Academic Deadlines for Students

Academic Calendar Key Dates

August 22: Graduate and transfer student orientation
August 23: First year student advising
August 24: Classes begin; drop/add begins
August 30: Last day to add A-quad classes
September 5: Labor Day-no classes
September 6: Last day to add full-semester classes
September 6: Last day to drop full-semester or A-quad classes without a W
September 27: Last day to drop A-quad course with a W or elect pass/fail
October 14: Last day of A-quad
October 14: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due for A-quad courses
October 20: B-quad courses begin
October 24: Faculty Advising for Spring 2023 semester begins
October 26: Last day to add B-quad course
November 2: Last day to drop B-quad course without a W
November 7-18: Advance registration for Spring 2023
November 22: Last day to drop with a W or elect pass/fail for full-semester or B-quad courses
November 23-27: Thanksgiving break
November 28: Registration opens for incoming spring students
December 9: Last day of Fall classes
December 12: Reading Day
December 13-15: Final exams (Monday-late afternoon/evening courses only)
December 15: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due for Full-term and B-quad courses
December 16: Christmas break begins

November 28: Registration opens for incoming spring students
January 8: Orientation starts for first-year students
January 9: Classes begin; drop/add begins
January 13: Last day to add A-quad classes
January 16: Martin Luther King Day - No Classes
January 20: Last day to add full-semester classes
January 20: Last day to drop full-semester or A-quad classes without a W
February 17: Last day to drop A-quad classes with a W or elect as Pass/Fail
February 20: President's Day - No classes
March 3: Last day of A-quad
March 3: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due for A-quad courses
March 4-12: Spring Break
March 13: B-quad begins
March 13: Faculty Advising for Summer/Fall 2023 semester begins
March 17: Last day to add B-quad classes
March 20 – April 7: Advance registration for Summer 2023
March 24: Last day to drop B-quad classes without a W
March 27 – April 7: Advance registration for Fall 2023
April 7: Good Friday - No classes
April 14: Last day to drop full-semester or B-quad classes with a W or elect as Pass/Fail
April 28: Last day of Spring classes
May 1: Reading Day
May 1-4: Final exams (Monday-late afternoon/evening courses only)
May 4: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due
May 5: Commencement rehearsals
May 6: Graduate School Commencement
May 7: Undergraduate School Commencement

(Fall and Spring semesters follow these guidelines; Summer varies.)

Quad Course: Half-semester course worth 2 credit hrs.

A quad: 8-week course running first half of a semester.

B quad: 8-week course running second half of a semester.

Full Semester: Course running full 16 weeks.