Definition of a Credit Hour

Tennessee Technological University is organized on a semester basis. When the term “hour” or “credit” is used, it refers to a semester hour credit. One semester hour of credit requires one hour (50 minutes) of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours out-of-class student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks. 

Two or more hours of laboratory or studio work are required per hour of credit. An equivalent amount of work is required for practica and other academic activities that award credit. Summer, intersession or other alternate course formats require the equivalent amount of work per credit hour. Laboratory hours per credit are determined by the department or college. Semester credit hours earned in courses such as internships, research, theses, dissertations, study abroad, etc. are based on outcome expectations established by the academic program.

 Classification

(Year Level)

 
Courses are numbered according to the following pattern:

Course Numbers

In the Catalog listings, courses offered at the senior level that may be taken at the graduate level show the graduate course number in parentheses beside the senior number.