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Standard Four: Curriculum and Academic Practices

4.7 The program measures didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses in clock
hours and/or credit hours through the use of a consistent formula.

Explanation:
Defining the length of didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses facilitates the transfer of credit and the
awarding of financial aid. The formula for calculating assigned clock/credit hours must be consistently
applied for all didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses, respectively.

Required Program Response:
• Describe the method used to award credit hours for didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses.

• Provide a copy of the program’s policies and procedures for determining credit hours and an
example of how such policies and procedures have been applied to the program’s coursework.

• Provide a list of all didactic, laboratory, and clinical courses with corresponding clock or credit
hours.

Possible Site Visitor Evaluation Methods:
• Review of published program materials
• Review of class schedules

• Interviews with institutional administration
• Interviews with faculty
• Interviews with students