Credit load

• A full-time student is one who is registered for at least 12 credits.
• Students planning to take 19 or more credits in a semester must obtain the written permission of the appropriate academic division deans in their declared programs of study.
• CCBC encourages students who are employed part time to take reduced credit load so they can successfully pursue both school and employment.
• Those who are employed on a full-time basis are encouraged to take no more than two courses in a regular semester.

Credits and class meetings
Normally, a one-credit unit is granted for courses that meet the equivalent of one 50-minute period per week over a 15-week semester. A three-credit course will normally meet the equivalent of three 50-minute periods each week for a 15-week semester. Classes generally meet one, two or three times a week.

During the winter and summer sessions, courses meet additional times each week so that the total class time is the same as in a regular semester. Three to five periods of laboratory or field experience are equivalent to one lecture period.