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Assignment of Credit to Courses Procedures
Procedures Number: 413
Procedures Effective Date: June 11, 2019
Approval Body: Education Council
Sponsor: VP Academic
Procedures
- The department leader and dean will propose a credit value on the Course Outline when a new or revised course goes through the curriculum approval process. The Registrar's Office must be consulted in advance for both new and changed credit values.
- A one (1) credit course will typically be around 45 hours of total learning time.
- Courses will not be assigned less than one (1.0) credit; i.e. no 0.5 credit courses. Courses may be assigned full or half credits above 1.0 (e.g. 1.5, 2.0, 2.5).
- In calculating credits, the following minimum ratios of class hours to credit will typically be used. The assignment of class hours per credit below these amounts will require the presentation of a written rationale to Education Council, and the subsequent approval of Education Council.
- Lecture, Seminar, Online - 15:1
- Instructor-led Lab, Clinical, Shop, Kitchen, Studio, Simulation, Tutorial,
Rehearsal – 25:1 - Practicum, Preceptorship – 30:1
- Self-paced, Directed Studies, Independent Studies – 30:1
- Some changes in the indicated hours for each instructional method in a course outline may be made by an instructor to best fit the needs of a learner group. The maximum amount of time that an instructor may change without changing the course outline is 10% of the total course hours.
See related policy 413