semesterisation
noun1
Education Ireland, UK The division of the academic year into (typically two) semesters with exams after each, as opposed to (typically three) terms with exams only after the final term of the year
- Extra-curricular activities in Galway have also taken a body blow with the recent introduction of a semesterisation system into the Arts faculty. This American-inspired structure means second and third year students sit exams shortly after Christmas and in May/June.1988 August 29, Eilis Ward, “Changing times in the West”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page 17 (Lifestyles Supplement: Going to College):
- Semesterisation, for those unfamiliar with such matters, is the division of the academic year into two equal periods, called semesters. Semesterisation's "fellow-traveller" is modularisation, the division of a subject into components or modules. A certain number of modules are taken each semester and are examined at the end of the semester.1997 March 18, John Connolly, “Colleges still trying to do things by halves”, in The Irish Times, Dublin, page 4 (Education & Living):
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- The move to semesterisation has the potential to allow faster degree routes for students. Three semesters can be fitted into one academic year and thereby facilitate two-year degree programmes.2006, Dorothy Moss, Gender, Space and Time: Women and Higher Education, Lexington, →ISBN, page 158:
- Semesterisation will result in a more even distribution of the student workload where exams will happen before Christmas and before the summer meaning that modules can be wholly taught and assessed in a single teaching period.2014 June 13, “Semesterisation sees early start for UCC students”, in UCC News Archive^(https://www.ucc.ie/en/news/archive/2014andbeyond/2014-(jan-june)/semesterisation-sees-early-start-for-ucc-students.html), University College Cork:
- Related terms
- modularisation, course credit