{"id":25406,"date":"2022-06-20T12:56:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T16:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/?page_id=25406"},"modified":"2022-06-24T11:27:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:27:49","slug":"04-02-120-student-course-load","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wpcc.edu\/policy-manual\/04-02-120-student-course-load\/","title":{"rendered":"04.02.120 Student Course Load"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Policy&#8221; subhead=&#8221;04.02.120 Student Course Load&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;right&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;none&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.4&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;44&#8243; subhead_font_size=&#8221;24px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#346fab&#8221; custom_css_header_container=&#8221;margin-bottom: -140px !important;||margin-right: 20px !important;&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,2_3&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_sidebar area=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Sidebar&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.4&#8243; remove_border=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on|on|on&#8221; disabled=&#8221;on&#8221;] [\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]\n<p><strong>Credit and Contact Hours<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The College records credit for academic work in semester hours (SHC). One SHC is awarded for one contact hour of classroom work, two or three contact hours of laboratory, three contact hours of clinical\/shop or ten hours of work experience per week for a term of sixteen weeks or the equivalent. A contact hour is the actual class time that a student attends class, laboratory, clinical, or shop per week. This information is given for each course in the Course Descriptions section of the General Catalog.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule Overloads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The minimum number of hours required to qualify as a full-time curriculum student is twelve (12) semester hours. No student may take more than twenty-one (21) semester credit hours without permission of the Vice President for Academic Affairs &amp; Workforce Development. 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