Contact Hour Calculator

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Academic Departments are responsible for ensuring each course section fulfills the minimum required contact hours per week. Always review the Course Catalog or Curriculum Office tools to verify the credit ratio entered is correct.

Contact hours are defined as the total number of hours per week a student spends attending class or other instructional activities that count toward completing a course. UVU schedules by contact hours -- not by credit hours or by lecture hours alone. Contact hours are calculated from the course credit ratio, where:

LEC hours + LAB hours = total Contact Hours per week

Formula

If your credit ratio is 3:2:2 (3 credits, 2 lecture hours, 2 lab hours):
	Add lecture hours + lab hours = Total Contact Hours	2	+	2	=	4	Total Contact Hours
	Multiply total contact hours x 750 minutes (minimum)	4	x	750	=	3,000	Total Minutes
	Divide total minutes by # weeks in semester	3,000	/	15	=	200	Minutes per Week
	Divide minutes per week by 60 minutes per hour	200	/	60	=	3.33	Hours per Week

If your credit ratio is 3:3:0 (3 credits, 3 lecture hours, 0 lab hours):
	Add lecture hours + lab hours = Total Contact Hours	3	+	0	=	3	Total Contact Hours
	Multiply total contact hours x 750 minutes (minimum)	3	x	750	=	2,250	Total Minutes
	Divide total minutes by # weeks in semester	2,250	/	15	=	150	Minutes per Week
	Divide minutes per week by 60 minutes per hour	150	/	60	=	2.50	Hours per Week

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