Xi'an is renowned as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China and also as the eastern terminus of the Silk Road. A walk downtown revealed a veritable trove of Tang Dynasty, pagoda-style buildings, even the local KFC. I was pleased to run across the city's Muslim Quarter and get a good beef kebab for my dinner.
The noun SEMESTER HOUR has 1 sense: 1. a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester. Familiarity information: SEMESTER HOUR used as a noun is very rare.
Three semester hours typically means a course runs three hour per week (class contact time) for the length of the semester. This would be equivalent to three credits for the semester which would be applied toward the degree provided the course was passed with the appropriate grade.