Spring semester 2021 will start later, end sooner and have a more condensed academic calendar than spring semesters of years past at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Changes to shorten the span of time on the calendar for completing the required number of instructional days are part of continued measures in response to COVID-19. The condensed academic calendar follows a similar approach taken for the fall 2020 semester.
Spring classes will begin on Jan. 19 and end on April 26, without a spring break in between. The previously scheduled spring break will instead be used for instructional days.
Classes will not meet on Friday, April 2, when the University will be closed for the spring holiday.
Spring 2021 academic calendar:
- Jan. 19: Classes begin
- April 2: Spring holiday, no classes
- April 26: Classes end
- April 28-May 4: Final exams
More information and the revised spring calendar online here: utc.edu/registrar/calendars-and-schedules for more information.
Do you not believe that it is a little pre mature and early to be making decision for the spring semester. After all it is more political then the fear of something actually happening to anyone. Sincerely a concerned and frustrated student who is upset with the university where I PAY to go to school still keeping me at home. I CAN SAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT I HAVE NOT LEARNED ANYTHING.
While I understand the need to have plans in place, announcing this one a month into the semester was too soon. No other school that I am aware of has announced their plans for Spring. I feel this was a knee jerk reaction to an unknown future and could have been announced later. Was this the only plan the school was going to go through with?
More virtual classes please. Please don’t require students and staff to do in person classes. Please continue requiring masks for all students and staff who do have to be on campus. Go Mocs!
Taking away Spring Break during such a stressful time in these kids’ lives is unbelievably ridiculous. As a Clinical Psychologist, I am absolutely against this and believe it is a risk to the mental health of UTC students AND staff.