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2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020-2021 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Academic Year Calendar


 

2020-2021 ACADEMIC YEAR CALENDAR

Class information is based on full semester classes.

MaineStreet provides information on non-standard dated classes.

For information about Winter Session and Summer Session classes,

please see MaineStreet’s Schedule of Classes. 

 

                                                                             Fall Semester 2020

Classes begin Monday, August 31
Last day to add courses  Sunday, September 6
No Classes Labor Day Monday, September 7
Last day to drop classes for refund** Monday, September 14
Classes dropped on or before this date will not appear on transcript Wednesday, September 30, 4:30 p.m.
Application for Graduation filing deadline (Dec.) Thursday, October 1
Virtual UMaine Student Symposium(rescheduled from April) Friday, October 2
No Classes - Indigenous Peoples’ Day Monday, October 12
Enrollment for Spring 2021 November 2
No Classes - Veterans Day  Wednesday, November 11
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive ‘W’ grade (Withdrawn classes after this date will receive failing grade.) Friday, November 13, 4:30 p.m.
Last day for In-person instruction for term Tuesday, November 24
Thanksgiving break begins Wednesday, November 25
Remote/Online instruction resumes Monday, November 30
Classes end Friday, December 11
Final exams begin Monday, December 14
Final exams end Friday, December 18
Final grades due Saturday, December 26

Winter Session: Monday, January 4, 2021 - Friday, January 22, 2021

 

  Spring Semester 2021

Classes begin                        Monday,  January 25
Last day to add courses                Sunday,  January 31
Application for Graduation filing deadline (May) Monday, February 1
Last day to drop courses for refund** Monday, February 8
No Classes - Presidents’ Day Monday, February 15
Classes dropped on or before this date will not appear on transcript Wednesday, February 24, 4:30 p.m.
!Reading Day - no classes Tuesday, March 23
March Mini-Break - no classes Wednesday, March 24
Enrollment for Fall 2021 (tentative) March 29 - April 23
Last day to withdraw from a class and receive ‘W’ grade (Withdrawn classes after this date will receive failing grade.) Friday, April 30, 4:30 p.m.
!Reading Day - no classes Thursday, April 15
UMaine Student Symposium Friday, April 16
!Maine Day (Service/Reading Day) -  no classes Wednesday, April 28
Classes end Friday, April 30
Final exams begin Monday, May 3
Final exams end Friday, May 7
Commencement - Graduate TBA
Commencement - Undergraduate TBA
Final grades due Friday, May 14

Summer University: Monday, May 10– Friday, August 20, 2021 (tentative)

~Changes due to COVID-19 - no Fall Break or Spring recess
!Exceptions to the calendar for Maine Day and for Reading Days can be done with the approval of the Dean or Associate Dean of the respective college.
**Class information is based on full semester classes.
Summer University classes have variable start and end dates
MaineStreet provides information on non-standard dated classes                                                                                                                                    Updated January 22, 2021