Most courses carry four semester hours of credit. Some offer varying credits depending upon the exact content determined by the instructor. Frequency of Offerings. Offered in alternate years, usually in the fall semester. Offered annually in the spring semester.
Courses are of one-semester duration unless otherwise described.
This information is provided to assist the student in making tentative four-year plans when he or she enrolls in St. Mary's, even though changes in academic needs and faculty resources may require that a division deviate from the anticipated frequency of offerings. If no letter appears after the semester-hours number, a student can consult the appropriate division about its calendar offerings. Courses being offered in any given semester are listed in the Schedule of Classes, a publication distributed well in advance of the beginning of each semester. Except where course descriptions show both lecture and laboratory hours, courses are conducted primarily by the lecture or discussion method, and classes meet for the same number of total hours each week as there are semester hours for the course. The Schedule of Classes for the semester in which the course is offered lists class hours, size limit, location, and instructor.