Bethel operates on an early semester calendar with two 15-week semesters and a three-week interim in January.
Fall Semester 2020
Academic Calendar
| Event |
Date |
| Residence halls open (social mentors) |
August 25 |
| Residence halls open (new students) |
August 26 |
| Residence halls open, 9 a.m. (returning students) |
August 30 |
| Classes begin |
August 31 |
| Labor Day |
September 7 |
| Last day to add/drop a first-half or full-term course |
September 8 |
| Homecoming |
October 2-4 |
| Last day to withdraw from a first-half course |
October 9 |
| Fall break (Students need to be checked out of their room by 9 pm on Thursday, October 8 and can return anytime after 12:00 noon on Sunday, October 11) |
October 9-11 |
| Last day of First term courses |
October 22 |
| First day of Second term courses |
October 23 |
| Family Weekend |
October 16-18 |
| Advising Day (no day classes, night classes are held) & BUILD Registration for Interim and Spring |
October 28 |
| Last day to add/drop a second-half course |
November 2 |
| Last day to withdraw from a full-term course |
November 20 |
| Thanksgiving break (Tuesday night classes are held. Students need to be checked out of their room by 9 pm on Tuesday, November 24 and can return anytime after 12:00 noon on Sunday, November 29) |
November 25-29 |
| Classes resume |
November 30 |
| Festival of Christmas |
December 3-5 |
| Last day to withdraw from a second-half course |
December 4 |
| Last day of classes |
December 11 |
| Final examinations |
December 14, 15, 17, & 18 |
| Study Day |
December 16 |
| Residence halls close |
December 18 |
| Christmas Break (students must check-out of their residence hall 24 hours after their last final or by 9:00 p.m. on Friday, December 18, whichever comes first.) |
December 18-January 4 |
Interim 2021
Academic Calendar
| Event |
Date |
| Residence halls open, noon |
January 4 |
| Classes begin |
January 5 |
| Last day to add/drop a course |
January 6 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no classes) |
January 18 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course |
January 21 |
| Last day of classes |
January 27 |
| Interim Break (Students need to be checked out of their room by 9 pm on Wednesday, January 27 and can return anytime after 12:00 noon on Sunday, January 31) |
January 27-31 |
Spring Semester 2021
Academic Calendar
| Event |
Date |
| Residence halls open, noon |
January 31 |
| Classes begin |
February 1 |
| Last day to add/drop a first-half or full-term course |
February 8 |
| Last day to withdraw from a first-half course |
March 12 |
| Spring Break (Students who are not part of SMP trips need to be checked out of their room by 9 pm on Friday, March 12 and can return anytime after 12:00 noon on Sunday, March 21) |
March 13-21 |
| Residence halls open, noon |
March 21 |
| Classes resume |
March 22 |
| Last day of First term courses |
March 25 |
| First day of Second term courses |
March 26 |
| Easter Break (Students need to be checked out of their room by 9 pm on Thursday, April 1 and can return anytime after 12:00 noon on Monday, April 5) |
April 2-5 |
| Last day to add/drop a second-half course |
April 6 |
| Registration for Fall |
April 13 |
| Last day to withdraw from a full-term course |
April 23 |
| Last day to withdraw from a second-half course |
May 7 |
| Last day of classes |
May 14 |
| Final examinations |
May 17, 18, 20, & 21 |
| Study day |
May 19 |
| Celebration for graduating students |
May 21 |
| Commencement |
May 22 |
| End of year- Students need to check-out of their room 24 hours after their last final or by 9:00 p.m. on Friday, May 21, whichever comes first.) |
May 21 |
| Residence halls close for graduating students in BUILD, 1 p.m. |
May 23 |
