Classes that meet in a face to face format must include one hour of contact time (50 minutes) and two hours of outside of class work for 15 weeks for each semester hour of credit.

• One hour of credit may be awarded for laboratory and discussion sections that meet a minimum of 50 minutes per week and a maximum of 150 minutes per week; no more than one credit may be awarded for lab and discussion sections without approval of the Office of the Provost.
• Classes that do not have the required face-to-face contact time (for example, hybrid or online courses) meet the credit hour standard if they meet one of the following criteria:
  • The course covers the same material in the same depth as a face-to-face version of the same course
  • The course has been evaluated by the department and college for content and rigor, and the department and college have approved the s.h. credit to be awarded; this approval must be documented.
• Workshops must meet the same credit hour calculation as face-to-face classes.  If students work a maximum of 8.5 hours a day, the maximum they can work in 5 days is 42.5 hours.  Thus the minimum number of days a workshop must meet for one earned credit hour is 5 days.

This policy allows for standard instruction, innovation, maximizes the use of instructional technology, and yet adheres to the requirements established by the federal government and the accrediting bodies.