Students walk past the Academic Building at Texas A&M University in College Station in 2018. The university has announced it will finish out the semester online to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. [JAY JANNER/AMERICAN-STATESMAN] ▲

Texas A&M University will cancel classes March 16 through 20 in order to plan around concerns caused by the novel coronavirus.

Classes will resume online starting March 23 and continue through April 28, which is the last day of classes. During that time, no undergraduate students will be required to be physically on campus. Dorms will remain open with additional cleaning precautions in place, as well as dining services. Transportation will remain on the break schedule.

Campus community meetings and events are now restricted to less than 50 participants. The university said no off-campus participants should join campus meetings, nor any people who travel from other states or countries, effective through April 3. During that time, no undergraduate or graduate on-campus recruiting and no campus tours will take place.

Texas A&M joins a growing list of schools in Texas and across the nation that have adjusted their academic schedules in order to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. The University of Texas, Texas State University, Concordia University Texas, St. Edward's University and Austin Community College have all announced efforts to transition a majority of classes online.