UI did this exact same thing in January in the 1980’s .Classes start back up Monday in Lincoln. The school does offer something called pre-session, that began on January 2nd. Basically a 3-week session at the beginning of spring semester where the students can either catch up or get ahead on degree requirements, broaden their career skills, or complete a required general education or experiential learning class.
They called it “ Intersession” or
“ Wintersession”
basically you took one class , 3 hours each day , 4 days a week for 3 weeks