With the long agenda and with it being the last meeting of the academic year for the 2001/2002 Faculty Senate, it is critical for Senators to plan ahead to attend the full meeting or arrange to have the alternate present. If the quorum is lost prior to the end of business, a special called meeting may take place in May.
EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
2001-2002 FACULTY SENATE
The eighth regular meeting of the 2001/2002 Faculty Senate will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2002, at 2:10 in the Mendenhall Student Center Great Room.
FULL AGENDA
Please note that this is the last meeting of the year for the 2001/2002 Faculty Senate.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
March 19, 2002
III. Special Order of the Day
A. Roll Call
B. Announcements
C. William Muse, Chancellor
D. Vice Chancellors Report
E Brenda Killingsworth, SACS Self Study Director
F. David Pravica, Faculty Assembly Delegate
UNC Faculty Assembly Meeting of April 19, 2002.
IV. Unfinished Business
A. Calendar Committee, Charles Calhoun
1. Proposed Revised 2002 Fall Semester University Calendar (attachment 1).
2. Proposed 2003-2004 University Calendar (attachment 2).
3. Proposed Revised Guidelines for Scheduling Lecture and Discussion Classes for Fall and Spring Semesters and Summer Sessions (attachment 3).
B. Faculty Governance Committee, Dee Dee Glascoff
Proposed Revised Appendix I. ECU Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment for the ECU Faculty Manual (attachment 4).
V. Report of Committees
A. Faculty Governance Committee, Dee Dee Glascoff
Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VII. Research Information, Subsection II.G. Copyright Procedures (attachment 5).
B. Educational Policies and Planning Committee George Bailey
1. Permissions to Plan (or Add):
a. Permission to Plan a Ph.D. Program in Technology Management
b. Permission to Add an Electronics Minor
c. Permission to Plan a Ph.D. Program in Technical and Professional Discourse
d. Permission to Plan a Ph.D. Program in Medical Family Therapy
(Copies of these requests are available from the Division of Academic Affairs.)
2. Report on the Proposal to Move Three Secondary Education BS Degree Programs from the College of Arts and Sciences to the School of Education
(attachment 6).
C. Faculty Information Technology Committee, Jonathan Probber
Report on the Proposed Student Computer Requirement (attachment 7).
D. University Curriculum Committee, Dale Knickerbocker
Curriculum matters contained in the minutes of the April 11, 2002, Committee Meetings.
E. Academic Awards Committee, Karl Wuensch
Proposed Selection Procedures for the Max Ray Joyner Award (attachment 8).
F. Committee on Committees, Henry Ferrell
Proposed Revision to the Student Scholarships, Fellowships and Financial Aid Committee Charge (attachment 9).
G. Faculty Welfare Committee, Beth Winstead
Resolution on Health Insurance (attachment 10).
VI. New Business
Resolution on Mathematics Education at ECU (attachment 11).
Attachment 1.
CALENDAR COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed revised 2002 Fall Semester University Calendar, to allow classes to begin on Wednesday.
Fall Semester 2002
Actual class days: 15 Mondays, 14 Tuesdays, 15 Wednesdays, 15 Thursdays, 15 Fridays, 15 Saturdays.
June 3, Monday Last day to apply for admission to Graduate School
for the Fall semester.
August 2, Friday Last day to submit appeals for readmission for Fall semester.
August 9, Friday Schedules canceled for all who have not paid fees by 4:00 PM.
August 12, Monday Fall semester fees accepted with late processing fee.
August 16, Friday 6:30 p.m. Weekend Program classes begin.
August 19, Monday Faculty meetings.
August 20, Tuesday Advising and schedule adjustments.
August 21, Wednesday Classes begin
August 22, Thursday Last day for Weekend Program schedule changes (drop and add).
August 27, Tuesday Last day for late registration and schedule changes (drop and add).
August 28, Wednesday Last day for schedule changes (add only).
August 30, Friday 6:30 p.m., Weekend Program Labor Day holiday begins (no classes).
September 2, Monday Labor Day holiday (no classes).
September 3, Tuesday State holiday makeup day
Classes which would have met on Monday, September 2, will meet on this day. Tuesday classes will not meet. (This does not apply to Weekend Program classes.)
September 4, Wednesday Last day to apply for graduation in December.
October 2, Wednesday Last day for undergraduate students to drop term‑length courses or withdraw from school without grades. Block courses may be dropped only during the first 40% of their regularly scheduled class meetings. Last day for undergraduate students to drop a Weekend Program class or to withdraw from school without grades.
October 11, Friday 6:30 p.m., Weekend Program Fall Break begins (no classes).
October 12 - 15 Fall Break.
Saturday - Tuesday
October 16, Wednesday 8:00 a.m.- Classes resume.
November 4, Monday Registration for Spring Semester 2003 begins.
November 19, Tuesday Last day to remove incompletes given during Spring and/or Summer session 2002.
November 27 - December 1 Thanksgiving break.
Wednesday - Sunday
December 2, Monday 8:00 a.m. - classes resume. Last day for graduate students to drop courses without grades.
December 3, Tuesday Last day to submit thesis to the Graduate School for completion of degree in this term.
December 10, Tuesday Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
December 11, Wednesday Regular Exams begin.
December 13 - 14 Weekend Program exams.
Friday - Saturday
December 14, Saturday Commencement.
December 18, Wednesday 6:00 p.m. Exams for Fall semester close; last day to submit appeals for readmission for Spring semester.
There are no changes proposed to the Fall Examination Schedule.
Attachment 2.
CALENDAR COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed 2003-2004 University Calendar
Summer Session 2003
First Term
(Actual days First Term: 4 Mondays, 6 Tuesdays, 5 Wednesdays, 5 Thursdays, 5 Fridays,
1 day for registration, 1 day for final examinations.)
March 16,Monday Last day to apply for admission to Graduate School for first summer term.
May 16, Friday Schedules canceled for all who have not paid fees by 4:00 PM.
May 19, Monday New student registration; schedule changes.
May 20, Tuesday Classes begin; late registration; schedule changes.
May 21, Wednesday Last day for late registration and schedule changes (drop and add) for first term.
May 22, Thursday Last day for schedule changes (add only).
May 26, Monday Holiday (no classes).
June 3, Tuesday Last day for undergraduate students to drop term‑length courses or withdraw from school without grades. Block courses may be dropped only during the first 40% of their regularly scheduled class meetings.
June 18, Wednesday Last day for graduate students to drop courses without grades.
June 24, Tuesday Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
June 25, Wednesday Final examinations.
Summer Session 2003
Second Term
(Actual days Second Term: 5 Mondays, 5 Tuesdays, 5 Wednesdays, 6 Thursdays, 4 Fridays,
1 day for new student registration, 1 day for final examinations.)
May 1, Thursday Last day to apply for admission to Graduate School for second summer term.
June 23, Monday Schedules canceled for all who have not paid fees by 4:00 PM.
June 25, Wednesday New student registration; schedule changes.
June 26, Thursday Classes begin; late registration; schedule changes.
June 27, Friday Last day for late registration and schedule changes (drop and add) for second term.
June 30, Monday Last day for schedule changes (add only).
July 4, Thursday State holiday (no classes).
July 10, Thursday Last day for undergraduate students to drop term‑length courses or withdraw from school without grades. Block courses may be dropped only during the first 40% of their regularly scheduled class meetings.
July 21, Monday Last day to submit thesis to Graduate School for completion of degree in the summer session.
July 25, Friday Last day for graduate students to drop courses without grades.
July 31, Thursday Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
August 1, Friday Final examinations; last day to submit appeals for readmission for Fall semester.
Weekend Program Classes Summer Schedule 2003
(Actual class days: 10 Fridays, 10 Saturdays, 2 days for Final Exams)
May 16, Friday Weekend Program registration and schedule changes; Weekend Program classes begin.
May 20, Tuesday Last day for Weekend Program class schedule changes (drop and add).
June 10, Tuesday Last day for Weekend Program students to drop a Weekend Program class or to withdraw from school without grades.
July 4-July 5, Friday - Saturday 6:30 p.m., Weekend Program July 4th holiday begins (no classes).
July 26, Saturday Weekend Program classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
August 1-2, Friday-Saturday Weekend Program exams.
August 2, Saturday Summer session ends.
Fall Semester 2003
(Actual class days: 13 Mondays, 14 Tuesdays, 15 Wednesdays, 14 Thursdays, 14 Fridays, 13 Saturdays. Effective class days: 14 Mondays, 14 Tuesdays, 14 Wednesdays, 14 Thursdays, 14 Fridays, 13 Saturdays)
June 2, Monday Last day to apply for admission to Graduate School for the Fall semester.
August 1, Friday Last day to submit appeals for readmission for Fall semester.
August 8, Friday Schedules canceled for all who have not paid fees by 4:00 PM.
August 11, Monday Fall semester fees accepted with late processing fee.
August 22, Friday 6:30 p.m. Weekend Program classes begin.
August 25, Monday Faculty meetings.
August 26, Tuesday Advising and schedule adjustments.
August 27, Wednesday Classes begin; late registration; schedule changes. Last day for Weekend Program schedule changes (drop and add).
August 29, Friday 6:30 p.m., Weekend Program Labor Day holiday begins (no classes).
September 1, Monday Labor Day holiday (no classes).
September 3, Wednesday Last day for late registration and schedule changes (drop and add).
September 4, Thursday Last day for schedule changes (add only).
September 11, Thursday Last day to apply for graduation in December.
October 6, Monday Last day for undergraduate students to drop term‑length courses or withdraw from school without grades. Block courses may be dropped only during the first 40% of their regularly scheduled class meetings.
October 7, Tuesday Last day for undergraduate students to drop a Weekend Program class or to withdraw from school without grades.
October 10, Friday 6:30 p.m., Weekend Program Fall Break begins (no classes).
October 11-14 Fall Break.
Saturday-Tuesday
October 15, Wednesday 8:00 a.m. Classes resume. State holiday makeup day (classes which would have met on Monday, September 1, will meet on this day so there will effectively be the same number of Mondays and Wednesdays as every other weekday during the semester; Wednesday classes will not meet.) This does not apply to Weekend Program classes.
November 3, Monday Registration for Spring Semester 2004 begins.
November 18, Tuesday Last day to remove incompletes given during Spring and/or Summer session 2003.
November 26 - 30 Thanksgiving break.
Wednesday - Sunday
December 1, Monday 8:00 a.m. - classes resume. Last day for graduate students to drop courses without grades.
December 2, Tuesday Last day to submit thesis to the Graduate School for completion of degree in this term.
December 10, Wednesday Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
December 11, Thursday Regular Exams begin.
December 12-13 Weekend Program exams.
Friday-Saturday
December 13, Saturday Commencement.
December 18, Thursday 7:00 p.m. Exams for Fall semester close; last day to submit appeals for readmission for Spring semester.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
FALL SEMESTER 2003
There will be no departure from the printed schedule, except as noted below: All examinations for one credit hour classes will be held during the last regular meeting of the class. Classes meeting more than three times a week will follow the examination schedule for MWF classes.
Examinations in classes meeting one night a week will be held at 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. on the first night of their usual meeting during the examination period (December 11 - December 18). Examinations in classes meeting two or more nights a week and beginning before 8:00 p.m. will be held at 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. on the first night of their usual meeting during the examination period (December 11 - December 18). Examinations in classes meeting two or more nights a week and beginning at or after 8:00 p.m. will be held at 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. on the second night of their usual meeting during the examination period (December 11 - December 18). Classes meeting on Saturday morning will have the final examination on Saturday, December 13, at the usual hour at which the class meets. Weekend Program classes will have exams on Friday and Saturday (December 12-December 13) at the usual hour at which the class meets.
Those classes beginning between hours or meeting more than one hour will have the final examination at the time scheduled of the hour during which the class begins (e.g., a 9:30 - 11:00 a.m., TTh class will meet the examination schedule of the 9:00 a.m. TTh class; an 8:00‑10:00 a.m. MWF class will meet the examination schedule of the 8:00 a.m. MWF class)
Common examinations will be held according to the following schedule:
CHEM 1121, 1131, 1151, 1161.......................................... 5:00 - 7:30 Thursday, December 11
MATH 1065........................................................................... 5:00 - 7:30 Friday, December 12
FREN 1002, SPAN 1002, 1003, GERM 1002 ................. 5:00 - 7:30 Monday, December 15
ECON 2113, 2133................................................................ 5:00 - 7:30 Tuesday, December 16
CHEM 0150, 1120, 1130, 1150, 1160............................... 5:00 - 7:30 Wednesday, December 17
FREN 1001, 1003, SPAN 1001, 1004, GERM 1001 ..... 5:00 - 7:30 Thursday, December 18
Times class regularly meets Time and day of examination
8:00 MWF.............................................................. 8:00 - 10:30 Friday, December 12
8:00 TTh................................................................. 8:00 - 10:30 Tuesday, December 16
9:00 MWF.............................................................. 8:00 - 10:30 Monday, December 15
9:00 TTh (9:30)...................................................... 8:00 - 10:30 Thursday, December 18
10:00 MWF............................................................. 8:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, December 17
10:00 TTh................................................................ 8:00 - 10:30 Thursday, December 11
11:00 MWF............................................................. 11:00 - 1:30 Friday, December 12
11:00 TTh................................................................ 11:00 - 1:30 Tuesday, December 16
12:00 MWF............................................................. 11:00 - 1:30 Monday, December 15
1:00 TTh................................................................ 11:00 - 1:30 Thursday, December 11
2:00 MWF............................................................. 2:00 - 4:30 Friday, December 12
2:00 TTh................................................................ 2:00 - 4:30 Tuesday, December 16
3:00 MWF (3:30).................................................. 2:00 - 4:30 Monday, December 15
3:00 TTh (3:30)..................................................... 2:00 - 4:30 Thursday, December 18
4:00 MWF............................................................. 2:00 - 4:30 Wednesday, December 17
4:00 TTh................................................................ 2:00 - 4:30 Thursday, December 11
5:00 MWF............................................................. 5:00 - 7:30 Monday, December 15
5:00 TTh................................................................ 5:00 - 7:30 Tuesday, December 16
Spring Semester 2004
(Actual class days: 14 Mondays, 14 Tuesdays, 14 Wednesdays, 14 Thursdays, 14 Fridays, 14 Saturdays.
Effective class days: 14 Mondays, 14 Tuesdays, 14 Wednesdays, 14 Thursdays, 14 Fridays, 14 Saturdays.)
October 15, Wednesday Last day to apply for admission to Graduate School for the Spring semester.
December 17, Wednesday Last day to submit appeals for readmission for Spring semester.
December 29, Monday Spring semester fees accepted with late processing fee.
January 7, Wednesday Class schedules canceled for all who have not paid fees by 4:00 PM.
January 8, Thursday Advising and schedule adjustments.
January 9, Friday Classes begin; late registration; schedule changes.
January 15, Thursday Last day for late registration and schedule changes (drop and add).
January 16, Friday Last day for schedule changes (add only).
January 19, Monday State holiday (no classes).
January 23, Friday Last day to apply for graduation in May.
February 18, Wednesday Last day for undergraduate students to drop term‑length courses or withdraw from school without grades. Block courses may be dropped only during the first 40 percent of their regularly scheduled class meetings.
February 29-March 7, Spring Break
Sunday Sunday
March 8, Monday 8:00 a.m. - Classes resume.
March 22, Monday Registration for Summer session and Fall semester 2004 begins.
April 5, Monday Last day to remove incompletes given during Fall semester 2003.
April 9-10, Friday-Saturday State holiday (no classes).
April 14, Wednesday Last day for graduate students to drop courses without grades.
April 15, Thursday Last day to submit thesis to the Graduate School for completion of degree in this term.
April 26, Monday Classes end. Last day for submission of grade replacement requests.
April 27, Tuesday Reading day.
April 28, Wednesday Regular exams begin.
May 5, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Exams for Spring semester close.
May 8, Saturday Commencement.
EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
SPRING SEMESTER 2004
There will be no departure from the printed schedule, except as noted below: All examinations for one credit hour classes will be held during the last regular meeting of the class. Classes meeting more than three times a week will follow the examination schedule for MWF classes.
Examinations in classes meeting one night a week will be held at 7:30 -10:00 p.m. on the first night of their usual meeting during the examination period (April 28 - May 5). Examinations in classes meeting two or more nights a week and beginning before 8:00 p.m. will be held 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. on the first night of their usual meeting during the examination period (April 28 - May 5). Examinations in classes meeting two or more nights a week and beginning at or after 8:00 p.m. will be held at 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. on the second night of their usual meeting during the examination period April 28 - May 5). Classes meeting on Saturday morning will have the final examination on Saturday, May 1, at the usual hour at which the class meets.
Those classes beginning between hours or meeting more than one hour will have the final examination at the time scheduled of the hour during which the class begins (e.g., a 9:30 - 11:00 a.m., TTh class will meet the examination schedule of the 9:00 a.m. TTh class; an 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. MWF class will meet the examination schedule of the 8:00 a.m. MWF class)
Common examinations will be held according to the following schedule:
FREN 1002, SPAN 1002, 1003, GERM 1002 ......... 5:00 - 7:30 Wednesday, April 28
ECON 2113, 2133......................................................... 5:00 - 7:30 Thursday, April 29
CHEM 0150, 1120, 1130, 1150, 1160....................... 5:00 - 7:30 Friday, April 30
CHEM 1121, 1131, 1151, 1161.................................. 5:00 - 7:30 Monday, May 3
FREN 1001, 1003, SPAN 1001,1004, GERM 1001 5:00 - 7:30 Tuesday, May 4
MATH 1065.................................................................... 5:00 - 7:30 Wednesday, May 5
Times class regularly meets Time and day of examination
8:00 MWF............................................................ 8:00 - 10:30 Monday, May 3
8:00 TTh............................................................... 8:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, May 5
9:00 MWF ........................................................... 8:00 - 10:30 Wednesday, April 28
9:00 TTh (9:30).................................................... 8:00 - 10:30 Thursday, April 29
10:00 MWF............................................................ 8:00 - 10:30 Friday, April 30
10:00 TTh............................................................... 8:00 - 10:30 Tuesday, May 4
11:00 MWF............................................................ 11:00 - 1:30 Monday, May 3
11:00 TTh .............................................................. 11:00 - 1:30 Tuesday, May 4
12:00 MWF............................................................ 11:00 - 1:30 Wednesday, April 28
12:00 TTh (12:30)................................................. 11:00 - 1:30 Thursday, April 29
1:00 MWF............................................................ 11:00 - 1:30 Friday, April 30
1:00 TTh............................................................... 11:00 - 1:30 Wednesday, May 5
2:00 MWF............................................................ 2:00 - 4:30 Monday, May 3
2:00 TTh .............................................................. 2:00 - 4:30 Wednesday, May 5
3:00 MWF (3:30) ................................................ 2:00 - 4:30 Wednesday, April 28
4:00 MWF ........................................................... 2:00 - 4:30 Friday, April 30
4:00 TTh .............................................................. 2:00 - 4:30 Thursday, April 29
5:00 MWF............................................................ 5:00 - 7:30 Wednesday, April 28
5:00 TTh .............................................................. 5:00 - 7:30 Thursday, April 29
Attachment 3.
CALENDAR COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed Revised Guidelines for Scheduling Lecture and Discussion Classes
for Fall and Spring Semesters and Summer Sessions
(Additions are noted in bold print, deletions are noted in strikethrough)
UNC System RevisedPolicy Governing Academic Calendars for Fall and Spring Semester Classes
The academic contact hour for lecture/discussion classes is fifty minutes by custom and tradition. The revised policy includes 14 weeks of class per semester plus one class meeting to administer final exams.
The following table indicates class meeting length according to the number of contact hours (50-minute periods) during the 15-week semester. The number of minutes shown in the table is contact minutes only and does not include breaks from classroom activity.
Academic Total Number of meeting days per week, meetings per semester,
contact semester and number of contact minutes per class meeting
hours contact 1 day/wk 2 day/wk 3 day/wk 4 day/wk 5 day/wk
1 750 50 -- -- -- --
2 1500 100 50 -- -- --
3 2250 150 75 50 -- --
4 3000 200 100 70* 50 --
5 3750 250 125 85* 65* 50
Recommended RevisedGuidelines for Scheduling Lecture and Discussion
Fall and Spring Semester Classes
To facilitate timely matriculation of students it is important that class scheduling be coordinated. Having a scheduled gap between classes allows students time to move from one class to another.
Lecture/discussion classes with more than 90 contact minutes per meeting should be lengthened in their scheduling to include one or more breaks of ten or fifteen minutes.
Three semester-hour credit lecture/discussion classes meeting on a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday sequence should start on the hour and be scheduled for fifty minutes. Three semester-hour credit classes meeting on a Tuesday and Thursday sequence should start at 8:00, 9:30, 11:00, 12:30 or 14:00, or 15:30 and be scheduled for seventy-five minutes. Three semester-hour credit classes meeting on Monday and Wednesday afternoons may start on the hour or half hour and should be scheduled for seventy-five minutes. Lecture/discussion classes that are not three semester-hour credit and meet for fifty minutes on Tuesday or Thursday should start at 8:00, 10:00, 11:00, 13:00 or 14:00, or 16:00 so as not to overlap more than one of the three semester-hour time-slots.
In order to allow greater flexibility in scheduling late afternoon and evening classes and since the availability of classrooms is less of a problem at those times, classes that have starting times of 2:30 p.m. or later are not subject to the guideline restrictions for scheduling class meeting times.
Suggested times for three semester-hour courses
MWF 8:00 8:50 TTh 8:00 9:15 MW 14:00 15:15
MWF 9:00 9:50 TTh 9:30 10:45 MW 15:30 16:45
MWF 10:00 10:50 TTh 11:00 12:15
MWF 11:00 11:50 TTh 12:30 13:45
MWF 13:00 13:50 TTh 15:30 16:45
MWF 14:00 14:50
MWF 15:00 15:50
UNC System RevisedPolicy Governing Academic Calendars for Summer Session Classes
The academic contact hour for lecture/discussion classes is fifty minutes by custom and tradition. The revised policy includes 25 class days per summer session plus one class meeting to administer final exams.
The following table indicates class meeting length according to the number of contact hours (50-minute periods) during the 5-week term. In order to have the contact minutes during the Summer session be consistent with contact minutes during the Fall/Spring 15-week semesters, the following table indicates how long class meetings should last during the 5-week term. The number of minutes shown in the table is contact minutes only and does not include breaks from classroom activity.
Fall/Spring Total Number of meeting days per week, meetings per semester,
academic semester and number of contact minutes per class meeting
contact hours contact 2 day/wk 3 day/wk 4 day/wk 5 day/wk
per week minutes 10 meetings 15 meetings 20 meetings 25 meetings
2 1500 150 100 75 60
4 3000 -- 200 150 120
5 3750 -- -- 185* 150
Recommended RevisedGuidelines for Scheduling Lecture and Discussion Summer Session Classes
To facilitate timely matriculation of students it is important that class scheduling be coordinated. Having a scheduled gap between classes allows students time to move from one class to another. Lecture/discussion classes with more than 90 contact minutes per meeting should be lengthened in their scheduling to include one or more breaks of ten or fifteen minutes.
Since most lecture/discussion classes carry three semester-hours credit, they should meet for either 90 minutes five days per week (morning) or 110 minutes (plus break minutes) four days per week (afternoon or evening). The following guidelines indicate recommended beginning and ending times for three semester-hour credit lecture/discussion classes. Other classes should either begin at one of these beginning times or end at one of these ending times. Classes that meet once a week during the Fall/Spring semesters (e.g. labs or night classes) could match their fifteen regular semester sessions by meeting three times per week during a Summer term for the same meeting length as during the Fall/Spring semesters.
In order to allow 15-minute breaks for both students and faculty between classes in the summer, lecture/discussion classes that carry three semester-hours credit are to use one of the following meeting times:
MTWThF 8:00 9:30
MTWThF 9:45 11:15
MTWThF 11:30 13:00
MTWTh 13:15 15:15 (includes 10 break minutes)
MTWTh 15:30 17:30 (includes 10 break minutes)
MTWTh 17:45 19:45 (includes 10 break minutes)
MTWTh 20:00 22:00 (includes 10 break minutes)
No revisions are proposed to this section of the document.
References to the Weekend Program will be deleted due to the programs elimination in December 2003.
UNC System Policy Governing Academic Calendars for Weekend Program Classes
The academic contact hour for lecture/discussion classes is fifty minutes by custom and tradition. The following table indicates class meeting length according to the number of contact hours (50-minute periods) during the Weekend University terms. In order to have the contact minutes during the Weekend University terms be consistent with contact minutes during the Fall/Spring 15-week semesters, the following table indicates how long class meetings should last during the Weekend University terms. The number of minutes shown in the table is contact minutes only and does not include breaks from classroom activity.
Fall/Spring Total Number of meeting days per week, meetings per semester,
academic semester and number of contact minutes per class meeting
contact hours contact 1 day/wk 1 day/wk
