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Creating a part-time undergraduate course - Term dates
Semesters or terms?
Many universities and colleges have 2 semesters, rather than 3 separate terms.
We pay students at 3 points throughout their academic year, so we still need the 3 terms in our systems.
If you have semesters, you should create term dates that reflect your students’ study pattern as closely as possible. You could use any holiday periods in the second semester as a natural break for your terms.
Example 1
Semester 1 begins: Monday 11 September 2023
Semester 1 ends: Friday 19 January 2024
Winter break: Monday 18 December 2023 to Monday 1 January 2024
Semester 2 begins: Monday 22 January 2024
Semester 2 ends: Friday 31 May 2024
Easter break: Monday 1 April 2024 to Friday 12 April 2024
You could split these using holiday periods as breaks between terms:
Term 1 – 11 September 2023 to 15 December 2023
Term 2 – 2 January 2024 to 29 March 2023
Term 3 – 17 April 2023 to 2 June 2023
Example 2
Semester 1 begins: Tuesday 2 January 2024
Semester 1 ends: Friday 10 May 2024
Easter break: Monday 1 April 2024 to Friday 12 April 2024
Semester 2 begins: Monday 13 May 2024
Semester 2 ends: Friday 27 September 2024
Summer break: Monday 1 July to Friday 12 July
You could split these using holiday periods as breaks between terms:
Term 1 – 2 January 2024 to 29 March 2024
Term 2 – 15 April 2024 to 28 June 2024
Term 3 – 15 July 2024 to 27 September 2024