/Institutions/Hamilton-College/json/2020-21/College-Catalogue-local.json

/Institutions/Hamilton-College/json/2020-21/College-Catalogue.json

Course Units

The number of full-credit courses (or the equivalent) required for graduation is 32. They must be completed with passing grades; a grade of C- or higher must be achieved in at least one-half of the courses taken at Hamilton. No more than 15 course credits in a single department earned after entering the College, including transferred credits, may be counted toward the courses required for graduation.

Each unit of credit is equivalent to four semester hours. Each Hamilton course is equivalent to four credit (or semester) hours, unless otherwise noted in the course description. Each course expects at least three hours of study for each class hour or a total of 12 hours per week. Students will normally elect four full-credit courses each semester to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 32 credits. A semester is made up of 15 weeks of classes and exams and the College calendar is made up of 2 semesters.