Credit Hour Policy
American Sentinel defines one credit hour as 15 actual hours of student engagement in the online classroom and an additional 15-45 hours of student course engagement through readings, homework and out-of-class work. For each three-credit-hour course, students are expected to participate in in-class (online) student engagement for at least 45 hours and complete 45-120 hours of work outside the classroom. Out-of-classroom time may be different for associate degree courses, upper-division bachelor’s courses and master’s courses.
