A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement.
It is defined as one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out of class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or at least an equivalent amount of work for other academic activities as established by the college including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.
Student Credit hours and contact hours presented within this policy are a representative of student workloads to achieve desired learning outcomes and are not necessarily representative of workload or pay provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement between Minnesota State and Minnesota State College Faculty (MSCF). All provisions regarding workload and pay for faculty based upon credits or contact hours are defined by the collective bargaining agreement and not this policy.
The following departments define a lab credit hour and a clinical or internship credit hour as outlined in the table below:
CR: Credit Hour CH: Contact Hour LEC: Lecture LAB: Lab
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Department |
Number of lab hours per credit |
Number of clinical hours per credit |
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HPER |
2 lab hours = 1 credit 3 lab hours = 2 credits |
N/A |
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Integrative Health |
N/A |
3 |
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Physical Therapist Assistant |
2 |
3 |
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Pharmacy Technician |
2 |
3 |
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Nursing |
2 |
3 |
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Science Departments |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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BIOL |
1100 |
Unifying Concepts in Biology |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
1103 |
Environmental Science Lecture |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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| BIOL | 1133 | Environmental Science LAB | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
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BIOL |
1106 |
Principles of Biology I |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
1107 |
Principles of Biology II |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
1110 |
Field Biology |
2 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
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BIOL |
2113 |
Human Anatomy and Physiology I |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2114 |
Human Anatomy and Physiology II |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2201 |
Microbiology |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2202 |
Genetics |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2206 |
Animal Biology |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2207 |
Plant Biology |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2208 |
Cell Biology |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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BIOL |
2209 |
General Ecology |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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CHEM |
1020 |
Interpretive Chemistry |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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CHEM |
1061 |
Principles of Chemistry I |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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CHEM |
1062 |
Principles of Chemistry II |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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CHEM |
2061 |
Organic Chemistry I |
4 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
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CHEM |
2062 |
Organic Chemistry II |
4 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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CSCI |
1101 |
Introduction to Computer Science and Problem Solving |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
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CSCI |
1106 |
Fundamentals of Computer Science I |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
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CSCI |
1107 |
Fundamentals of Computer Science II |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
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CSCI |
2253 |
Assembly Language Programming |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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ENGR |
2218 |
Digital Logic |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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ENGR |
2219 |
Linear Circuits I |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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ENGR |
2220 |
Linear Circuits II |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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NATS |
1005 |
Meteorology |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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NATS |
1003 |
Geology |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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PHYS |
1007 |
Elementary Physics |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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PHYS |
1317 |
General Physics I |
4 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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PHYS |
1318 |
General Physics II |
4 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
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PHYS |
1327 |
College Physics I |
5 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
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PHYS |
1328 |
College Physics II |
5 |
3 |
6 |
8 |
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DEPT |
DEPT# |
TITLE |
LECTURE HOURS |
LAB HOURS |
CREDITS RECEIVED |
TOTAL CONTACT HOURS |
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PTAC |
1020 |
Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Kinesiology for the PTA |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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History:
05.2013 Adopted
07.2017 Technical changes, MnSCU to Minnesota State
