
The semester will end on May 1, and commencement for university graduates will be on May 3. Students will have the day off on Martin Luther King Jr. The updated academic calendar designates April 24 and 25, a weekend, as official study days before final exam week begins on April 26. The last day to register or Drop/Add without College approval is on Augfor Session A, Augfor Session C, and October. It is the first day of classes on the Arizona State University academic calendar 2023-2024. Knasiak said she wished the university would test students traveling during spring break rather than cancel the break entirely. ASU Fall 2023 classes start on Thursday, Augfor Session A and C and Octofor Session C.
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"It felt like full steam ahead from August through December," she wrote. She said breaks in the semester give students time to decompress. Sophia Knasiak, a senior at ASU studying theater, wrote in a direct message to The Arizona Republic that she felt pressure and burnout during the shortened fall semester. OCTOBER: University of Arizona cancels spring break, adds reading daysĪlthough the move is intended to restrict travel, many students across the country have complained that such measures lead to an accelerated semester with no time for mental breaks. Northern Arizona University also canceled spring break and the University of Arizona added "reading days" in place of spring break, which offers days off sporadically throughout the semester.

Traditionally, many ASU students travel to Cabo San Lucas or Rocky Point, Mexico through travel agencies such as Just College, a travel agency geared toward college spring breakers.ĪSU canceled fall break in October and ended in-person courses early after Thanksgiving break for the same reason. Searle said the adjustment to the calendar is to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Arizona State University will not be having a spring break in 2021, according to an email Provost Mark Searle sent Thursday.
