Course Credit and Equivalent
Berea College is on the course credit system. In general, 32 credits are required to earn a degree. One Berea course credit equals 4 semester hours or 6 quarter hours. A transfer course must be equal to a minimum of 3 semester hours or 4.5 quarter hours to receive equivalent credit for a Berea course or to meet a General Education requirement (except for Lifetime Health and Fitness courses).
Below is a credit conversion chart to help determine transfer credit equivalencies:
| Quarter Hours: |
Semester Hours: |
| 6 quarter hours = 1 credit |
4 semester hours = 1 credit |
| 5 quarter hours = .83 credit |
3 semester hours = .75 credit |
| 4 quarter hours = .6 credit |
2 semester hours = .5 credit |
| 3 quarter hours = .5. credit |
1 semester hour = .25 credit |
| 2 quarter hours = .3 credit |
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| 1 quarter hour = .16 credit |
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Also see “Transfer Credit” in the Admissions section of this publication.