Author: SCI Members Mailing List
Subject: Course Load Credit
Hi Amy;
Without more information, this doesn’t seem to make sense. For most institutions credit hours are developed from a model which recognizes contact hours for instruction (classroom, lab etc), combined with the expected time a student will spend doing work outside of class (most often calculated at 2-3 hours per credit hour per week) meaning that a 3 credit music theory course would expect as much as 9 hours of work outside of class plus the three classroom hours. This is all based on the amount of hours for instruction, not the number of students. [...]
Subject: Course Load Credit
Hi Amy;
Without more information, this doesn’t seem to make sense. For most institutions credit hours are developed from a model which recognizes contact hours for instruction (classroom, lab etc), combined with the expected time a student will spend doing work outside of class (most often calculated at 2-3 hours per credit hour per week) meaning that a 3 credit music theory course would expect as much as 9 hours of work outside of class plus the three classroom hours. This is all based on the amount of hours for instruction, not the number of students. [...]