Unit of Credit
The unit of credit at Baptist College of Health Sciences is the semester hour. A semester hour is defined as the credit earned for the successful completion of achievement of learning outcomes tthat is equivalent to 50 minutes of faculty-led classroom instruction for 15 weeks. One semester hour of credit is earned for various types of learning activitiers, according to the following table:
Learn Activity |
Clock Hours per Trimester |
Lecture |
12.5 |
Laboratory |
25 |
Allied Health Lab |
37.5 |
Nursing Lab/Clinicals |
45 |
Respiratory Care Clinicals |
50 |
Other Allied Health Clinicals |
75 |
Health Care Management Internship Elective |
40 |
Each lecture hour presupposes a minimum of two hours preparation on the part of the student.