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Standard Class Meeting Time

These meeting times are based on 3-credit-hour courses and a standard of approximately 2250 minutes of class time.

Fall and Spring Semesters

Monday-Wednesday-Friday (MWF) and Monday-Wednesday (MW) Classes

Morning class periods of fifty (50) minutes in length, meeting three days per week, and afternoon/night class period of seventy-five (75) minutes in length, meeting Monday and Wednesday only, as follows. NOTE: This schedule makes Friday afternoons available for scheduling of weekend course offerings.

MWF

MW

7:00-7:50 a.m.
8:00-8:50 a.m.
9:00-9:50 a.m.
10:00-10:50 a.m.
11:00-11:50 a.m.
12:00-12:50 p.m.

1:30-2:45 p.m.
3:00-4:15 p.m.
4:30-5:45 p.m.
6:00-7:15 p.m.
7:30-8:45 p.m.
9:00-10:15 p.m.

Tuesday and Thursday (TR) Classes

Class periods of seventy-five (75) minutes in length, as follows. No classes between 12:15 and 1:30 p.m. in order to allow time for student activities.

TR

8:00-9:15 a.m.
9:30-10:45 a.m.
11:00-12:15 p.m.
12:15-1:30 p.m. No Classes
1:30-2:45 p.m.
3:00-4:15 p.m.
4:30-5:45 p.m.
6:00-7:15 p.m.
7:30-8:45 p.m.
9:00-10:15 p.m.

NOTE:
Tuesday-Thursday classes end on Tuesday, December 9th, 2008, three days before the end of the regular fall semester.

Classes meeting one time per week

One-day/night-per-week classes meet for 15 meetings (14 meetings for 160 minutes each meeting and a 2-hour final exam during the 15th meeting). Classes should be scheduled begin (or end) at standard MWF/MW or TR meeting times. Examples follow:

 

Fall 2008

Class Dates

 

Exam Date

 
 

Monday only

Aug 21 - Dec 1

 

Dec 8

 
 

Tuesday only

Aug 26 - Nov 25

 

Dec 2

 
 

Wednesday only

Aug 27 - Dec 3

 

Dec 10

 
 

Thursday only

Aug 21 - Dec 4

 

Dec 11

 
 

Friday only

Aug 22 - Dec 5

 

Dec 12

 
 

Saturday only

Aug 23 - Dec 1

 

Dec 13

 
           

Short-term classes

Half-term classes meet for a standard of approximately 2250 minutes, based on a 3-credit-hour course, with a final examination on the last meeting day. Half-term 3-credit-hour courses that meet twice a week, meet for 15 meetings (14 meetings for 160 minutes each meeting and a 2-hour final exam during the 15th meeting). Classes should be scheduled to begin (or end) at standard MWF/MW or TR meeting times.

Classes for other short terms should meet for a standard of approximately 2250 minutes, based on a 3-credit-hour course, with a final examination on the last meeting day. Classes should be scheduled to begin (or end) at standard MWF/MW or TR meeting times.

 

 

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