Talk:Carnegie Unit and Student Hour

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[edit] Credit Hour

This page redirects from credit hour. In reference to American universities, I'm not sure that this page is entirely accurate. For example, the units are not entirely time based. Credit hours refer both to the quantity of classtime and also the quantity of completed (and passed) classes.

Credit hours toward graduating are acquired only by achieving passing grades in classes, and a student's "class load" is measured in credit hours: number of classes taken in a marking period. Also, a college can set the number of credit hours for a class. It is not always equivalent to the amount of time spent in the classroom. At The Ohio State University, for example, freshman engineering classes are 4 credit hours for 8 hours of class per week. Also, science classes with labs also do not follow the simply time-based rules. ~Kruck 14:29, 27 July 2006 (UTC)