Computing Winter Contact Hours
The 2025–26 winter session meets Dec. 22, 2025 to Jan. 16, 2026.
University holidays are Dec. 25–26 and Jan. 1.
There are 17 classroom days in this four-week winter session. The total number of meeting days for each day of the week are: Mondays=4, Tuesdays=4, Wednesdays=4, Thursdays=2, and Fridays=3.
Note that a class break would require adding additional meeting time. Examples of class meeting patterns and required contact minutes are as follows.
| Number of Days | Number of Minutes per Day | |
|---|---|---|
| MT, MW, TW | 8 | 95 min (1 hr 35 min) |
| MTTh, MWTh, TWTh | 10 | 75 min (1 hr 15 min) |
| MTW | 12 | 65 min (1 hr 5 min) |
| MTWTh | 14 | 55 min |
| MTWThF | 17 | 50 min |
| Number of Days | Number of Minutes per Day | |
|---|---|---|
| MT, MW, TW | 8 | 190 min (3 hr 10 min) |
| MTTh, MWTh, TWTh | 10 | 150 min (2 hr 30 min) |
| MTW | 12 | 125 min (2 hr 5 min) |
| MTWTh | 14 | 110 min (1 hr 50 min) |
| MTWThF | 17 | 90 min (1 hr 30 min) |
| Number of Days | Number of Minutes per Day | |
|---|---|---|
| MTTh, MWTh, TWTh | 10 | 225 min (3 hr 45 min) |
| MTW | 12 | 190 min (3 hr 10 min) |
| MTWTh | 14 | 165 min (2 hr 45 min) |
| MTWThF | 17 | 135 min (2 hr 15 min) |