Unit Load Calculator

Cochise College Board Policy 623 defines the faculty equated teaching load. Faculty workoad is determined by calculating hours spent in lecture and laboratory. Three hours of laboratoryequates to two hours of teaching load. One hour of lecture equates to one hour of teaching load.

Download the Unit Load Calculator or use the chart below to find common lecture/lab ratios based ontwo hours lab for each student credit:

Lecture Hours	Lab Hours	Student Units	Instructor's Equated Units	Independent Study Load
1.0	--	1.0	1.00	0.100
1.0	1.0	1.0	1.67	0.167
1.0	2.0	2.0	2.33	0.233
1.0	3.0	2.0	3.00	0.300
2.0	--	2.0	2.00	0.200
2.0	1.0	2.0	2.67	0.267
2.0	2.0	3.0	3.33	0.333
2.0	3.0	3.0	4.00	0.400
2.0	4.0	4.0	4.67	0.467
3.0	--	3.0	3.00	0.300
3.0	1.0	3.0	3.67	0.367
3.0	2.0	4.0	4.33	0.433
3.0	3.0	4.0	5.00	0.500
4.0	--	4.0	4.00	0.400
4.0	1.0	4.0	4.67	0.467
4.0	2.0	5.0	5.33	0.533
4.0	3.0	5.0	6.00	0.600
5.0	--	5.0	5.00	0.500
5.0	1.0	5.0	5.67	0.567
5.0	2.0	6.0	6.33	0.633
5.0	3.0	6.0	7.00	0.700