Credit Hour

Bethel University traditional undergraduate courses will follow the Carnegie Unit format (50 minute hours). Any course not following the pattern outlined below must show equivalencies in a combination of work and instructional time.

Semester = 15 weeks (including exams). For every hour in class, assumed two hours outside.

1 credit class = 15 hours of direct instruction, 30 hours of outside work = 45 total

2 credit class = 30 hours of direct instruction, 60 hours of outside work = 90 total

3 credit class = 45 of direct instruction, 90 hours of outside work = 135 total

(1 credit lab = 45 hours of lab work and instruction)

Bethel University’s Adult and Graduate programs define a credit hour as the equivalent of 42 hours of time spent on course related activities. These activities may include time in class, online interaction and time spent completing homework assignments. For each 7 week 3 credit hour course, a student could expect to spend up to 18 hours in course related activity per week.

As a practice internships are no less than 30 hours per credit hour.