Please remind me how many hours (the range) is needed for a 1/2 credit and a full credit?

[mlktwins]

I know I have it somewhere in one of the threads I'm following -- LOL.  And...the search function isn't generating the info for me easily -- also LOL.

Thanks so much!

[almondbutterandjelly]

120-180 for one credit.  60-90 for half credit.

[Lori D.]

For awarding high school credit, consider rigor and volume of material: is it rigorous enough and is there the amount of material/work to be roughly equivalent to a typical high school level course. Above that typical amount of rigor and volume would be Honors or AP or college level/dual enrollment. The amount of hours accrued will vary widely between students, so hours is for rough credit calculations, after first determining rigor and volume of material and work.

Hours per credit chart:

. . . . . . . . . . . .min.  .avg. . .max
1.00 credit = 120 . . 150 . .180  hours
0.75 credit =  90 . . 110 . . 135  hours
0.66 credit =  80 . . 100 . . 120  hours
0.50 credit =  60 . . . 75 . . . 90  hours
0.33 credit =  40 . . . 50 . . . 60  hours
0.25 credit =  30 . . . 35 . . . 45  hours

Minimum hours = the Carnegie credit defines the minimum amount of classroom contact for a credit (120 hours), with the understanding that additional hours are spent outside the classroom as homework, practice, projects, study, etc.

Maximum hours = typical public school requirement of 180 hours for 1 credit, coming from 36 weeks of a school year = 1 hour/day x 5 days per week. Since classes typically run 45-50 minutes per day, and because assemblies and other events reduce the total amount of class meetings, that allows for time beyond the class for doing homework, practice, projects, study, etc.

Average hours = the halfway point between the minimum Carnegie credit and the maximum public school requirement. Shooting for 135-165 hours for each credit makes for fairly consistent credits. What that looks like: roughly 5 hours/week x 30 weeks; OR, 1 hour/day x 4 days/week; OR 50 min./day x 5 days/week.

Special exceptions to the hours per credit chart:
- dual enrollment courses -- the college level rigor/volume will not necessarily match up hour-wise with high school level material
- standard high school textbook or program successfully completed in less than the minimum or more than the maximum

Edited January 18, 2021 by Lori D.

[mlktwins]

33 minutes ago, Lori D. said:

For awarding high school credit, consider rigor and volume of material: is it rigorous enough and is there the amount of material/work to be roughly equivalent to a typical high school level course. Above that typical amount of rigor and volume would be Honors or AP or college level/dual enrollment. The amount of hours accrued will vary widely between students, so hours is for rough credit calculations, after first determining rigor and volume of material and work.

Hours per credit chart:

. . . . . . . . . . . .min.  .avg. . .max
1.00 credit = 120 . . 150 . .180  hours
0.75 credit =  90 . . 110 . . 135  hours
0.66 credit =  80 . . 100 . . 120  hours
0.50 credit =  60 . . . 75 . . . 90  hours
0.33 credit =  40 . . . 50 . . . 60  hours
0.25 credit =  30 . . . 35 . . . 45  hours

Minimum hours = the Carnegie credit defines the minimum amount of classroom contact for a credit (120 hours), with the understanding that additional hours are spent outside the classroom as homework, practice, projects, study, etc.

Maximum hours = typical public school requirement of 180 hours for 1 credit, coming from 36 weeks of a school year = 1 hour/day x 5 days per week. Since classes typically run 45-50 minutes per day, and because assemblies and other events reduce the total amount of class meetings, that allows for time beyond the class for doing homework, practice, projects, study, etc.

Average hours = the halfway point between the minimum Carnegie credit and the maximum public school requirement. Shooting for 135-165 hours for each credit makes for fairly consistent credits. What that looks like: roughly 5 hours/week x 30 weeks; OR, 1 hour/day x 4 days/week; OR 50 min./day x 5 days/week.

Special exceptions to the hours per credit chart:
- dual enrollment courses -- the college level rigor/volume will not necessarily match up hour-wise with high school level material
- standard high school textbook or program successfully completed in less than the minimum or more than the maximum

Thank you for posting this for someone yet again 😁!  Very helpful and much appreciated!

I am only counting hours for courses we are coming up with on our own (photography, PE/health,etc.) and not for hours for most of their classes that I consider a full credit once completed or that are outsourced.

[cbollin]

adding my 2 cents even if it's similar to what was already said. 

The cover school I used fell in line with what other members on forum have said.  http://homelifeacademy.com/academics/high-school/high-school-credits/

so yeah, I did that carneige unit thing. and they had a standard for honors courses http://homelifeacademy.com/special-courses/

then, in my research I found that other places, such as NARHS which is regionally accredited, used a different standard where 80 hours was considered year credit and 40 was semester. blew my mind.  didn't change what I did.  But open my eyes that there are different ranges used by different sources.  (eta:  I don't agree with that standard. just saying how weird I thought it was that it was that big of a difference.)

 

Edited January 18, 2021 by cbollin

[Lori D.]

1 hour ago, cbollin said:

... in my research I found that other places, such as NARHS which is regionally accredited, used a different standard where 80 hours was considered year credit and 40 was semester. blew my mind...

😱

MORE than once, I have had parents ask me in all seriousness: "We completed ________ program that takes 25 hours to do. That's 1 credit, right?" 

They are always shocked when I show them the chart that 25 hours doesn't even complete the minimum hours for 0.25 credit. I try and give them perspective: if it takes the typical high school student 4-5 hours/week for 36 weeks to complete the amount of work that covers XYZ amount of topics in for 1.0 credit -- then doing the equivalent of a 3-day seminar (24 hours) probably cannot cover the same amount of work and at the same depth. So no, not 1.0 credit of work.

All I can guess is that they are thinking that "completed program = 1 credit", regardless of how much/little time it took to do the program, and were not at all thinking about how much rigor & volume of a credit is in that program...

Edited January 18, 2021 by Lori D.