fall semester
Post-summer academic period
The fall semester is the academic term beginning in late summer or early autumn, typically running from August or September through December.
In American higher education, the school year divides into fall and spring semesters, with fall semester marking the start of the academic year: I'm taking five classes this fall semester.
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- classesInstructional sessions or groupings
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- syllabusCourse plan document
- midtermsExams at semester's center
finals · campus · freshman · textbooks · leaves · September · October · November · homework · lecture · dormitory · college town · professor · office hours · backpack · studying · Thanksgiving · study abroad
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- collegecampus, courses, application, dorms, dorm room
- college termsuniversity, community college, liberal arts college, state school, credit hours
- school calendaracademic calendar, trimester, quarter, winter break, summer vacation
- CEGEPsgeneral education
- school yearsfreshman year, sophomore year, junior year, senior year, first year
academic calendar position
fall semesterspring semester
Academic term following winter
spring term · summer term · summer session · second term · January term