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semester hour

American  

noun

Education.

  1. a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.

Etymology

Origin of semester hour

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50

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An enrollment fee of $2 is charged, $4 thereafter per semester hour of final credit granted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Recall what is meant by the work of a semester hour and you will easily see how broad our academic requirement is.

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