Credit Hour

A credit/semester hour is an amount of work represented by specific learning outcomes and is verified by evidence of student achievement that is an established institutional policy that reasonably approximates not less than:

• (1) one hour (not fewer than 50 minutes) of in-class 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 hour of credit. This accounts for approximately 700 minutes of in-class or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of 1400 minutes of out-of-class student work for a total of approximately 2100 minutes for one semester hour of credit; or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or
• (2) at least an equivalent amount of work as required in paragraph (1) of this definition for other activities as established by Northwestern, including laboratory work, internships, practica, studio work, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.