Academic Deadlines for Students

Academic Calendar Key Dates

Fall 2023

  • August 22: 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
  • January 30: Faculty Development Day – No classes before 3 pm
  • February 9: Last day to drop A-quad classes with a W or elect as Pass/Fail
  • February 19: President's Day - No classes before 3 pm
  • 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 2024 semester begins
  • March 15: Last day to add B-quad classes
  • March 18: Advance registration for Summer 2024
  • March 22: Last day to drop B-quad classes without a W
  • March 25 – April 13: Advance registration for Fall 2024
  • 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.