Academic Calendar 2020-2021 | Colgate University

Fall 2020

Date	Day	Description
23	Sunday	First-Year Students Arrive*
25	Tuesday	Upper-class Student Residences and Dining Halls Open*
26	Wednesday	Drop/Add Period Begins; Founders' Day Convocation
27	Thursday	First Day of Classes (Half-Day Schedule of Classes); S/U Grade Option Begins
28	Friday	Second Day of Classes (All Thursday Classes Meet)

Date	Day	Description
8	Tuesday	Drop/Add Period Ends for Full-term and First-Half-of-Term Courses
23	Wednesday	First-Half-of-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines

Date	Day	Description
14	Wednesday	First-Half-of-Term Courses (“Grading Period A”) End
15	Thursday	Second-Half-of-Term Courses (“Grading Period B”) Begins
23	Friday	Deadline for Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Off-Campus Study Credit
28	Wednesday	Full-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines Second-Half-of-Term Courses Drop/Add Period Ends

Date	Day	Description
4	Wednesday	Deadline for Submission of Applications for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Colgate Study Groups
9–13	Monday–Friday	Course Registration for spring 2021 Term
13	Friday	Second-Half-of-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines
20	Friday	Last Day of On-Campus Instruction
22	Sunday	Residence Halls close at 12:00 p.m. (noon)
22–29	Sunday–Sunday	Thanksgiving Recess
30	Monday	Virtual Instruction Begins

Date	Day	Description
9	Wednesday	Last Day of Virtual Instruction
10–13	Thursday–Sunday	Review Period
14–15	Monday–Tuesday	Examination Period (Virtual)
16	Wednesday	Review Period
17-18	Thursday-Friday	Examination Period (Virtual)
28	Monday	All Grades Due in the Registrar’s Office, 9 a.m.

Date	Day	Description
11	Monday	January Period** begins
21-23	Thursday-Saturday	Student Residences begin opening for spring term
22	Friday	January Period** ends
24	Sunday	Drop/Add Begins
25	Monday	First Day of Classes (Half-Day Schedule of Classes)

Date	Day	Description
3	Wednesday	Drop/Add Period Ends for Full-Term and First-Half-of-Term Courses; Application Deadline for Fall 2021/Spring 2022 Approved Program Leaves
12	Friday	Break Day
19	Friday	First-Half-of-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines

Date

Day

Description

Wednesday

Drop/Add Period Ends for Full-Term and First-Half-of-Term Courses;

Application Deadline for Fall 2021/Spring 2022 Approved Program Leaves

Friday

Break Day

Friday

First-Half-of-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines

Date	Day	Description
12	Friday	Break Day
15	Monday	First-Half-of-Term Courses End
16	Tuesday	Deadline for Declaration of Major (Class of 2023) Second-Half-of-Term Courses Begins
31	Wednesday	Full-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines Second-Half-of-Term Courses Drop/Add Period Ends

Date	Day	Description
16	Friday	Second-Half-of-Term S/U Grade Option and Course Withdrawal (with a W) Deadlines
30	Friday	Last Day of Classes

Date	Day	Description
1–2	Saturday–Sunday	Review Period
3–4	Monday–Tuesday	Examination Period
5	Wednesday	Review Period
6–7	Thursday–Friday	Examination Period
8	Saturday	Dining Halls Closed Residence Halls Closed to All Students Except Seniors, noon.
9	Sunday	Commencement, Class of 2021 Residence Halls Close to All Seniors, 8 p.m.
10	Monday	Senior Grades Due in Registrar's Office, 9 a.m.
18	Tuesday	All Other Grades Due to Registrar's Office, 9 a.m.
25–28	Tuesday-Friday	Course Registration for Fall 2021 term