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Colleges with Unique Calendars

The schools on this list won't be boxed in by the typical two-semester system.

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• Alma College (Alma, MI): Has two 14-week semesters and a one-month intensive spring term in May.
• Bates College (Lewiston, ME): In May, after the second semester, a short term is offered.
• Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO): Operates on the Block Plan, in which students take one course every three-and-a-half weeks.
• Cornell College (Mount Vernon, IA): Students take one course at a time.
• Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH): Has a flexible year-round calendar, four terms per year.
• Elmira College (Elmira, NY): Term three is a six-weeks special study term starting at end of April.
• Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL): A four-week term is offered at the end of the school year.
• Furman University (Greenville, SC): Has an eight-week winter term.
• Hanover College (Hanover, IN): A one-month term is offered at the end of the school year.
• Kalamazoo College (Kalamazoo, MI): The academic year is broken up to allow for career development, foreign study, internship, and research.
• Maharishi University of Management (Fairfield, IA): Students take one course at a time.
• Quest University (Can): Students take one course at a time.
• Tusculum College (Greeneville, TN): The college operates on a Block Plan in which students take one course every three-and-a-half weeks.
• University of Montana — Western (Dillon, MT): Students take one course at a time.