Which CSUs and UCs use the quarter system? Which ones use the semester system?
Posted September 13th, 2008. Categorized under California. 3 Comments
Earlier, I made a post about the differences between the quarter and semester systems that are used to divide the academic year in college. I also wrote about the difference between UCs and CSUs.
However, I didn’t state which CSUs and UCs are on the quarter system and which are on the semester. Here’s the list of schools in both systems and what academic system they use. With the exception of CSU Stanislaus, all are on either the quarter or semester system.
Schools that use the quarter system are listed in green, and schools that use the semester system are listed in blue.
CSU Campuses:
- CSU Bakersfield: Quarter
- CSU Channel Islands: Semester
- CSU Chico: Semester
- CSU Dominguez Hills: Semester
- CSU East Bay: Quarter
- CSU Fresno: Semester
- CSU Fullerton: Semester
- Humboldt State University: Semester
- CSU Long Beach: Semester
- CSU Los Angeles: Quarter
- California State Maritime Academy: Semester
- CSU Monterey Bay: Semester
- CSU Northridge: Semester
- Cal Poly, Pomona: Quarter
- CSU Sacramento: Semester
- CSU San Bernardino: Quarter
- San Diego State University: Semester
- San Francisco State University: Semester
- San Jose State University: Semester
- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo: Quarter
- CSU San Marcos: Semester
- Sonoma State University: Semester
- CSU Stanislaus: 4-1-4
UC Campuses:
- UC Berkeley: Semester
- UC Davis: Quarter
- UC Irvine: Quarter
- UC Los Angeles: Quarter
- UC Merced: Semester
- UC Riverside: Quarter
- UC San Diego: Quarter
- UC Santa Barbara: Quarter
- UC Santa Cruz: Quarter
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1. William from Hair Extensions San Diego
July 6th, 2009 8:34 am
I think both formats can be productive. I think it depends heavily on the subject you are teaching. I think some courses need more time then others to properly teach you the material without stressing the students.