M-day T-day schedule

From USAFA Folklore

M-Days and T-Days refer to the set-up of the academic schedule, where a cadet has two different daily class schedules, an "M-Day schedule" and a "T-Day schedule" on alternating days. Although the "M" and "T" most certainly stem from "Monday" and "Tuesday", they are not tied to those days; a Monday may actually be a T-Day, and a Tuesday may be an M-Day.

Typically, there were 84 class days each semester: 42 M-Days and 42 T-Days, although this number was dropped to 40 each in Fall 2006. For purposes of scheduling, the individual class days are referred to as M-1 through M-42 and T-1 through T-42. There are seven class periods each day, which are referred to as M-1 through M-7 and T-1 through T-7, depending on the day on which they fall. The context of the discussion normally makes it clear whether one is talking about a class hour period or about a lesson day.

• "M5" refers to classes held on the fifth period of M-Days, normally set aside for military training time in recent years.

• In recent years, each semester the schedule has been divided into 4 go rounds per semester. Each go round consists of 10 total lessons (10 M-days and 10 T-days). Physical education classes would normally last one go round. Of the remaining 2 lessons each semester, one would be set aside for the PFT (M-11/T-11) and one would be free (M-42/T-42).