How will the academic calendar change for fall 2020?

Per Dean Baucom's email to all faculty on July 8, please see details for the Fall 2020 semester academic calendar below.

  • Undergraduate courses will begin on schedule on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. 
  • There will be no Fall Reading Days. 
  • For all students in Arts & Sciences (undergraduate and graduate), the last day of classes will be Tuesday, November 24, 2020 (the Tuesday before Thanksgiving).  
  • Exam Reading Days will be Monday, November 30 and Tuesday, December 1, 2020.  
  • Exams will begin on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 and end on Friday, December 11, 2020.  
  • After Thanksgiving, there will be no in-person activities—all exams and other final assessment activities need to be held online.  
  • The Associate Deans and I expect to hear more information soon about the revised examination schedule from Laura Hawthorne, Associate Vice Provost and University Registrar, and we will share timely updates.