Mineral, Washington. Mineral is a small unincorporated community in Lewis County, Washington just off State Route 7 near the Pierce/Lewis county line. Mineral originally began as a mining town. Prospectors searching the area for gold instead found coal and arsenic.
The semester system divides the calendar year into two semesters of 16 to 18 weeks each, plus summer sessions of varying lengths. The two semesters together constitute 32 to 36 weeks of instruction, so that three academic quarters equal two academic semesters. Thus, academic credit earned in quarter hours converts to semester hours at 2/3 of its value, while credit earned in semester hours converts to quarter hours at 3/2 of its value.
An undergraduate student whose cumulative GPA is below 2.0 is placed on academic probation. This status is noted on the student's permanent academic record with the semester of the evaluation, and continues until the next evaluation opportunity. Semester or Term â A period of study of approximately 16 weeks, usually half of the academic year (i.e., fall and spring semesters). 2  The fall semester begins in August and the spring semester begins in January at UNC Charlotte. 3  There are summer terms as well: one ten-week and two five-week terms.