Unit of Credit

The unit of credit, one semester hour, is generally defined as one 50-minute lecture per credit per week for a 15-week semester, corresponding to 12.5 hours per credit of lecture. Two or three laboratory hours per week, depending on the amount of outside preparation required, usually carries the same credit as one lecture semester hour. Please note that graduate courses that are cross-listed with undergraduate courses will require a graduate student to complete additional work to fulfill graduate-level course requirements as indicated on the course syllabus. This measure is established by 34 CFR §600.2, and specifically defined in 34 CFR §668.8 (l) (i) for semester hour institutions. The UNLV Registrar’s office, as a participant in the University’s curriculum process, ensures that all courses offered meet this requirement as established in 34 CFR §600.24.