2020-2021 Academic Calendar

Spring 2021 Semester
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 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.
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 – NO CLASSES.
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 - 26	Wednesday - Friday	Spring Break NO CLASSES
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