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Chapter 1

Definitions

Article 1
The following terms and phrases, as used in this by-law, shall be
defined indicated, unless the context requires otherwise.

Academic year: Two (2) regular semesters or more and a summer
semester, if any, or four (4) or more levels and one or two summer
levels, if applicable.

Academic system: The method of study followed at the university's
colleges, which may be based on the level-system, or the semester-
system, or the year-system.

Academic semester: A period of at least fifteen (15) weeks in the case
of a two-semester system, and not less than twelve (12) weeks in the
three-semester system. This excludes registration, the add and drop
period, and final examination periods.

Academic level: An academic method in which the duration is shorter
than a semester, typically lasting between four and eight weeks, and
totaling at least forty weeks per year.

Full academic year: A period of no less than forty weeks a year.

Summer semester: A period of up to eight (8) weeks in a two-semester
system, or a minimum of six weeks (6) in a three-semester system.
During this period, the contact hours allocated for each academic
course are doubled.

Summer level: A period of at least four (4) weeks in the case of a level
system, during which the contact hours allocated for each academic
course are doubled.

Study plan: A list of core, elective, and free courses, which the sum

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