Computing Winter Contact Hours

The 2024-25 winter session meets Dec. 23, 2024 to Jan. 17, 2025.

University holidays are Dec. 24-25 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=3, Wednesdays=2, Thursdays=4, and Fridays=4.

Note that a class break would require adding additional meeting time. Examples of class meeting patterns and required contact minutes are as follows.

1 s.h. = 750 contact minutes

  Number of Days Number of Minutes per Day
TTh 7 110 min (1 hr 50 min)
MTh, MF, ThF 8 95 min (1 hr 35 min)
MWF, WThF 10 75 min (1 hr 15 min)
MTWTh, TWThF 13 60 min
MTWThF 17 50 min 

2 s.h. = 1500 contact minutes

  Number of Days Number of Minutes per Day
TTh 7 215 min (3 hr 35 min)
MTh, MF, ThF 8 190 min (3 hr 10 min)
MWF, WThF 10 150 min (2 hr 30 min)
MTWTh, TWThF 13 120 min (2 hr)
MTWThF 17 90 min (1 hr 30 min)

3 s.h. = 2250 contact minutes

  Number of Days Number of Minutes per Day
MWF, WThF 10 225 min (3 hr 45 min)
MTWTh, TWThF 13 175 min (2 hr 55 min)
MTWThF 17 135 min (2 hr 15 min)