East Carolina University offers academic programs through traditional on-campus class attendance as well as by distance education classes offered via the Internet and at other locations. Courses are offered in fall and spring semesters, each comprising fourteen weeks plus an additional week at the close of each semester for exams. Both traditional and nontraditional students may be enrolled in on-campus and/or distance education classes.

Summer classes are offered for both on-campus and distance education instruction. There are two summer session schedule formats: one eleven-week session, and two five-week terms. Schedules for fall and spring semesters as well as summer school are located in the front of this catalog and are also available at Students entering the university only for a summer session(s) must meet all admission requirements or be approved visitors from another institution. See Admission and Readmission, or contact the Office of Admissions, for further information. Graduate students should consult the Graduate School.

The Clinical Laboratory Science programme is offered at East Carolina University.