Despite excitement from students, United States and the World 31: “American Society and Public Policy” professor Theda Skocpol said she was concerned about moving the course’s midterm because she believed her students were prepared for the midterm.

“All the students in our class have been doing the work all along. They just get more anxious,” Skocpol said.

Ethical Reasoning 33: “Medical Ethics and History” professor David S. Jones ’92 chose to postpone a paper originally due on Monday.

“I got an email from a student wondering if we were having it due today. It got me thinking whether it’s worth it or not,” Jones said.

Jones said he reasoned that, had he asked papers to be due in lecture instead of by electronic submission, the deadline would have had to be postponed.

He said he believed the decision to postpone the paper was appropriate following the University’s decision to shut down.

Jones said papers could be turned in before the new Tuesday deadline, but as of 3:15 p.m. on Monday, only 35 out of 215 have been submitted, according to Jones.

Professors were generally not concerned about how to make up material from the canceled lectures. Jones said he will incorporate Monday’s lecture into the week’s section.

“I don’t anticipate that the loss of one lecture day will be highly problematic,” wrote Chemistry 30: “Organic Chemistry” professor Andrew G. Myers, whose course also had a midterm scheduled for Monday.

According to Harvard’s website, the University plans to resume normal operations Tuesday.

—Samuel Y. Weinstock contributed to the reporting of this story.

—Staff writer Kerry M. Flynn can be reached at kflynn@college.harvard.edu.