Semester names

[dr_whom]

So in the University of Toronto calendar there are four instructional terms per year, ending with final exam periods. The teaching dates of these terms and their names, as of this year, are as follows:

September 8–December 2: Fall term
January 5–April 2: Winter term
May 11–June 19: Summer session (1)
June 29–August 10: Summer session (2)

…I realize that it would probably cause more confusion than it resolved if the May–June term were called the "Spring term", but I'm still sad that it isn't.

Comments

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

It does lie entirely within the spring, though.

[dr_whom]

True!

That's more than they can say for the Winter term.

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

Not to mention the spring break.

[dr_whom]

In fairness, the spring break is called "Reading Week", perhaps in part because it falls in mid-February.

[midnight-sidhe.livejournal.com]

Is it right before exams?

[dr_whom]

No, it is the halfway mark of the winter semester.

I scheduled my midterm exams right after reading week this semester; people were quite put out about it.

[dr_whom]

I'm told that the corresponding term at the University of Michigan is called the spring term!