Spring 2021
Undergraduate
- M. L. King Jr. Holiday (university closed)1 – January 18
- Undergraduate students move in – January 23-27
- Classes begin – January 28
- Undergraduate add/drop week – January 28-February 3
- Exploration Day – March 3
- Advising week – March 15-19
- Friday class schedule on Thursday – April 1
- Good Friday (no classes) – April 2
- Undergraduate registration for fall classes – April 5-7
- Last day to withdraw (15-week classes) – April 16
- SPARC Festival – April 21-23 (no Emmitsburg campus classes on April 22)
- Academic Awards Ceremony – April 23
- Last day of classes – May 6
- Reading day – May 7
- Final exams – May 8, 10-13
- Baccalaureate – May 13
- Commencement – May 15-16
- Final grades due – May 18
- Memorial Day (university closed) – May 31
Graduate
- Session I (8 weeks) – January 18-March 12
- Spring (15 weeks) – January 28-May 13 | School of Education
- Session II (8 weeks) – March 15-May 7
Adult Undergraduate
- Spring (15 weeks) – January 28-May 13
- Spring 1 (5 weeks) – January 18-February 19
- Spring 2 (5 weeks) – February 22-March 26
- Spring 3 (5 weeks) – March 29-April 30
- Spring 4 (8 weeks) – January 18-March 12
- Spring 5 (8 weeks) – March 15-May 7
Calendar Details
1University is closed; No main campus classes; Frederick classes may offer virtual sessions
Summer 2021
Main and Frederick campuses
- Session I (5 weeks) – June 1-July 2
- Session II (5 weeks) – July 5-August 6
- Session III (10 weeks) – June 1-August 6
- Session IV (8 weeks) – June 1-July 23
- Grad 1 (8 weeks) – May 10-July 2
- Grad 2 (8 weeks) – July 5-August 27
Fall 2021
Undergraduate
- Move-In Day – August 19
- New Student Orientation – August 19-22
- Classes Begin – August 23
- Opening Convocation – August 23
- Undergraduate Add / Drop Week – August 23-27
- Mass of the Holy Spirit – August 24
- Labor Day Holiday (university closed) – September 6
- Fall Break – October 2-10
- Autumn Holiday (university closed) – October 8
- Advising Week – October 18-22
- Last Day to Withdraw (15-week classes) – October 29
- Pre-Registration – November 1-3
- Thanksgiving Break – November 24-28
- Last Day of Classes – December 10
- Final Exams – December 13-17
- Final Grades Due – December 20
- University Closed – December 24-January 2
Adult Undergraduate
- First 5-week session – August 23-September 24
- Second 5-week session – September 27-October 29
- Third 5-week session – November 1-December 3
- First 8-week session – August 23-October 15
- Second 8-week session – October 18-December 10
- 16-week session – August 23-December 17
Graduate
- First 8-week session – August 30-October 22
- Second 8-week session – October 25-December 17
- 16-week session – August 23-December 17