Semester Hours

The school year is typically divided into two semesters of eighty school days each and a summer session. The semesters usually begin in August, January, and May. Credits earned are in semester hours, a unit of measurement for credit purposes. One semester hour represents the credit earned in a scheduled course for one hour of lecture per week or two hours of lab per week or three hours of shop per week for sixteen weeks. Students will typically need to study two clock hours in preparation for one class hour.