Definition of Credit Hour

SAU Tech follows the Federal Government’s Credit Hour definition: “As an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutional established equivalence that reasonably approximates no less than:

One hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of student work out of the classroom each
Week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit;
At least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph one of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution including laboratory work, internships, practical, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of a credit hour.