2020-2021 Academic Calendar

August

• Online course registration opens at 12:00PM for students with two or less semesters of coursework remaining

• Mandatory Orientation begins for incoming students

• Deadline for completion of all August degree requirements

September

• Online course registration opens at 12:00PM for students with more than two semesters of coursework remaining

• Mandatory Orientation ends for incoming students

• Labor Day Observed – University Holiday – NO CLASSES

• Classes begin for Session A and full semester courses

• Online registration ends for Fall semester at 11:59PM
• Last day for non-Fletcher students to submit cross-registration petitions online

• Last day of the drop/late add period for Session A and full semester courses.  Courses dropped after this date receive a withdrawal notation.
• Last day to submit independent study
• Last day to submit audit forms

October

• Indigenous People’s Day Observed – Classes are held

• Last day of classes for Session A

• Reading Day for Session A and full semester courses

• Reading Day for Session A and full semester courses

• Final exam period for Session A
• Midterm exam period for full semester courses

• Final exam period for Session A
• Midterm exam period for full semester courses

• First day of Session B

November

• Last day to add/drop Session B classes

• Veterans Day – University Holiday - NO CLASSES

• NYC Career Trip – NO CLASSES

• Thanksgiving Recess – NO CLASSES

• Thanksgiving Recess – NO CLASSES

• Thanksgiving Recess – NO CLASSES

December

• Last day of classes for Session B and full semester courses

• Reading Day for Session B and full semester courses

• Reading Day for Session B and full semester courses

• Final exam period for Session B and full semester courses

• Final exam period for Session B and full semester courses

• Final exam period for Session B and full semester courses

January

• Fall grades due by 12:00PM
• Deadline for completion of all February degree requirements
• Online course registration opens at 12:00PM for students with two or less semesters of coursework remaining

• Mandatory orientation for incoming students begins
• Online course registration opens at 12:00PM for students with more than two semesters of coursework remaining

• 8am – 12:00 pm EST – Virtual Shopping Day with live presentations for selected courses
• Equivalency exams administered using CANVAS.  Exams begin at 9:00am EST through 1:00pm EST on Saturday, January 16.  Equivalency exams will be offered for E201, E210m, B205/B206.  NOTE: The equivalency exams are administered, without exception, twice during the academic year.  Note that the final time the equivalency exams will be administered for the academic year is during January orientation.

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Observed – University Holiday – NO CLASSES

• Classes begin

• Online registration ends at 11:59PM

February

• Last day of the drop/late add period.  Courses dropped after this date receive a withdrawal notation.
• Last day for non-Fletcher students to submit cross-registration petitions
• Last day to submit independent study registration forms
• Last day to submit audit forms to the Registrar’s Office

• Presidents’ Day Observed – NO CLASSES.

• Follow MONDAY class schedule

• Washington, D.C. Career Trip – NO CLASSES

• Washington, D.C. Career Trip – NO CLASSES

• Foreign Language Reading Comprehension Exams:  Exams will be offered on CANVAS for a 24-hour period beginning at 9 am EST and will end at 9 am EST on Sunday, February 28. 

March

• Modular courses scheduled for the first half of the term end

• Add/drop period ends for modular courses scheduled in the second half
• Capstone Agreement Form due to the Registrar's Office for students in 2-year programs entering their final year and for students in 1-year programs entering their final semester.

• Modular courses scheduled for the second half of the term begin

• Follow THURSDAY class schedule

• Spring Break NO CLASSES

• Spring Break ends; classes resume

April

• Last day to submit PhD dissertation (deposit copies) to the Director of the PhD program

• Patriots’ Day – University holiday - NO CLASSES

• Follow FRIDAY class schedule
• Last Day of classes for the spring 2021 term
• Deadline for completion of all May degree requirements, excluding spring 2021 final grades

• Reading Day

• Reading Day

May

• First Day of Final Exams

• Final Exams

• Final Exams

• Final Exams

• Last Day of Final exams

• Spring grades due by 5 PM

• Executive and Full Faculty Meeting for degree vote

• Class Day Ceremony

• Commencement