Using This Calendar

Credit Weight

The credit weight is the relative value assigned to the course. A full-credit course carries twice the weight of a half-credit course and normally consists of three contact hours per week over an eight-month period (September - April). A half-credit course carries twice the weight of a quarter-credit course and is normally conducted over a four-month period. A credit denotes a full-credit course with 1.0 indicated in the course description. A half-credit course is indicated with the 0.5 weight in the course description, and a quarter-credit course as 0.25 in the description. In the program descriptions, the following symbols are used following the course number:

Credit Weight	Symbol
One and a half credits (1.5)	‡
Full-credit (1.0)	*
Quarter-credit (0.25)	º

(Half-credit courses do not have a symbol appended.)

In the Fall and Winter terms, a full-credit course is usually taught over two terms, a half-credit course over one term, and a quarter-credit course over six weeks. However, courses may be taught over other periods of time than those just listed. Half-credit courses are indicated simply by the course number consisting of the discipline code and a three-digit number.
This system of notation represents a change, occasioned by the prevalence of half-credit courses, from that used in all calendars prior to the 1993-1994 version, in which the symbol * was used to identify half-credit courses.

Using This Calendar Course Description Definitions

Official electronic version updated on February 4, 2002