SUBJECT: FYI – Credit Hour Compliance Check Process

Greetings:

I hope everyone is doing well. 

I want to share information about a new process that UM-Dearborn is adopting to ensure our campus remains in compliance with federal regulations and expectations around the awarding of academic credit. In particular, as an accredited institution we must maintain a credit hour definition for all courses, regardless of modality, and ensure that we are adhering to our policies (for background on UM-Dearborn’s compliance processes and this new process, please visit this Registrar’s Office webpage). 

The process will involve my office reaching out in the next few weeks to a random set of faculty from each college who are teaching a hybrid and/or online course to confirm that the student work expectation aligns with the assigned credit hour(s) for a particular course the faculty member is teaching.  

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

Thanks,
Mitch
 

Mitchel A. Sollenberger, Ph.D.

Associate Provost and Professor of Political Science

University of Michigan-Dearborn

313-593-5030