The Graduate School and the Thurgood Marshall
School of Law have separate bulletins that contain academic calendars
for these units. The calendar presented in this section was
designed to include the most students possible in activities and
to limit the time missed from classes. Also, for the purpose of
planning, the definition of an academic year, as provided by
the U.S. Department of Education, has been used. This definition
is as follows:
- An academic year is a period that
begins on the first day of classes and ends on the last day
of classes or examinations and that is a minimum of 30 weeks
of instructional time during which for an undergraduate educational
program a full-time student is expected to complete at least:
- 24 semester or trimester hours or 36 quarter
hours in an educational program whose length is measured in credit hours.
- 900 clock hours in an educational program
whose length is measured in clock hours.
- For purposes of the definition of an academic
year, a week is a consecutive 7-day period.
- For an educational program using a semester,
trimester, or quarter system or clock hours, the Secretary considers
a week of instructional time to be any week in which
at least one day of regularly scheduled instruction, examinations,
or preparation for examination occurs.
- For an educational program using credit hours
(but not using a semester, trimester, or quarter system), the
Secretary considers a week of instruction to be 5 days.
- Instruction time does not include periods
of orientation, counseling, vacation, or other activity not
related to class preparation or examinations.
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