Winter 2021 Term
Welcome back! Hope you all had a relaxing holiday break and are ready for the Winter Term. Fall Term was an uphill climb for those in the first year of your respective professional programs, but you did it and adapted to some stressful times with remote learning in a COVID context. Hopefully you will find the Winter Term a little easier and a much more familiar routine.
Here is some information and dates that will be important for you to know for the Winter Term 2021. Wishing you and your families and healthy and happy 2021.
Registration and Term Start/End
- Monday, January 11 Start of regular term classes
- Thursday, January 21 Last day to drop regular term classes without financial penalty
- Friday, January 22 Last day to add or swap regular term classes
- Friday, January 29 Fee Payment Deadline
- Thursday, April 15 End of regular term classes and last day to Withdraw from classes with a notation of “W” on the transcript.
Breaks and Block Weeks
- January 4-8 University Block Week
- February 14-20 Mid-Term Break (no classes)
- March 15-19 SAPL Block Week
- Friday, April 2 Good Friday (no classes)
- Monday, April 5 Easter Monday (no classes)
- TBA Final Reviews - Please do not make any travel or work arrangements until you know your studio and course final review dates.
We're here for you
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
Jonas Tenold, Course Enrollment
Catherine Hamel, Associate Dean (Architecture)
Mary-Ellen Tyler, Associate Dean (Planning and Landscape Architecture)
Preparing for School
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Program Landing Pages


We've been waiting to begin graduate studies for a long time, some of us over eight years! It's now time to start the learning and the work.
Dimitri Giannoulis (MPlan'22)
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SAPL is committed to providing students with open and accessible information, no matter where you're located. On this site, you'll find information that will help you get prepared for the start of this new year.
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