N.J. Admin. Code § 5A:6-3.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 5A:6-3.6 - Full-time course requirements

(a) An institutional trade or technical course offered at a non-accredited school shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 30 hours per week of attendance is required. No more than two and one-half hours of rest periods per week and no more than three hours of supervised study per week shall be counted in satisfying the minimum weekly hours of attendance.

(b) An institutional course offered at a non-accredited school on a clock-hour basis in which theoretical or classroom instruction predominates shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 25 hours per week net of instruction (which may include customary intervals not to exceed 10 minutes between hours of instruction) is required and no more than three hours of supervised study per week is allowed.

(c) An institution trade or technical course offered at an accredited school on a clock-hour basis which leads to a standard trade or technical degree and involves shop practice as an integral part thereof shall be considered a full-time course provided a minimum of 22 hours per week of attendance is required with no more than two and one-half hours of rest periods per week and no more than three hours of supervised study per week is allowed.

(d) An institutional course offered at an accredited school on a clock-hour basis which leads to a standard trade or technical degree in which theoretical or classroom instruction predominates shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 18 hours per week of instruction (which may include customary intervals not to exceed 10 minutes between hours of instruction) is required and no more than two and one-half hours of supervised study is allowed.

(e) An academic high school course requiring 16 units for a full course shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of four units per year is required. A unit is defined to be not less than 120, 60-minute hours or their equivalent of study in a subject in one academic year.

(f) An institutional undergraduate or graduate course offered by a college or university on a quarter- or semester-hour basis shall be considered a full-time course when a minimum of 14 semester hours or the equivalent thereof, for which credit is granted toward a standard college degree (including those for which no credit is granted but which are required to be taken to correct an educational deficiency), is required. Where such college or university certifies that full-time tuition is charged to all undergraduate or graduate students carrying a minimum of less than 14 such semester hours or the equivalent thereof, or all undergraduate or graduate students carrying a minimum of less than 14 such semester hours or the equivalent thereof are considered to be pursuing a full-time course for other administrative purposes, then such an institutional undergraduate or graduate course offered by such college or university with such minimum number of such semester hours shall be considered a full-time course. In the event such minimum number of semester hours is less than 12 semester hours or the equivalent thereof, then 12 semester hours or the equivalent thereof shall be considered a full-time course.

N.J. Admin. Code § 5A:6-3.6

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 5A:6-3.5 by R.2010 d.252, effective 11/1/2010.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1648(a), 42 N.J.R. 2609(a).
Former N.J.A.C. 5A:6-3.6, Half-time course requirements, recodified to N.J.A.C. 5A:6-3.7.