Credit Unit
Broad descriptions of units used to measure credit associated with a resource.
Academic Year
Credit that is issued or accepted as being related to one or more academic years.
Carnegie Unit
Credit that is based on 120 hours of contact time or class time with an instructor.
Certificate Credit
Credit that is issued or accepted for certificates.
Includes credits earned while enrolled in a certificate program.
Clock Hour
Credit that is issued or accepted as being related to one or more temporal hours.
Competency Credit
Credit that is issued or accepted for a particular competency or set of competencies.
Contact Hour
Credit that is issued or accepted as being related to one or more temporal hours of instruction presented to students.
Continuing Education Unit
Credit that is issued or is accepted as education units for meeting professional development requirements.
Based on international standards, continuing education units are based on contact hours that may be converted to other units of measurement, such as professional development hours (PDH), continuing education credits (CEU), and continuing professional credits (CPC).
Degree Credit
Credit that is issued or is accepted as credit for earning a college-level degree.
Includes credits earned while enrolled in a postsecondary program for a college-level degree.
Dual Credit
Credit that is applicable to two different educational levels.
Quarter Hour
Credit that is issued or accepted at an academic quarter level.
Requirement Credit
Credit that is issued or accepted for some type of requirement.
Secondary Diploma Credit
Credit that is issued or accepted for a secondary diploma.
Includes credits earned while enrolled in a secondary diploma program that meet graduation requirements.
Semester Hour
Credit that is issued or accepted at a semester level.
Time-Based Credit
Credit with a unit of measurement based on time, either figuratively or literally.
Type-Based Credit
Credit with a unit of measurement based on the type of credit.