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• Third Year/Juniors 69 -107 credit hours • Second Year/Sophomores 30 - 59 credit hours
• Final Year/Seniors 108+ credit hours • Third Year/Juniors 60 - 89 credit hours
B.Sc. in Software Engineering • Final Year/Seniors 90+ credit hours
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours All transfer students will be classified on the same basis
according to the number of credit hours they have earned.
• Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 66 credit hours
• Third Year/Juniors 67 - 104 credit hours Credit Hours
• Final Year/Seniors 105+ credit hours Courses are calculated in credit hours. Each course carries
a certain number of credit hours that are awarded after the
College of Health Sciences (CoHS) successful completion of that course.
B.Sc. in Public Health Students admitted to a Bachelors Degree must complete
the required number of credit hours of courses taught
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 31 credit hours according to a program approved by the College Council.
• Second Year/Sophomores 32 - 62 credit hours Students must successfully pass any remedial or other
• Third Year/Juniors 63 - 93 credit hours courses during the first academic year. These pre-degree
courses, including the ELI Levels, are not counted towards
• Final Year/Seniors 94+ credit hours the GPA, although they appear on student’s transcripts.
B.Sc. in Environmental Health and Safety One semester credit hour of lecture/tutorial is defined
as 70 minutes per week for 13 weeks. One credit hour
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 31 credit hours of laboratory is defined as 140 minutes per week for
• Second Year/Sophomores 32 - 65 credit hours 13 weeks. Customarily, weekly quizzes and mid-term
examinations are included in the 13 week semester, with
• Third Year/Juniors 66 - 98 credit hours final examinations occurring in a special 14 week set
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• Final Year/Seniors 99+ credit hours aside just for these exams.
Some courses may be offered in a time-shortened period,
B.Sc. in Biomedical Sciences - Laboratory Medicine often called a term, such as a summer term or Winter term,
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours which nonetheless offers class contact time and out-of-
class assignments equivalent to a semester course.
• Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 71 credit hours
• Third Year/Juniors 72 - 110 credit hours Student Record Confidentiality
• Final Year/Seniors 111+ credit hours The Student record is defined as any paper-base or online
B.Sc. in Molecular and Medical Genetics documentation that contains information directly related
to the student, such as academic evaluations, transcripts,
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours test scores and other academic records, counseling and
advising records, disciplinary records, and financial aid
• Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 68 credit hours
records. Academic and non-academic student information
• Third Year/Juniors 69 - 100 credit hours is confidential and is protected against release to anyone
except the student, the guardian, the sponsor and/or
• Final Year/Seniors 101+ credit hours otherwise specified by the Student Release of Information
B.Sc. in Human Nutrition and Dietetics Form.
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 32 credit hours Student Assessment and Late
• Second Year/Sophomores 33 - 66 credit hours Coursework Guidelines
• Third Year/Juniors 67 - 100 credit hours
ADU believes that quality assessment should both
• Final Year/Seniors 101+ credit hours document student success (assessment of learning) and
help students improve and learn better through provision
College of Law (COL)
of timely feedback on their performance (assessment for
• First Year/Freshmen 00 - 29 credit hours learning) and how to improve it. Moreover, faculty should
develop assessment methods and tasks that serve both

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