A semester credit hour is defined as nominally one hour of classroom time per week per semester. Thus a class which is held for three hours a week for one semester is a three semester-hour course.
The other story is the budding romance of Luke, a North Carolina rancher and champion bull rider, and Sophia, a Wake Forest art history student who was raised by immigrant parents in New Jersey. THE LONGEST RIDE. By Nicholas Sparks.
Luke used to be a bull rider who won awards. He's trying to bring his career back on the champion path. Sophia is about to finish college, and has dreams of living in New York and being part of the bustling art world. The two lovers seem to be headed on a path out of each other's lives. They meet Ira when he's trapped in a car after a crash.