Teaching periods

Most mainstream courses and subjects are delivered in sessions. There are three sessions each year, which can be identified by the ‘0’ at the end of their teaching period code.

Session 1 runs for 4 months every year, starting in late Feb/early March and ending in June. Session 2 also runs for 4 months, starting in July and ending late Oct/early Nov. Session 3 is a summer session that runs for 3 months each year from November to February.

Both Session 1 and 2 are compulsory for students enrolled in mainstream session courses. Session 3 is usually optional. However, there are some courses where enrolment in Session 3 is also compulsory. See Session 3 course enrolment to check if your course has compulsory Session 3 enrolment.

Your course may have some subjects that are delivered in year-long periods, which combine the start and end dates of 2 or 3 standard sessions together into a single longer teaching period. Most year-long periods end in the year after they commenced, except for Year-long Period 1.

There were five year-long periods first introduced in 2021, which were identified with codes ending with ‘6’ or ‘7’. However, from 2022 onwards, there will be six year-long periods each year at Charles Sturt University, which can be identified by the ‘1’ or ‘2’ at the end of their teaching period codes, starting with Year-long Period 1 (202231).

Year-long Periods in 2021

Year-long Periods in 2022 (and onwards)

There are three terms every year at Charles Sturt, which can be identified by the ‘5’ at the end of their teaching period codes.. Students are encouraged to check the specific dates for each subject they enrol in that is delivered in a term, using Interact2.

Term Names

Between 2010 and 2021, these terms were named in a specific order to align with the Northern Hemisphere each year:

• Term 2 (15), Term 3 (45), Term 1 (75).

However, from 2022 onwards, these terms are to be named in chronological order, which is the same order as their codes:

• Term 1 (15), Term 2 (45), Term 3 (75).

Micro sessions are shorter teaching periods that usually run for 8 weeks. There are six micro-sessions each year at Charles Sturt, which can be identified by the ‘4’ at the end of their teaching period code (from 2022 onwards). However, when these six micro-sessions were first introduced in 2020 and 2021, they had codes that ended in ‘2’.

ADPP Periods are for Associate Degree in Police Practice subjects only. Detailed dates for ADPP students are available on the NSW Police Force website.

There are six ADPP Periods each year, which can be identified by the ‘3’ at the end of their teaching period codes (from 2022 onwards). However, when these six ADPP Periods were first introduced in 2020 and 2021, they had codes that ended in ‘8’.