I'm a couple of years older than you, but had the same three-hour credit courses at Tech. Regardless of meeting day, you had 150 minutes per week in a three credit course. If they're now worth four credits, do they meet any longer? I'd assume the argument is that they cover more material with an extra class period, so they're earning the extra hour of credit. But if they're just giving away an extra hour for the same time, that seems off. The school would ultimately lose money, but it would make the kids feel better... More than the additional credit for the same work, it seems like it would be making it easier to earn a diploma unless they raise the graduation requirements. I think mine was 120 hours? Rough estimate is I could have graduated in three years (with maybe a couple of CC courses in a summer) if I was getting four hours per class.