Guidelines for Scheduling 11-Week Summer Session
Classes
On October
15, 1979, the Graduate Council passed the policy that “no graduate or
senior-graduate courses be offered granting more than one semester hour of
credit per week of classes without the specific approval of the Credit Committee
of the Graduate Council before this course is scheduled." On December 5, 1995, The Faculty Senate
passed a resolution (95-44) that stated "At least one calendar week of
reflection and analysis should be provided to students for each semester hour of
undergraduate credit awarded."
In order to
have the contact minutes during the summer sessions be consistent with 750
contact minutes per semester hour during a regular semester, the following table
indicates how long class meetings should last according to their contact hours
(50 minute periods) during the regular semester and the number of class meetings
each week during the summer:
Fall/Spring
Summer session days per week and total classes
per
week
minutes
50
40
30
20
10 classes
2
1500
50
75
3
2250
60
75
120
5
3750
75
95
Class
meetings of more than 90 minutes should include one or more breaks included in
their scheduled times (as night classes during the regular semester that meet
6:30 to 9:30 have 30 minutes of breaks included in their scheduled time). Classes that meet once a week during the
regular semester (e.g., labs) could match their 14 regular semester meetings by
meeting twice a week during the first three weeks of the summer and once a week
the last eight weeks.
Since most
courses carry three semester hours credit, they should meet for 60 minutes four
days per week or 75 minutes three days per week or 120 minutes (including break)
two days per week. Final exams
should be given during a minimum time period of 90 minutes on the last day of
the summer session. Consideration
should be given to offering several night classes meeting two, three, or four
days each week for students who are employed. The following guidelines indicate
recommended starting times for classes in order not to interfere with the five
week summer sessions classes.
MTWThF 8:00
AM
MTWThF 9:45
AM
MTWThF
11:30 AM