Suffolk University Law School Student Handbook 2022-2023

session ends. Summer term courses must adhere to the following minimum requirements, except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (c)-(f) below. In courses with a final examination scheduled during the examination period, students will ordinarily be required to: meet for 60 minutes per credit each week for twelve weeks; sit for a final examination during examination period of at least 60 minutes per credit, but not to exceed three total hours in duration; and spend, on average, at least 2 hours and 20 minutes per credit each week on out-of-class work for thirteen weeks plus the week of the final examination. Table 2 illustrates the application of these minimum requirements to summer courses ranging from 1-4 credits.

Table 2 (Summer Courses)

Out-of-Class Work per Week, Incl. ExamWeek

Total Classroom Time per Week (12 Weeks)

Credits

Examination

Total

(13 Weeks)

2600 minutes

1

60 minutes

60 minutes

140 minutes

(43.3 hours)

5200 minutes

2

120 minutes

120 minutes

280 minutes

(86.7 hours)

7800 minutes

3

180 minutes

180 minutes

420 minutes

(130 hours)

10340 minutes

4

240 minutes

180 minutes

560 minutes

(172.3 hours)

If a summer class is scheduled to meet for fewer than 12 weeks (not including an examination week), it must: meet for a total of no less than 715 minutes per credit; require a total of no less than 1680 minutes per credit of out-of-class student work over the period of time for which it is actually scheduled; and require a final examination of 60 minutes per credit, but not exceeding three total hours, entailing no less than 140 minutes per credit of out-of-class preparation time, or assessments/projects entailing an equivalent amount of work. If a summer class does not have a final examination scheduled during examination period, students in the class must be required to complete other assessments or projects sufficient to ensure that the absence of the examination does not cause the total amount of work required for the course to fall below 2600 minutes per credit, or 10340 total minutes for a 4-credit course.

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