Credit Hour Policy

Lecture

Fifteen hours of lecture instruction equals one credit hour. is a minimum of thirty hours of out-of-class work. The expected student workload associated with one credit hour

Science Lab

Approximately thirty-seven and a half hours of lab instruction equals one credit hour. The expected student workload associated with one credit hour is a minimum of thirty hours of out-of-class work.

Bachelor-Level Clinical/Preceptorship

Approximately forty-five hours of clinical precepted experience equals one credit hour. Associate degree Clinical Health Science Clinical Lab or Clinical Preceptorship

• Phlebotomy
  • Clinical Lab: Approximately 15 hours of clinical lab instruction equals one credit hour
  • Clinical Preceptorship: Approximately 60 hours of clinical preceptorship equals one credit hour
• Medical Assisting
  • Clinical Lab: Approximately 15 hours of clinical lab instruction equals one credit hour
  • Clinical Preceptorship: Approximately 60 hours of clinical preceptorship equals one credit hour
• Mental Health Rehabilitation Technician/Community
  • Clinical Preceptorship: Approximately 60 hours of clinical preceptorship equals one credit hour
• Certified Registered Central Services Technician
  • Clinical Preceptorship: Approximately 100 hours of clinical preceptorship equals one credit hour

Diagnostic Medical Sonography Lab

Approximately sixty hours of lab instruction equals one credit.

Medical Imaging Clinical or Clinical Practicum

Approximately sixty hours of clinical or clinical practicum equals one credit.

Associate degree Nursing and Practical Nursing Clinical

Approximately thirty hours of clinical instruction equals one credit hour.

Associate degree Nursing and Practical Nursing Clinical Preceptorship

Approximately forty hours of clinical preceptorship equals one credit hour.

Distance/Online Learning

The same formulas above are used for distance/online courses. course delivery modalities.

Approved:______________________________________________________________________
Monika Bissell, DBA
President