Hours

Use this section of the page to enter or display hours information about the course specified in the Key block.

Fields/Buttons	Descriptions
CEU or Credit Low	Minimum number of credits for which the course can be offered. Credit hour values control the number of credit hours for which sections can be scheduled and for which students can register. This field is required if the course is a non-continuing education course. The system automatically calculates the continuing education units associated with the continuing education course if this field is left blank.
CEU or Credit Options	Relationship between low and high credit hours. None - sets the credit hours to none `Or` - sets the credit hours at two specific offerings, such as 3 or 4 credit hours `To` - sets the credit hours within a range, such as 2 to 6 credit hours This field is required if you want to enter a value in the CEU or Credit High field.
CEU or Credit High	Maximum number of credits for which the course can be offered. A value can be entered in this field only if a value has been entered in the CEU or Credit Options field. If entered, the value must be greater than the value in the CEU or Credit Low field.
Billing Low	Minimum number of hours for which the course can be billed based on defined registration fee assessment rules (SFARGFE). Billing credits must be specified for continuing education courses. If no billing hours are assigned to a course, a zero (`0`) must be entered.
Billing Options	Relationship between low and high billing hours. None - sets the credit hours to none `Or` - sets the credit hours at two specific offerings, such as 3 or 4 billing hours `To` - sets the credit hours within a range, such as 2 to 6 billing hours This field is required if you want to enter a value in the Billing High field.
Billing High	Maximum of hours for which the course can be billed. A value can be entered in this field only if a value has been entered in the Billing Options field. If entered, the value must be greater than the value in the Billing Low field.
Lecture Low	Minimum number of lecture hours for which the course can be offered. This field is used in the calculation of course contact hours (displayed in the Contact Low field) and faculty workloads.
Lecture Options	Relationship between low and high lecture hours. None - sets the credit hours to none `Or` - sets the credit hours at two specific offerings, such as 3 or 4 lecture hours `To` - sets the credit hours within a range, such as 2 to 6 lecture hours This field is required if you want to enter a value in the Lecture High field.
Lecture High	Maximum of lecture hours for which the course can be offered. A value can be entered in this field only if a value has been entered in the Lecture Options field. If entered, the value must be greater than the value in the Lecture Low field. This field is used in the calculation of course contact hours (displayed in the Contact High field) and faculty workloads.
Lab Low	Minimum number of lab hours for which the course can be offered. This field is used in the calculation of course contact hours (displayed in the Contact Low field) and faculty workloads.
Lab Options	Relationship between low and high lab hours. None - sets the credit hours to none `Or` - sets the credit hours at two specific offerings, such as 3 or 4 lab hours `To` - sets the credit hours within a range, such as 2 to 6 lab hours This field is required if you want to enter a value in the Lab High field.
Lab High	Maximum of lab hours for which the course can be offered. A value can be entered in this field only if a value has been entered in the Lab Options field. If entered, the value must be greater than the value in the Lab Low field. This field is used in the calculation of course contact hours (displayed in the Contact High field) and faculty workloads.
Other Low	Minimum number of other hours for which the course can be offered. (“Other” hours are defined by your institution.) This field is used in the calculation of course contact hours (displayed in the Contact Low field) and faculty workloads.
Other Options	Relationship between low and high other hours. None - sets the credit hours to none `Or` - sets the credit hours at two specific offerings, such as 3 or 4 hours `To` - sets the credit hours within a range, such as 2 to 6 hours This field is required if you want to enter a value in the Other High field.
Other High	Maximum of other hours for which the course can be offered. (“Other” hours are defined by your institution.) A value can be entered in this field only if a value has been entered in the Other Options field. If entered, the value must be greater than the value in the Other Low field. This field is used in the calculation of course contact hours (displayed in the Contact High field) and faculty workloads.
Contact Low	Minimum contact hours for the course. The value displayed in this field is automatically calculated by the system and is the sum of the Lecture Low, Lab Low, and Other Low fields. This value divided by ten (10) becomes the continuing education unit value for a continuing education course. This calculated value is stored in the CEU or Credit Low field for courses whose Continuing Education check box in this page is checked.
Contact Options	Relationship between low and high other hours. None - sets the credit hours to none `Or` - sets the credit hours at two specific offerings, such as 3 or 4 hours `To` - sets the credit hours within a range, such as 2 to 6 hours This field is required if you want to enter a value in the Other High field.
Contact High	Maximum of other hours for which the course can be offered. (“Other” hours are defined by your institution.) The value displayed in this field is automatically calculated by the system and is the sum of the Lecture High, Lab High, and Other High fields. A value can be entered in this field only if a value has been entered in the Contact Options field. If entered, the value must be greater than the value in the Other Low field.