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What will my schedule look like under the semester model?

What will my schedule look like under the semester model?

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Currently, undergraduate students need to complete 180-quarter units to graduate. That works out to 45 units per year for four years, or 15 units per quarter.  Most quarter courses are 4-units, so a student will typically take four (4) courses per term to graduate in four years.

Under the semester model, students will need to complete 120-semester units to graduate. That works out to 30 units per year for four years, or 15 units per semester.  Most semester courses are 3-units, so a student will typically take five (5) courses per term to graduate in four years.

The length of a semester is 15 instructional weeks, as compared to 10 instructional weeks in the quarter model.  Class sessions will be shorter but the time over the entire term will be longer, 45 hours for a 3-unit semester class whereas it is 40 hours for a 4-unit quarter class.

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