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Units of Credit

The semester hour is the unit of credit representing one hour of class work per week for one semester or its equivalent in other forms of instruction. Two or sometimes three hours of laboratory work are considered as equivalent to one hour of class work. Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits are awarded for completion of Continuing Education courses and are subject to the same grading system as academic credit courses. Continuing Education course grades do not average with regular credit courses in computing grade point averages. Georgia Piedmont Technical College maintains a permanent record for each participant indicating the course(s), grade(s), and CEU credit(s) earned.