<York Calendars<Undergraduate Calendar 2001-2002<Faculty of Pure and Applied Science<Regulations Governing Undergraduate Degree Requirements

The Credit System

The Faculty of Pure and Applied Science operates under a credit system in which a prescribed number of credits, intended to reflect total workload, is associated with each course offered by the University. One lecture hour per week per term is defined as one academic credit as is one laboratory session per week per term. For York University courses (excepting some courses offered by the Faculty of Education), the number of credits in each course is indicated by the number which follows the four-digit course number. (Note: practicum credits are defined differently - see Kinesiology and Health Science in the "Courses of Instruction" section of this Calendar.)