The formula to calculate the Semester Hours (SH) is:
\[ \text{SH} = \text{CH} \times \left( \frac{\text{W}}{15} \right) \]
Where:
Credit hours and semester hours are units used to measure educational credit, typically based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term. Credit hours are often used to quantify the amount of coursework a student has completed, while semester hours are used to standardize this measurement across different academic terms. For example, a course that meets for three hours per week over a 15-week semester would typically be worth three credit hours or three semester hours.
Let's consider an example:
Using the formula to calculate the Semester Hours:
\[ \text{SH} = 3 \times \left( \frac{15}{15} \right) = 3 \, \text{Semester Hours} \]
This demonstrates that with 3 credit hours and a 15-week term, the semester hours would be 3.