2020-2021 Academic Calendar

January

4

Monday

• 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

11

Monday

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

15

Friday

• 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 1pm 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.

18

Monday

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

19

Tuesday

• Classes begin

26

Tuesday

• Online registration ends at 11:59PM

February

9

Tuesday

• 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

15

Monday

• Presidents’ Day Observed – Classes are held.

16

Tuesday

• Follow MONDAY class schedule

18

Thursday

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

19

Friday

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

27

Saturday

• 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

5

Friday

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

8

Monday

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

12

Friday

• Add/drop period ends for modular courses scheduled in the second half

23

Tuesday

• FOLLOW THURSDAY CLASS SCHEDULE

24

Wednesday

• Spring Break begins

29

Monday

• Spring Break ends; classes resume

April

16

Friday

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

19

Monday

• Patriots’ Day – University holiday - NO CLASSES

28

Wednesday

• 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

29

Thursday

• Reading Day

30

Friday

• Reading Day

MAY

3

Monday

• First Day of Final Exams

4

Tuesday

• Final Exams

5

Wednesday

• Final Exams

6

Thursday

• Final Exams

7

Friday

• Last Day of Final exams

12

Wednesday

• Spring grades due by 5 PM

20

Thursday

• Executive and Full Faculty Meeting for degree vote

22

Saturday

• Class Day Ceremony

23

Sunday

• Commencement