Academic Credit Hour Policy

For the purposes of this policy and in accordance with federal regulations and guidelines, along with MSCHE and NYSED guidelines, a credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates:

1. At least 50 minutes of classroom instruction and at least two hours of out of classroom student work each week for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit (a minimum of 750 minutes of contact per credit)

or

2. At least an equivalent amount of required work as outlined in item 1 above for other student academic activities as established by the institution including laboratory work, internships, studio work, or other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

The New School adopts the federal definitions of credit hour as outlined above, regardless of the mode of delivery including, but not limited to, lecture, seminar, laboratory, studio, hybrid, and online.