Courses

Course and Credit Information
The Institute offers college-level courses during the January, May, and Summer Sessions. Courses are listed with both semester credit hours and contact hours. The official measure of workload used by the Institute is contact hours. The semester credit hours given with each course listing are advisory to the home institution. Actual semester credit hours granted for a given course are determined by policy set by the home institution through whom a student enrolls in the Institute. Thus the advisory semester credit hours listed are not necessarily those granted by the home college. For example, Trinity Christian College grants 4 credit hours for a single course in either of the two summer sessions but grants a total of 6 credit hours for a summer session in which a student takes two courses simultaneously. Contact hours indicate the number of actual hours spent in class per course including field trips, laboratories, and lectures.

The course numbering system is as follows: Courses numbered 100-299 are undergraduate courses not open to graduate students for credit; courses numbered 300-699 are undergraduate and graduate courses; those numbered 700-999 are graduate courses (at this time there are no courses given at this level). The course listing also indicates whether the course qualifies as a field, interdisciplinary, or applied course. These designations are to be used in selecting courses which meet the requirements of Institute Certificates, described previously in this Bulletin.

Cross-cultural Credit
International courses offered by Au Sable may qualify for cross-cultural credit with some colleges. Interested students should contact the Au Sable Representative on their campus for more information.

Arrival and Departure Dates
Students are expected to arrive sometime on the day before the posted beginning date of the session. Classes will be conducted through the posted ending date. Note that International Program dates differ slightly from other current sessions in the U.S. Check with the Admissions Office for correct dates.