Credit

UNVA awards credit based on a semester system. A class hour equals 50 minutes of instruction. Each three-credit class has 45 hours. A bachelor’s degree requires a minimum of 120 credit hours and a master’s degree require a minimum of 42 semester hours to graduate. After the freshman year, any undergraduate student in good standing may take up to a total of 18 credit hours in undergraduate courses on the S/U basis. Courses may not be taken in this manner without consent of the student’s major department and the department in which the course is taken. Approval for the S/U grade basis must be obtained at registration. Decisions made at that time for either letter grade or S/U grade evaluation may not be subsequently changed. Students who receive a grade of S will receive credit for the course. Students who receive a grade of U will not receive credit for the course.