Academic Scheduling

Rochester University operates on a semester academic calendar. Three semesters are offered per academic year: Fall (late August – mid-December), Spring (January – April), and Summer (May – August). We follow the Carnegie definition of a credit hour:

1. For each hour of credit, 15-week courses should require one hour of faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work each week; or
2. For each hour of credit, 8-week courses should require 2 hours of faculty instruction and a minimum of four hours of out-of-class student work each week.