Point Assessment of Classes

Palm Beach State adopted the “point” system of faculty load assessment some years ago. In its most basic format, each class is assigned points based on the lecture/lab hours that the class meets per week:

Each Lecture hour per week earns 3 points
Each Lab hour per week earns 2.25 points

Examples:

A 3-credit hour ENC1101 course meets 3 lecture hours per week:
3 lecture hours X 3 points per lecture hour = 9 points
A 3 credit ART1201C courses meets 2 lecture hours per week and 2 lab hours per week:
(2 lecture hours X 3 points per lecture hour=6 points) + (2 lab hours X 2.25 points per lecture hour=4.5 points) = 10.5 points

There is not necessarily a direct relationship between the number of credits a class has and its assigned points. The course dictionary has all the needed values pre-determined for each course.

For non-credit classes, the value of each contact hour in points is derived from a formula based on the fact that 9 points is equal to 51 hours as a basis. So, each contact hour is worth 0.176471 points, using 9/51.

Example:

A CCP class meets for 67 contact hours.

Points = 67*(9/51) = 11.82 points

All noncredit classes loaded in the course dictionary have points calculated using this formula.