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Graduation requirements in terms of amount of study are typically
the same for a quarter system and a semester system.To graduate
from PUC in four years without summer school attendance, you will
need to average 16 hours each quarter. Four years x three quarters
x sixteen hours per quarter = (4x3x16) = 192.
One semester hour equals 1.5 quarter hours or 1 quarter hour equals
.6667 semester hours. To convert between semester hours and quarter
hours, click on the buttons below.
| Typical graduation requirements are 192 quarter hours under
a quarter system and 128 semester units under a semester system.
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| 192 quarter credits divided by 1.5 = 128 semester credits. |
| 128 semester credits multiplied by 1.5 = 192 quarter credits.
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What Does a 16-Credit Hour
Load Usually Mean?
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| Attend classes usually for a total of 16, 50-minute
periods per week. |
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| Study for classes a total of about 32 hours per
week or 2 hours study for each hour in class. |
| Most classes are 3-4 credit hours, but some are
1, 2, or 5 credit hours. |
| A 3-credit hour class usually meets for 3, 50-minute
periods per week, but it might meet once a week for about
3 hours. |
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A 4-credit hour class usually meets for 4, 50-minute periods
per week
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| A laboratory that meets each week during the
quarter for a 3-hour lab usually gets 1 hour of credit. |
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Calendar Timing for Semester
and Quarter Systems During a Typical Academic School Year
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| Quarter System |
| Dates for Pacific Union College |
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| Autumn Quarter |
| Sept 24 to Dec 12 |
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| Winter Quarter |
| Jan 6 to March 20 |
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| Spring Quarter |
| March 31 to June 15 |
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| Summer Session |
| June 23 to Aug 14 |
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| Semester System |
| Approximate Dates |
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| Fall or Autumn Semester |
| August 28 to Dec 15 |
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| Spring Semester |
| January 20 to June 1 |
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| Summer Session |
| June 15 to Aug 1 |
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