The Kansas Board of Regents has defined the term “credit hour” for lecture, lab, and other types of instruction as follows:

• LECTURE class -  Each institution shall record one semester hour of credit for any student attending a lecture class, if the student has made satisfactory progress in the class and that class consists of at least 750 minutes of class instruction, plus time allocated for a final exam.
• LAB class -  Each institution shall record one semester hour of credit for any student attending a lab class, if the student has made satisfactory progress in the class and that class consists of at least 1125 minutes of class instruction, plus time allocated for a final exam.
• OJT, CLINICAL, INTERNSHIP experience -  Each institution shall record one semester hour of credit for any student attending on-the-job training, clinical, or internship experiences, if the student has made satisfactory progress in the class and that class consists of at least 2700 minutes of class instruction, plus time allocated for a final exam.
• DISTANCE LEARNING – The number of semester hours of credit recorded for each distance education course shall be assigned by the institution that provided the course, based on the amount of time needed to achieve the course competencies in a face-to-face format.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 72-7514, 74-32,140, and K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 74-32,141; implementing K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 71-601, K.S.A. 71-801, 74-32,140, and K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 74-32,141; effective Oct. 29, 2004; amended April 10, 2015)