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CREDIT HOURS

Measurement of Kingsway

I.   A. 15 week semester
     B. Each class to be at least 50 minutes long.
     C. 1 1/2 - 2 hours of homework for every one hour in class.

II. 10 Week Trimester

A. Each class to be a minimum of 50 minutes in length.

B. 2 – 3 hours of study outside classroom.

III. Intensive weekend seminar format which includes required reading. (See standards below.)

IV. Independent study. (See standards below.)

NOTE: These options are offered at the discretion of the Academic Committee..

IV. Equivalent standards of The American Federation of Christian Colleges and Schools.

The following guidelines have been established after conferring with various institutions of higher education concerning a valid conversion of conventional class lecture hours into required reading for credit in a traditional or non- traditional program of education.

· Three (3) credit hours of study are equal to one (1) fifty (50) minute lecture, three (3) times a week for fifteen (15) weeks.

· Fifteen (15) pages of reading equals one (1) class lecture (at the undergraduate level). A three credit hour course would require six-hundred and seventy-five (675) pages of reading at the undergraduate level of study if the course is an independent study or completed by correspondence. This reading requirement must include a written project or a final exam.

· Twenty-five (25) pages of reading equals one (1) lecture at the graduate level of study. A three (3) credit hour course would require one-thousand and twenty-five (1,125) pages of reading. This reading requirement must include a written project or a final exam.

*   One (1) credit hour per five-thousand (5,000) words can be
     awarded for a thesis or dissertation.

*   Institutions may use a combination of the above methods in order 
     to achieve the minimum quantity standard for a quality education. 
     The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that a student receives 
     a certain quantity of education which will lead to a quality education

 

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