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The condensed academic calendar follows a similar approach taken for the fall 2020 semester.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Classes will <strong>not meet<\/strong> on Friday, April 2, when the University will be closed for the spring holiday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Spring 2021 academic calendar:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jan. 19: Classes begin<\/li>\n<li>April 2: Spring holiday, no classes<\/li>\n<li>April 26: Classes end<\/li>\n<li>April 28-May 4: Final exams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information and the revised spring calendar online here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/registrar\/calendars-and-schedules\/index.php\">utc.edu\/registrar\/calendars-and-schedules<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the new dates for the 2021 spring semester academic calendar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/changes-announced-for-spring-semester-2021\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,64,661],"tags":[99209,99208],"class_list":{"0":"post-33006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-news","9":"category-students","10":"tag-academic-calendar","11":"tag-spring-semester-2021","12":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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