Semester System

Sampson Community College operates on the semester system. The Fall and Spring Semesters are each sixteen weeks in length and the Summer Semester is approximately 10 weeks in length. The amount of time that a class meets each week is determined by the number of semester hours credit and the lab or clinic hours required by a course. Semester hours credit is awarded as follows: one semester credit hour for each 16 hours of class lecture, one semester credit hour for each 32 hours of laboratory work, one semester credit hour for each 48 hours of clinical, and one semester credit hour for each 160 hours of work experience.