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  2. Academic term - Wikipedia

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    Thus, in trimester-based colleges, one completes 9 courses in the academic year (3 courses x 3 trimesters) relative to the 8 courses typical in a semester-based system (4 courses x 2 semesters). Some schools that operate summer session are sometimes referred to as having "trimesters", with the summer session being the third annual session.

  3. Academic quarter (year division) - Wikipedia

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    During the 1960s, a number of U.S. state university systems made a switch from a semester to quarter system, typically in an attempt to accommodate the large number of post-war "baby boom" students who had reached college age (sometimes called the "Tidal Wave I enrollment boom" [7] [8] [9]).

  4. Course credit - Wikipedia

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    Regardless of the duration of the course (i.e. a short semester like summer or intersession) and depending on the state or jurisdiction, a semester credit hour is 15-16 contact hours per semester. Most college and university courses are three semester credit hours (SCH) or 45-48 contact hours, so they usually meet for three hours per week over ...

  5. Undergraduate degree - Wikipedia

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    In Italy, the laurea [4] (formerly laurea triennale, meaning "three-year laurea") is the most common type of "undergraduate degree".It is equivalent to a bachelor's degree and its normative time to completion is three years (note that in Italy scuola secondaria superiore or Lyceum [secondary or grammar school], takes five years, so it ends at 19 years of age).

  6. Bachelor's degree - Wikipedia

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    Bachelor's degrees in Algerian universities are called "الليسانس" in Arabic or la licence in French; the degree normally takes three years to complete and is a part of the LMD ("licence", "master", "doctorat") reform, students can enroll in a bachelor's degree program in different fields of study after having obtained their baccalauréat (the national secondary education test).

  7. The new FAFSA: What you need to know to get financial ... - AOL

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    There’s one form prospective and current college students must submit in order to receive federal financial aid, and it looks a lot different than in prior years. The new FAFSA: What you need to ...

  8. Undergraduate education - Wikipedia

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    For their first degree, most students read for the degree of bachelor, which usually takes three years; however, in the sciences and engineering, integrated courses covering both undergraduate level and advanced degree level leading to the degree of master, [12] usually taking four years and including a research project or dissertation, are ...

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    He had been sent to Grateful Life in October 2013 as a condition of his probation; more than half the residents wind up there courtesy of the Department of Corrections and a judge’s order. Some years before, Hamm had won a partial baseball scholarship to a small Kentucky college but had dropped out after a few semesters because of his addiction.