A new proposal, if passed, could bring changes to the 2005 summer session. “The proposal entails taking our current summer session and revamping it,” Jaret Hubbell, Student Government Association president, said. The proposal would take the current summer session and divide it into three individual summer session parts. One session would be eight weeks and the other two would be four weeks.

One four-week session would be at the beginning of summer and the other four- week session would take place at the end of summer. The eight-week session would run across both of the four-week sessions.

The classes for the four-week session would be 110 minutes long, while the classes for the eight-week session would be 55 minutes. Students would still be required to fulfill 2200 minutes of class time in order to complete a course.

The proposal, if passed, would provide 11 time slots for students to choose their classes from. Four time slots would be provided during the two four-week sessions and three time slots would be provided in the eight-week session.

Students are presently allowed by the Board of Regents to earn 12 semester hours during the summer session. This would not change if the proposal passes.

Hubbell said it is still just a proposal. “I do not believe it is definite that we are moving forward with it or not,” Hubbell said. He added that the proposal does have its benefits.

One benefit would be that students who want to take a class with a prerequisite could take the prerequisite in the first four-week session and the class requiring the prerequisite in the second four-week session.

In addition, students who failed a prerequisite in the first four-week session would have a chance to retake the class in the second four-week session.

Other universities in Louisiana offer multi-sessions during the summer term. McNeese State University offers a summer session similar to the proposal at Nicholls. McNeese offers one full session and two mini sessions.

Other universities offer more options for students during the summer session. Northwestern State University offers students a variety of opportunities to schedule summer courses. The university offers four, three-week sessions, two, four and a half- week sessions and two, six-week sessions. They also offer an eight-week session, a nine-week session and a twelve-week session.

“The summer session proposal sounds cool, (Nicholls) should do that,” Charles Canan, Allied Health senior from Metairie, said.