Academic Calendar Key Dates
Fall 2023
- August 21: Graduate and transfer student orientation
- August 22: First year student advising
- August 23: Classes begin; drop/add begins
- August 29: Last day to add A-quad classes
- September 4: Labor Day-no classes
- September 5: Last day to add full-semester classes
- September 5: Last day to drop full-semester or A-quad classes without a W
- September 26: Last day to drop A-quad course with a W or elect pass/fail
- October 13: Last day of A-quad
- October 13: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due for A-quad courses
- October 14-18: Fall Break
- October 19: B-quad courses begin
- October 23: Faculty Advising for Spring 2024 semester begins
- October 25: Last day to add B-quad course
- November 1: Last day to drop B-quad course without a W
- November 6-17: Advance registration for Spring 2024
- November 21: Last day to drop with a W or elect pass/fail for full-semester or B-quad courses
- November 22-26: Thanksgiving break
- November 27: Registration opens for incoming spring students
- December 8: Last day of Fall classes
- December 11: Reading Day
- December 11-14: Final exams (Monday-late afternoon/evening courses only)
- December 14: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due for Full-term and B-quad courses
- December 15: Christmas break begins
Spring 2024
- November 27: Registration opens for incoming spring students
- January 5-7: Orientation starts for first-year students
- January 8: Classes begin; drop/add begins
- January 12: Last day to add A-quad classes
- January 15: Martin Luther King Day - No Classes
- January 19: Last day to add full-semester classes
- January 19: Last day to drop full-semester or A-quad classes without a W
- February 16: Last day to drop A-quad classes with a W or elect as Pass/Fail
- February 19: President's Day - No classes
- March 1: Last day of A-quad
- March 1: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due for A-quad courses
- March 2-10: Spring Break
- March 11: B-quad begins
- March 11: Faculty Advising for Summer/Fall 2023 semester begins
- March 15: Last day to add B-quad classes
- March 18 – April 5: Advance registration for Summer 2023
- March 22: Last day to drop B-quad classes without a W
- March 25 – April 5: Advance registration for Fall 2023
- March 29: Good Friday - No classes
- April 12: Last day to drop full-semester or B-quad classes with a W or elect as Pass/Fail
- April 26: Last day of Spring classes
- April 29: Reading Day
- April 29-May 2: Final exams (Monday-late afternoon/evening courses only)
- May 2: Incomplete Grade Request Forms due
- May 3: Commencement rehearsals
- May 4: Graduate School Commencement
- May 5: 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.