with	a	preceding	or	following	standard	term	and	treated	as	a	single	standard	term.	These	short	nonstandard	terms	are
often	called	<intersessions.=	For	example,	a	program	might	be	offered	in	an	academic	calendar	consisting	of	two	15-week
semesters,	fall	and	spring,	with	a	4-week	intersession	between	the	two	semesters.	To	consider	the	program	as	being
offered	in	standard	terms,	you	must	combine	the	intersession	with	either	the	fall	semester	or	the	spring	semester	and
treat	the	combined	intersession	and	semester	as	a	single	term.	If	you	choose	to	take	this	approach,	the	same	treatment
must	be	applied	for	all	Title	IV	purposes	to	all	students	enrolled	in	the	program.	In	addition,	hours	taken	in	the	intersession
must	count	toward	a	student9s	enrollment	status	for	the	combined	term,	and	costs	for	the	intersession	must	be	included
in	the	cost	of	attendance.
In	some	cases,	an	intersession	may	partially	overlap	one	or	more	standard	terms.	If	the	intersession	overlaps	just	one
standard	term,	you	may	still	consider	the	program	to	be	offered	in	standard	terms	if	you	combine	the	overlapping
intersession	with	the	standard	term	and	treat	that	combination	as	a	single	term,	as	described	above.
If	you	choose	not	to	combine	an	intersession	with	a	standard	term	as	described	above	and	instead	treat	the	intersession
as	a	standalone	term,	or	if	an	intersession	partially	overlaps	more	than	one	standard	term,	the	program	must	be	treated
as	a	non-term	program	for	Direct	Loans.	For	Pell	Grants	and	Teacher	Education	Assistance	for	College	and	Higher
Education	(TEACH)	Grants,	you	would	be	required	to	use	Formula	3	if	you	treat	the	intersession	as	a	standalone	term,	or
Formula	4	if	an	intersession	partially	overlaps	more	than	one	standard	term.	Regardless	of	whether	you	treat	an
intersession	as	a	standalone	term	or	combine	it	with	a	standard	term,	you	may	not	have	a	policy	of	prohibiting	otherwise
eligible	students	from	receiving	
Title	IV	program	funds	to	cover	costs	associated	with	enrollment	in	the	intersession.
Intersessions	are	not	permitted	in	subscription-based	programs.
Volume	3,	Chapter	1,	Example	3,	Combining	an	Intersession	With	a	Standard	Term
A	school	offers	a	degree	program	in	education	with	a	4-week	intersession	between	two	15-	week	semesters:
15-week	semester 4-week	intersession 15-week	semester
The	terms	don9t	overlap.	The	school	chooses	to	define	the	academic	year	for	this	program	as	24	semester	hours
and	34	weeks	of	instructional	time.
The	school	may	combine	the	intersession	with	one	of	the	standard	terms,	and	treat	the	program	as	being	offered
in	two	semesters:
19-week	semester
(15-week	fall	semester	+	4-week	intersession)
15-week	semester
or
15-week	semester 19-week	semester
(4-week	intersession	+	15-week	semester)
The	school	could	also	choose	not	to	combine	the	terms.	In	this	case,	the	program	would	have	a	4-week
nonstandard	term	and	two	standard	terms	(semesters).	As	noted	earlier,	this	means	that	the	school	would	treat
this	as	a	non-term	program	for	Direct	Loan	purposes	and	would	use	Formula	3	for	calculating	Pell	Grant	and
TEACH	Grant	awards.
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