Academic Calendar Key Dates
Summer 2021
For summer 2021 add/drop deadlines and information, see the Summer 2021 Course Schedule.
Fall 2021
- August 23-24: Graduate and transfer student orientation
- August 19-24: New Student Orientation
- August 25: Classes begin; drop/add begins
- August 31: Last day to add A-quad classes
- September 6: Labor Day-no classes
- September 7: Last day to add full-semester classes
- September 7: Last day to drop full-semester or A-quad classes without a W
- September 28: Last day to drop A-quad course with a W or elect pass/fail
- October 15: Last day of A-quad
- October 21: B-quad courses begin
- October 27: Last day to add B-quad course
- November 3: Last day to drop B-quad course without a W
- November 1-5: Faculty Advising for Spring 2022 semester begins
- November 8-19: Advance registration for Spring 2022
- November 23: Last day to drop with a W or elect pass/fail for full-semester or B-quad courses
- November 24-28: Thanksgiving break
- December 10: Last day of Fall classes
- December 13: Reading Day
- December 14-16: Final exams (Monday-late afternoon/evening courses only)
- December 17: Christmas break begins
Spring 2022
- January 9: Orientation and registration for first-year students
- January 10: Classes begin; drop/add begins
- January 17: Martin Luther King Day - No Classes
- January 21: Last day to add full-semester classes
- January 21: Last day to drop full-semester or A-quad classes without a W
- February 23: No Classes
- March 4: Last day of A quad
- March 7-11: Spring Break
- March 14: B quad courses begin
- March 18: Last day to add B quad course
- April (tba): Last day to drop B-quad course without a W
- April (tba): Advising for Fall 2022 semester begins
- April (tba): Advance registration for Fall 2022
- April 15: Good Friday - No classes
- April 29: Last day of Spring classes
- May 2: Reading Day
- May 2-5: Final exams (Monday-late afternoon/evening courses only)
- May 6: Commencement rehearsals
- May 7: Graduate School Commencement
- May 8: Undergraduate School Commencement
Definitions:
(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.