Coronavirus: San Francisco State, City College, Academy Of Art

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — San Francisco State University, The Academy of Art and City College of San Francisco have all canceled on-site classes and events starting this week due to the looming threat of the new coronavirus, officials said on Monday.

The in-person class cancellations start immediately for SFSU and the Academy on Tuesday, according to university officials. Officials with CCSF said their remote classes will start at the end of instruction on Thursday.

At SFSU, the campus and staff will use this week for preparation of classes to be done remotely from March 16 to April 5. School officials said the campus won't close, and some buildings will remain open. An announcement will be made on March 30 on how classes will be conducted the
following two weeks.

At the Academy of Art, classes will be held online starting Wednesday until March 30, and for a two-week period after that. All NCAA Division II games will be held for the Academy but no fans will be allowed to attend.

At CCSF, classes will be done remotely through March 30, and spring break moved up one week until March 23. No CCSF events will be held from March 16-29.

Officials with CCSF said classes will resume March 30 with modified formats and online learning, in addition to remote work. Classes will be held in those formats either until the end of the semester on May 21, or the Board of Trustees lifts the state of emergency.

Other Bay Area colleges that have switched to online formats include Stanford, UC Berkeley, San Jose State, and Santa Clara University.

— Patch editor Bea Karnes and Bay City News contributed to this story

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