OCU operates on a semester calendar that starts in September and ends in August the following year. There are two (2) semesters per calendar year. One semester is 16 weeks. Summer is also an additional, optional term.
Each course is eight (8) weeks. A course is broken into eight (8) Lesson intervals to measure Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Therefore, each lesson is completed in one (1) week. This gives opportunities for the professor to guide, assist, and support the student’s learning process. Within each Lesson, a student will be provided instructions and details as to how to complete the Lesson. Each Lesson consists of various activities or assessments to measure your level of mastery of various subject areas. Specific chapters are assigned to read, discussion questions to be completed, or case studies to be analyzed.