semester hours
Academic credit units
Semester hours are units measuring academic credit in American higher education, representing roughly one hour of classroom instruction per week over a semester.
A typical full-time college course load is twelve to fifteen semester hours, and degree programs require accumulating a set total—often 120 for a bachelor's degree.
Also called credit hours or simply credits.
- course loadEnrolled classes collectively
- transfer creditsAcademic work recognized elsewhere
- course creditAcademic progress unit
- credit transferMoving value between accounts
- full-time statusComplete scheduled hours designation
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