SPS Yearly Calendar:

Centenary University’s School of Professional Studies operates on an accelerated academic calendar.  For each traditional semester, SPS has two terms running for 8 weeks each.  Most SPS undergraduate students complete 24 credits per year (4 credits in each of the six terms), and most graduate students complete 18 credits per year (3 credits in each of the six terms). All credits are awarded on a Semester hour basis. Below is the SPS Term Schedule through 2021.

2021 SPS Term Schedule

Term Orientation week Start Date Last Day of Term Holidays
SP21A –
SPS SPRING 1
1/04/21 – 1/09/21
1/10/21
3/6/21
PARSIPPANY CLASSES REMAIN REMOTE FOR MLK. SPS OFFICES OPEN.
Sp21B –
SPS Spring 2
3/01/21 – 3/06/21
3/07/21
5/1/21
SU21A –
SPS Summer 1
4/26/21 – 5/01/21
5/02/21
6/26/21
Classes move online 05/31/21 due to Memorial Day holiday
SU21B –
SPS Summer 2
6/21/21 – 6/26/21
6/27/21
8/21/21
FA21A –
SPS FalL 1
8/16/21 – 8/21/21
8/30/21
10/24/21
Classes move online 9/06/21 due to labor day
FA21B –
SPS Fall 2
10/11/21 – 10/16/21
10/25/21
12/19/21
Classes move online 11/24 – 11/25 due to thanksgiving

*All Spring A on-ground classes will begin on January 11, 2021 remotely. On-ground classes will resume at the Parsippany campus on Monday, January 25, 2021.