Carnegie Units


Carnegie units or Carnegie hours are the number of hours per unit in which a course is taught. They are always calculated on an 18-week semester format, regardless of the length of course term. Use the chart below to determine the lecture/laboratory break-down that you need. The hours are shown "per week" assuming the 18-week format (the numbers written on the Course Outline); to find the number of hours you would be teaching on a non-18-week format, divide the "Total Hours Per Semester" by the number of weeks you will teach (e.g., your 4-unit, 2 hour lecture, 6 hour lab course will be 144 hours. Divide this by 16 for a 16-week format, and you will have 9 hours per week. 6-week format? Divide by 6 and you get 24 hours a week.)

Basic formula: 1 unit equals 1 hour of lecture, or 2 hours lab with homework, or 3 hours lab without homework.

 

HOURS

Units

Lecture

Lab w/homework

Lab w/out homework

Total In-Class Time

Total Hours Per Semester

Homework time required

.5

0

1

0

1

18

.5

.5

0

0

1.5

1.5

27

0

.5

.5

0

0

.5

9

1

1

0

2

0

2

36

1

1

0

0

3

3

54

0

1

.5

1

0

1.5

27

1.5

1

.5

0

1.5

2

36

1

1

1

0

0

1

18

2

2

0

4

0

4

72

2

2

0

0

6

6

108

0

2

.5

3

0

3.5

63

2.5

2

.5

0

4.5

5

90

1

2

1

2

0

3

54

3

2

1

0

3

4

72

2

2

1.5

1

0

2.5

45

3.5

2

1.5

0

1.5

3

54

3

2

2

0

0

2

36

4

3

0

6

0

6

108

3

3

0

0

9

9

162

0

3

.5

5

0

5.5

99

3.5

3

.5

0

7.5

8

144

1

3

1

4

0

5

90

4

3

1

0

6

7

126

2

3

1.5

3

0

4.5

81

4.5

3

1.5

0

4.5

6

108

3

3

1.5

3

0

4.5

81

4.5

3

1.5

0

4.5

6

108

3

3

2

2

0

4

72

5

3

2

0

3

5

90

4

3

2.5

1

0

3.5

63

5.5

3

2.5

0

1.5

4

72

5

3

3

0

0

3

54

6

4

0

8

0

8

144

4

4

0

0

12

12

216

0

4

.5

7

0

7.5

135

4.5

4

.5

0

10.5

11

198

1

4

1

6

0

7

126

5

4

1

0

9

10

180

2

4

1.5

5

0

6.5

117

5.5

4

1.5

0

7.5

9

162

3

4

2

4

0

6

108

6

4

2

0

6

8

144

4

4

2.5

3

0

5.5

99

6.5

4

2.5

0

4.5

7

126

5

4

3

2

0

5

90

7

4

3

0

3

6

108

6

4

3.5

1

0

4.5

81

7.5

4

3.5

0

1.5

5

90

7

4

4

0

0

4

72

8

5

0

10

0

10

180

5

5

0

0

15

15

270

0

5

.5

9

0

9.5

171

5.5

5

.5

0

13.5

14

252

1

5

1

8

0

9

162

6

5

1

0

12

13

234

2

5

1.5

7

0

8.5

153

6.5

5

1.5

0

10.5

12

216

3

5

2

6

0

8

144

7

5

2

0

9

11

198

4

5

2.5

5

0

7.5

135

7.5

5

2.5

0

7.5

10

180

5

5

3

4

0

7

126

8

5

3

0

6

9

162

6

5

3.5

3

0

6.5

117

8.5

5

3.5

0

4.5

8

144

7

5

4

2

0

6

108

9

5

4

0

3

7

126

8

5

4.5

1

0

5.5

99

9.5

5

4.5

0

1.5

6

108

9

5

5

0

0

5

90

10

If your course has more than 5 units, simply find the rows that add up to the unit/lecture/lab combination that you want. For example, a 7 unit course with lecture and lab without homework could be:

5

3.5

3

0

6.5

117

8.5