The actual instructional assignments, however, vary between 6 and 12 hours per week for assistant professors, associate professors, and full professors. For instructors, lecturers, and teachers they vary between 15 and 20 hours per week. These are assumed to be full-time instructional loads with lower assigned loads for those who carry approved research or administrative duties. Actual class sizes in the upper division of the undergraduate programs and the graduate school are usually smaller than these, with many sections of only 5 to 10 students. The University has implemented this system of small sections, coupled with effective teaching techniques, to facilitate advanced instruction to students who are studying in an acquired second language.
Summer school is scheduled for an eight-week period.
Some classes, especially in the graduate program are scheduled in the evenings and occasionally on weekends. The University observes a five-day workweek, from Saturday to Wednesday. Thursday and Friday are the weekend. Faculty members are expected to be in residence for ten months each year. Full-time support staff hold contracts for eleven months' work, with one month earned vacation.