A credit is a unit of academic value assigned to college courses. The number of credits is usually based on the number of hours the course meets each week, and is generally a measure to determine the amount of work required for the class. It is suggested that for every hour you spend in class, you should spend 2 hours outside of class preparing and reviewing.

          Equated Credits or Billable Credits are the number of contact hours (time spent in class) in remedial, compensatory, and developmental courses, regardless of credits given for these courses. The number of equated credits will exceed the number of credits counted toward the degree in compensatory, remedial, and developmental courses. Full-time status is determined by the number of equated or billable credits a student is registered for. A full-time undergraduate degree student is one enrolled for 12 or more credits or equated/billable credits.