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Calculating EAHEA Credits for a Short Course: A Worked Example
A worked example of calculating MUC credits for a short course: count workload by component, apply the 0.75 factor, divide and round once.
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GUIDES
Credit Systems Guides
Guides to the EAHEA Credit Systems: calculating credits, workload, level names, transcripts, providers and verification.
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Calculating Credits for a Professional Certificate Program
How a professional certificate program above 150 hours is credited in PAC: total the workload, divide by the ratio and round once. Includes a worked example.
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How a Master’s Program States Its Workload in ILC
How a master’s level program states workload in Institutional Learning Credits (ILC): 25 to 30 hours per credit, level minimums and an example.
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How a Doctoral Program States Its Workload in EUC
How doctoral programs state workload in Executive Units of Competency (EUC): 30 to 35 hours per credit, level minimums and a worked example.
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The Guided Self-Study Factor: Why 0.75 Is the Standard
How guided self-study counts in EAHEA credits: a factor of 0.5 to 1.0 with 0.75 as the default. See what qualifies and how to apply it consistently.
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The Official Rounding Protocol: Round Credits Once, Not per Module
EAHEA credits are rounded once, on the total, to the nearest whole credit with halves up. Examples show why per-module rounding gives wrong totals.
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