Common use of Credit Hour Policy Clause in Contracts

Credit Hour Policy. 7.2.1. In curriculum planning and the setting of class schedules, each quarter hour of credit should require at least three hours per week of time, averaged over a ten-week quarter, for the "typical" Evergreen student. This shall pertain to all modes of study (individual contracts, research projects, fieldwork, laboratory, studio and classroom) and includes both direct instruction and homework study time. 7.2.2. An hour is defined using the traditional “Carnegie Unit” measurement of 50 minutes. 7.2.3. For Evergreen programs and courses, the standard expectation is that each quarter hour of credit will involve one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and two hours of out-of-class student work each week for ten weeks, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. 7.2.4. Evergreen’s interdisciplinary and coordinated curriculum includes some offerings with more or less direct faculty instruction than the standard, including, but not limited to: ▪ Programs and courses with laboratory and studio components that involve more direct faculty instruction; ▪ Programs and courses that have components of independent study (such as internships, research, community service, and study abroad) and that reduce the overall proportion of direct faculty instruction. Such offerings will indicate the proportion of the offering devoted to independent study in the program description, and that proportion will not exceed 50% of the offering; and ▪ Other modes of study that involve significantly more independent learning (e.g., Individual Learning Contracts, Internship Learning Contracts, Undergraduate Research offerings, Student Originated Studies).

Credit Hour Policy. 7.2.1. In curriculum planning and the setting of class schedules, each quarter hour of credit should require at least three hours per week of time, averaged over a ten-week quarter, for the "typical" Evergreen student. This shall pertain to all modes of study (individual contracts, research projects, fieldwork, laboratory, studio and classroom) and includes both direct instruction and homework study time. 7.2.2. An hour is defined using the traditional “Carnegie Unit” measurement of 50 minutes. 7.2.3. For Evergreen programs and courses, the standard expectation is that each quarter hour of credit will involve one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and two hours of out-of-class student work each week for ten weeks, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. 7.2.4. Evergreen’s interdisciplinary and coordinated curriculum includes some offerings with more or less direct faculty instruction than the standard, including, but not limited to: ▪  Programs and courses with laboratory and studio components that involve more direct faculty instruction; ▪  Programs and courses that have components of independent study (such as internships, research, community service, and study abroad) and that reduce the overall proportion of direct faculty instruction. Such offerings will indicate the proportion of the offering devoted to independent study in the program description, and that proportion will not exceed 50% of the offering; and ▪  Other modes of study that involve significantly more independent learning (e.g., Individual Learning Contracts, Internship Learning Contracts, Undergraduate Research offerings, Student Originated Studies).