extended	beyond	the	normal	term	beginning	or	ending	dates	by	not	more	than	two	weeks	could	still	be	considered	a
standard	term.
Note	that	the	requirements	described	above	do	not	apply	to	standard	terms	in	a	subscription-based	academic	calendar.
As	explained	earlier,	classes	in	a	subscription-based	program	are	not	required	to	begin	and	end	within	a	term.
Standard	terms	(including	standard	terms	in	a	subscription-based	program)	may	not	overlap	within	a	program.	In	addition,
if	an	extended	class	overlaps	another	term	in	a	program	that	is	not	a	subscription-based	program,	the	program9s
academic	calendar	must	be	treated	as	non-term.
Combining	Modules	Into	a	Standard	Term
Except	for	subscription-based	programs,	in	a	program	using	a	standard	term	academic	calendar	you	may	combine	two	or
more	consecutive	shorter	nonstandard	terms	(often	called	modules)	and	treat	them	as	a	single	standard	term	such	as	a
semester	or	quarter.	For	example,	you	might	offer	a	program	in	a	series	of	modules,	each	of	which	is	six	weeks	in	length,
with	students	earning	six	quarter	credits	in	each	module.	Although	a	single	6-week	module	could	not	constitute	a	quarter
(because	it	contains	fewer	than	the	minimum	nine	weeks	required	for	a	quarter),	you	could	choose	to	treat	two
consecutive	6-week	modules	as	a	single	12-week	quarter.
There	are	no	modules	in	subscription-based	programs	for	
Title	IV	purposes.
Intersessions
In	certain	limited	cases	for	academic	programs	offered	in	standard	terms,	a	short	nonstandard	term	may	be	combined
Standard	Term	Length
November	5,	2019	Electronic	Announcement
Volume	3,	Chapter	1,	Example	2:	Combining	Modules
As	shown	below,	a	school	could	choose	to	group	three	5-week	modules	together	and	treat	them	as	a	15-week
semester,	or	it	could	combine	four	4-week	modules	into	a	16-week	semester:
Module	1	(5	weeks)	+	Module	2	(5	weeks)	+	Module	3	(5	weeks)	=	15-week	semester
or
Module	1	(4	weeks)	+	Module	2	(4	weeks)	+	Module	3	(4	weeks)	+	Module	4	(4	weeks)	=	16-week	semester
On	the	other	hand,	programs	offered	in	modules	may	also	be	treated	as	nonstandard	term	or	non-term	programs.
For	instance,	in	the	first	of	the	two	examples	shown	above	the	school	could	treat	each	5-week	module	as	a
nonstandard	term	or	could	consider	this	to	be	a	non-term	program.	Whatever	academic	calendar	a	school	adopts
for	a	program,	it	must	apply	the	calendar	to	all	students	enrolled	in	that	program	and	document	the	program9s
treatment	in	its	policies	and	procedures	manual.
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