This fall, Elizabethtown CommÂunity and Technical College will roll out new eight-week class schedules. The initiative, called 8 Week Advantage, offers multiple advantages to students, from new high school graduates to working adults who are coming back to the classroom for the first time in a while.
8-Week Advantage reorganizes studentsâ schedules, so they can focus on fewer classes at a time. The fall and spring semesters will have two eight-week sessions. One eight-week session will be offered in the summer.
For example, during a traditional 16-week semester, a full-time student typically takes five three-credit-hour courses, earning a total of 15 credits. With 8-Week Advantage, that student will take two or three classes per eight-week session. The student will focus on fewer classes at a time and earn the same 15 credit hours. Over the course of the semester, the average time devoted to their classes will not change.