Academic Calendar

The Tennessee College of Applied Technology operates on a year-round basis dismissing only for observance of legal holidays, teacher in-service, breaks between terms, and student vacation days. Full-time preparatory classes are scheduled five days a week for six hours a day.

The calendar for the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Athens is based on three equal trimesters that include a minimum of 216 instructional days. The three trimesters are:

Fall:            September, October, November, December
Spring:       January, February, March, April
Summer:    May, June, July, August

   432 hours = 1 trimester
   864 hours = 2 trimesters
1,296 hours = 3 trimesters
1,728 hours = 4 trimesters
2,160 hours = 5 trimesters