SWS – semester hour

SWS is the German abbreviation for "semester hour" and indicates the number of 45-minute periods that a course comprises per week during the lecture period of a semester.

SWS is the German abbreviation for "semester hour" and indicates the number of 45-minute periods that a course comprises per week during the lecture period of a semester. For example, 2 SWS means that, during the lecture period of a semester, this course takes place with 2 teaching units (in fact 2 x 45 minutes) per week.

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