The academic year is divided into three terms, Fall, Winter, and Spring. Each term is eleven weeks long.
Classes meet for two and a half hours per class and are normally held in the early evenings.
It is expected that all students will take all courses during the terms offered, and in AGS classrooms. In rare cases, a course may be taken by directed distance learning. Every student must normally take at least 90 per cent of degree-required courses while resident in Paris. Full time students take five courses per term. Each course is equivalent to 27 hours of classroom teaching.