Definition of Semester hour

1. Noun. A unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester.

Exact synonyms: Credit Hour
Generic synonyms: Course Credit, Credit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semester Hour

sememe
sememes
sememic
semes
semese
semester
semester hour (current term)
semester hours
semesters
semestral
semestre
semestrial
semi
semi-
semi-Fowler's
semi-abstraction
semi-algorithm
semi-algorithms
semi-annually
semi-apochromatic objective
semi-aquatic

Literary usage of Semester hour

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Announcement by Washington State University (1917)
"DEFINITION OF "semester hour" One "semester hour" of credit is granted for ... The "semester hour" corresponds to "credit," "hour," or "credit hour" used in ..."

2. Announcement by Washington State University (1916)
"DEFINITION OF "semester hour." One "semester hour" of credit is granted for the successful completion of one hour weekly of lecture or recitation or two ..."

3. Announcement by Washington State University (1918)
"DEFINITION OF "semester hour" One "semester hour" of credit is granted for ... The "semester hour" corresponds to "credit," "hour," or "credit hour" used in ..."

4. Industrial Education: Typical Experiments Described and Interpreted by Samuel Chester Parker, F. M. Leavitt, Arthur Coleman Manahan (1912)
"The term semester-hour is used here and in following statements to mean one hour per week for one semester or half-year; a 4 semester-hour course therefore ..."

5. Professional Preparation of High School Teachers by Guy Montrose Whipple, Harry Lloyd Miller (1919)
"If so, how much previou* teaching experience is regarded as equivalent to a semester-hour of practice teaching! 1. If experience has> been in high schools f ..."

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