According to a survey conducted by the National Association of College Stores, only about 14.7% of colleges operate on the quarter system (Concordia). Apart from Merced and Berkeley, the schools under the University of California system are part of the few that run on the quarter system. The UC quarter system is composed of three 10-week quarters and an optional summer quarter. Each quarter is immediately followed by a week for final exams and at least a week-long break. Winter break is often two to three weeks, while spring break is typically only one. After the spring quarter, students who choose not to attend the summer quarter receive a roughly two-month summer vacation. Despite the seemingly orderly and timely schedule, plenty of students
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The traditional semester system is widely used in grade school and in a majority of colleges and universities. As a matter of fact, the same survey conducted by the National Association of College Stores estimated that 71.2% of colleges run on the semester system (Concordia). In the semester system, the school year is divided into two, 15 to 17-week-long halves, fall and spring, with two large breaks in between, winter and summer. This schedule gives students and workers long, fulfilling breaks in between school sessions. The simplicity of the semester system designates it as the most widely used among colleges and …show more content…
The year-round school schedule is often composed of different “tracks.” A track is a set class schedule and year-round schools commonly have about three to five different tracks. For instance, if a school has tracks A, B, and C, students in each track may have different hours and weeks. Students in track A may have long schooldays that begin earlier in the morning, but longer summer and winter breaks. Students in track B may have moderately short school days with the standard 180-day school year. Students in track C may have shorter school days, most commonly starting in the afternoon, and shorter breaks scattered evenly. The possibility of designing their schedule to cater to their preferences constitutes the year-round system appealing to a great deal of
The traditional semester system is widely used in grade school and in a majority of colleges and universities. As a matter of fact, the same survey conducted by the National Association of College Stores estimated that 71.2% of colleges run on the semester system (Concordia). In the semester system, the school year is divided into two, 15 to 17-week-long halves, fall and spring, with two large breaks in between, winter and summer. This schedule gives students and workers long, fulfilling breaks in between school sessions. The simplicity of the semester system designates it as the most widely used among colleges and …show more content…
The year-round school schedule is often composed of different “tracks.” A track is a set class schedule and year-round schools commonly have about three to five different tracks. For instance, if a school has tracks A, B, and C, students in each track may have different hours and weeks. Students in track A may have long schooldays that begin earlier in the morning, but longer summer and winter breaks. Students in track B may have moderately short school days with the standard 180-day school year. Students in track C may have shorter school days, most commonly starting in the afternoon, and shorter breaks scattered evenly. The possibility of designing their schedule to cater to their preferences constitutes the year-round system appealing to a great deal of