable…

Anyway…

1 credit=1 hour/week. A 3-credit class meets for 3 hours a week. Labs are usually counted as 1-credit. So a class that meets 3 hours a week for lecture and has a 3 hour lab is usually 4 credits.

There are no “periods” in college; well, except once a month for all the females. Class times are highly variable; some days you might be loaded with class, others you might be virtually free. Some days I start at 9 am, some days I start at 2 pm.