Upcoming 16-week Academic Calendar

Merced College is transitioning from an 18-week calendar to a 16-week calendar. This page serves to elaborate on the reasons behind this change and the methods by which we are implementing the new calendar system.

How’d we get here?

The Innovative Enrollment and Scheduling Workgroup met in Spring 2022 with the end result of a recommendation to
implement a 16-week condensed academic calendar.

Implementation Timeline

Target date for implementation is Fall 2025

Fall 2023

• 16-week Implementation Team met September 22nd
• Partnership Resource Team First visited September 29th
• Follow up 16-week Implementation Team Meeting, November 3rd
• Collect additional data
• Partnership Resource Team Second Visit, November 20th
• Review Menu of Options (MOO) and determine implementation
steps

Spring 2024

• Analyze data (surveys and constituent groups)
• Finalize academic calendar options
• Participate in relevant professional
development
• Finalize implementation plan