---
kind: "section"
citation: "38 C.F.R. § 21.7672"
title: "38"
number: "21.7672"
heading: "Measurement of courses not leading to a standard college degree."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/38/21.7672"
---

# §21.7672. Measurement of courses not leading to a standard college degree.

- (a) **Overview.**
  - (1) Courses not leading to a standard college degree may be measured on either a clock-hour basis, or a credit-hour basis or a combination of both. Factors which the Department of Veterans Affairs must include in determining the proper basis for measurement include whether the courses are accredited; whether the course could be credited toward a standard college degree; and whether the course is offered on a standard quarter or semester-hour basis.
  - (2) In determining which is the correct basis for measuring a reservist's enrollment, VA will first examine whether credit-hour measurement is appropriate, as provided in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
  - (3) If it is not appropriate to measure a reservist's enrollment on a credit-hour basis, VA will measure the enrollment on a clock-hour basis as described in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (b) **Credit-hour measurement—standard method.**
  - (1) When all the conditions of [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section are met, the Department of Veterans Affairs will—
    - (i) Measure the reservist's enrollment in the same manner as collegiate undergraduate courses are measured in § [21.7670 (a)](/cfr/38/21.7670.md?p=a), [(b)](/cfr/38/21.7670.md?p=b), and [(c)](/cfr/38/21.7670.md?p=c).
    - (ii) Apply the provisions of [§ 21.4272(g)](/cfr/38/21.4272.md?p=g) if one or more of the reservist's courses are offered during a nonstandard term.
  - (2) For new enrollments beginning on or after July 1, 1993, when a course is offered by an institution of higher learning in residence on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis, VA will measure a reservist's enrollment in a course not leading to a standard college degree on the same credit-hour basis as courses leading to a standard undergraduate degree, as provided in [§ 21.7670](/cfr/38/21.7670.md).
  - (3) For new enrollments beginning on or after July 1, 1993, when a course is offered in residence on a standard quarter- or semester-hour basis by an educational institution which is not an institution of higher learning, VA also will measure on a credit-hour basis as provided in [§ 21.7670](/cfr/38/21.7670.md) a reservist's enrollment in a course not leading to a standard college degree, provided that the educational institution requires at least the same number of clock-hours of attendance as required in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section. If the educational institution does not require at least the same number of clock-hours of attendance as required in [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section, VA will not apply the provisions of [§ 21.7670](/cfr/38/21.7670.md), but will measure the course according to [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
  - (4) VA will apply the provisions of [§ 21.4272(g)](/cfr/38/21.4272.md?p=g) to new enrollments beginning on or after July 1, 1993, if one or more of the reservist's courses are offered during a nonstandard term.
- (c) **Clock-hour measurement.** The provisions of this paragraph apply to all enrollments in courses not leading to a standard college degree. If VA concludes that the courses in which a reservist is enrolled do not qualify for credit-hour measurement, VA shall measure those courses as follows. (Supervised study shall be excluded from measurement of all courses to which this paragraph applies).
  - (1) If shop practice is an integral part of the course—
    - (i) Full-time training shall be 22 clock hours attendance with not more than 2 1/2 hours rest period allowance;
    - (ii) Three-quarter-time training shall be 16 through 21 clock hours attendance with not more than 2 hours rest period allowance;
    - (iii) Half-time training shall be 11 through 15 clock hours attendance with not more than 1 1/4 hours rest period allowance; and
    - (iv) One-quarter-time training shall be 1 through 10 clock hours attendance. For attendance of 6 through 10 clock hours, there shall be not more than one quarter hour rest period allowance. For attendance of 1 through 5 clock hours, there shall be no rest period allowance.
  - (2) If theory and class instruction predominates—
    - (i) Full-time training is 18 clock hours net instruction;
    - (ii) Three-quarter-time training is 13 through 17 clock hours net instruction;
    - (iii) Half-time training is 9 through 12 clock hours net instruction; and
    - (iv) **Less than half-time training is 1 through 8 clock hours net instruction.** In measuring net instruction for this paragraph there will be included customary intervals not to exceed 10 minutes between classes: however, supervised study must be excluded.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 9629, Mar. 7, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 46985, Oct. 14, 1992; 61 FR 29308, June 10, 1996; 61 FR 29482, June 11, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 10 U.S.C. ch. 1606; 38 U.S.C. 501(a), 512, ch. 36, and as noted in specific sections.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 34740, Sept. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 9629, Mar. 7, 1991, as amended at 57 FR 46985, Oct. 14, 1992; 61 FR 29308, June 10, 1996; 61 FR 29482, June 11, 1996]