The following instructions pertain to all summer session scheduling regardless of location.

• Classes will not meet for more than three hours at a time during the six-, eight-, and twelve-week summer sub-sessions.
• ALL Independent Study courses should be offered in either the eight-week or twelve-week summer sub-session.
  • Students enrolling via MyUI must register for Independent Study courses before the first day of the eight-week or twelve-week summer sub-session, regardless of the actual offering dates arranged between the instructor and student.
  • The overall course for an Independent Study sets the number of weeks the actual sections are offered. That is, all IND sections of a course must be offered for either the eight-week or twelve-week summer sub-session. Sections cannot be combinations of sub-session durations.
• Internships and zero s.h. (credit hours) courses should be offered in the six-, eight-, or twelve-week summer sub-sessions.
• The maximum semester hours allowed for the entire summer session, which includes four-, six-, eight-, and twelve-week sub-sessions, without approval, are 12 s.h. for both undergraduate and graduate students. It is recommended that courses meeting for 4 s.h. include a short break within the class time, while still maintaining the required contact minutes and adhering to standardized time frames.
• Review individual summer session details below regarding suggested class start times. It is encouraged that departmental teaching spaces follow a similar scheduling pattern to maximize student registration opportunities and campus energy savings.

The following instructions from this point below pertain only to University Classroom (UCR) spaces.

• Each course must be scheduled to meet for the entire length of one of the summer sub-sessions or be designated as an off-cycle course that meets entirely within one of the six-week summer sub-sessions or during the four-week summer sub-session.
• Generally speaking, classes will not meet on Fridays (workshops exempt). Fridays will be reserved for final examinations at the end of the given summer sub-session within standardized time frames as a scheduling option available to instructors. Fridays are left open to allow for classroom reservations, repairs, inspections, quizzes, and general examinations. Any department that desires to offer a class on a Friday in a UCR space must submit DEO justification to Renee Houser in the Office of the Registrar to initiate the review for special exception.
• The summer schedule accommodates for Memorial Day and Independence Day.
• Off-cycle courses in UCR spaces are by special approval granted by the Office of the Registrar in MAUI Offerings Planner Approval process. These courses should be aimed at a special population of students, not regularly enrolled undergraduates; for example, Study Abroad, IIEP, or similar offerings.
• Detailed information for the summer session is outlined below.