Carnegie units or Carnegie hours are the number of hours per unit in which a course is taught. They are always calculated on an 18-week semester format, even if the course is taught in 16-, 9-, 6-, or 3-week format. Use the chart below to determine the lecture/laboratory break-down that you need. The hours are shown "per week" assuming the 18-week format (the numbers written on the course outline); to find the number of hours you would be teaching on a non-18-week format, divide the "Total Hours Per Semester" by the number of weeks you will teach (e.g., your 4-unit, 2 hour lecture, 6 hour lab course will be 144 hours. Divide this by 16 for a 16-week format, and you will have 9 hours per week. 6-week format? Divide by 6 -- 24 hours a week.)
Basic formula: 1 unit equals 1 hour of lecture, or 2 hours lab with homework, or 3 hours lab without homework.
| HOURS | ||||||
|
Units |
Lecture |
Lab w/homework |
Lab w/out homework |
Total In-Class Time | Total Hours Per Semester | Homework time required |
|
.5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 | 18 | .5 |
|
.5 |
0 |
0 |
1.5 |
1.5 | 27 | 0 |
|
.5 |
.5 |
0 |
0 |
.5 | 9 | 1 |
|
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 | 36 | 1 |
|
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 | 54 | 0 |
|
1 |
.5 |
1 |
0 |
1.5 | 27 | 1.5 |
|
1 |
.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
2 | 36 | 1 |
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 | 18 | 2 |
|
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 | 72 | 2 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 | 108 | 0 |
|
2 |
.5 |
3 |
0 |
3.5 | 63 | 2.5 |
|
2 |
.5 |
0 |
4.5 |
5 | 90 | 1 |
|
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 | 54 | 3 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
4 | 72 | 2 |
|
2 |
1.5 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 | 45 | 3.5 |
|
2 |
1.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
3 | 54 | 3 |
|
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 | 36 | 4 |
|
3 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 | 108 | 3 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
9 | 162 | 0 |
|
3 |
.5 |
5 |
0 |
5.5 | 99 | 3.5 |
| 3 | .5 | 0 | 7.5 | 8 | 144 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 126 | 2 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | 4.5 | 81 | 4.5 |
| 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 6 | 108 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 90 | 4 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 3.5 | 63 | 5.5 |
| 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 4 | 72 | 5 |
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 | 54 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 144 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 216 | 0 |
| 4 | .5 | 7 | 0 | 7.5 | 135 | 4.5 |
| 4 | .5 | 0 | 10.5 | 11 | 198 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 126 | 5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 180 | 2 |
| 4 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 | 6.5 | 117 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 9 | 162 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 108 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 144 | 4 |
| 4 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | 5.5 | 99 | 6.5 |
| 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 4.5 | 7 | 126 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 90 | 7 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 108 | 6 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 4.5 | 81 | 7.5 |
| 4 | 3.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 5 | 90 | 7 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||