Class Meeting Times
The regular GSD academic day is 8:00am to 6:00pm. Permission must be obtained from the Executive Committee for regular GSD courses to meet outside these times. Class meetings must be held during the hours scheduled in the on-line "Course Bulletin."
Normally, GSD courses begin five to ten minutes after the listed start times to allow students to transition from one class to the next. With this in mind, instructors should end classes promptly at the listed times. Students may leave if the class has not begun within twenty minutes of the scheduled hour. An instructor may refuse to permit students to enter the classroom after instruction has begun.
The academic hour is a unit of measurement that refers to instructional time and does not necessarily correspond to the clock hour. It is usually ten minutes less than the period schedule, which could be one, one-and-one-half, or two hours.