Credits

Following the guidelines of the United States Department of Education and using the Carnegie unit of measure for assigning credit to its undergraduate and graduate courses, Hood defines a credit hour as representing a total of 750 minutes of class meeting time per semester (PE and lab classes meet longer).  Per Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR), a class must meet for the required time based on the number of credits the course is and how many times it meets during a semester.  For example, a 3-credit standard (non-lab, non-PE) course would need to meet for a total of 2,250 minutes during the semester.