examinations.

Academic Holidays: Academic Holidays mean neither instruction and classes are held, nor are assignments made due, on the academic holiday. If an instructor has made an assignment due on an academic holiday, then it actually is not due until instruction and classes begin after the end of the academic holiday. Official University holidays shall be treated as academic holidays are Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day following Thanksgiving Day, Martin Luther King's birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, the December holiday period, and Election Day in presidential election years.

Semester: Semester is a synonym for an academic term or period, either of the two usually eighteen (18) week periods of instruction into which an academic year is often divided at a college or university.

Semester Length: An academic semester means a period of time that shall consist of no fewer than fifteen (15) calendar weeks and no more than eighteen (18) calendar weeks of instructional time. The inclusion of breaks or holiday within any particular semester shall be at the discretion of the institution so long as the institution is in compliance with the criteria for awarding semester credit hours.

Summer session: Summer session means the period in the academic calendar between the spring and the fall semester.

Instructional Days: Instructional days mean any weekday, Monday through Friday, in which classes are in session.

Instructional Time: Instructional time consists of scheduled class time spent in direct instruction, assessment, and evaluation where undergraduate or graduate students are expected to be actively engaged in a learning activity facilitated by the instructor on record. Instructional time does not include periods of orientation, counseling, homework, vacation, holidays, or other activity not related to class preparation or examination.

Instructional Week Time: A week of instructional time for purposes of the definition of academic semester and academic year, a week of instructional time is any period of seven consecutive days in which at least one day of regularly scheduled instruction, examination, or (after the last day of classes) at least one scheduled day of examination occurs.

Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administrators

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