Academic calendar
Fall 2023
| New Faculty and Professional Staff Orientation | Monday - Tuesday, August 21-22 |
| Orientation, Graduate Students | Saturday, August 26 |
| Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-1 Courses | Monday, August 28 |
| Registration Changes (Add/Drop Period Begins) | Monday, August 28 |
| Final Date to Add a Q-1 Course | Thursday, August 31 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-1 Course | Thursday, August 31 |
| Student Teaching Orientation | Thursday, August 31 - Friday, September 1 |
| Labor Day (No classes) | Monday, September 4 |
| Q-1 Student Teaching Begins | Tuesday, September 5 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-1 Course | Thursday, September 7 |
| Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Thursday, September 7 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Semester Course | Thursday, September 7 |
| Final Date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Thursday, September 14 |
| Course Withdrawal in Effect (W grade will be assigned on the transcript) | September 15 - December 8 |
| Final Date for FACULTY to Remove Incomplete and Other Grade Changes | Friday, October 6 |
| Fall Break (No Classes) | Thursday, October 12 - Friday, October 13 |
| End of Q-1 Courses | Friday, October 13 |
| Final Exams: Q-1 Courses | Monday, October 16 - Thursday, October 19 |
| End of Q-1 Student Teaching | Thursday, October 19 |
| Mid Term Grades Posted | Friday, October 20 |
| Instruction Begins: Q-2 Courses | Monday, October 23 |
| Q-2 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, October 23 |
| Final Date to Add a Q-2 Course | Thursday, October 26 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/fail Option for Q-2 Course | Thursday, October 26 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-2 Course | Wednesday, November 8 |
| Thanksgiving Recess |
Monday - Friday, November 20-24 |
| Classes Resume |
Monday, November 27 |
| Last Day of Classes |
Friday, December 8 |
| Final day to withdraw from a course |
Friday, December 8 |
| Reading Days |
Saturday - Sunday, December 9-10 |
| Common Finals |
Monday, December 11 |
| Final Exams: Semester & Q-2 Courses |
Monday - Friday, December 11-15 |
| End of Q-2 Student Teaching |
Thursday, December 14 |
| December Graduation |
Saturday, December 16 |
Winter 2024
Courses Viewable: Monday, September 25
Course Registration Begins: Monday, October 16
5 Week Session:
December 18 - January 19
(No Classes Monday, December 25)
3 Week Session 1:
December 18 - January 5
(No Classes Monday, January 1)
3 Week Session 2:
January 2 - 19
(No Classes Monday, January 1 and Monday, January 15)
Spring 2024
| Course offerings viewable | Monday October 9 |
| Advance Registration begins | Monday October 30 |
| Insruction Begins: Semester & Q-3 Courses | Monday, January 22 |
| Registration Changes (Add/Drop Period Begins) | Monday, January 22 |
| Q-3 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, January 22 |
| Final Date to Add a Q-3 Course | Thursday, January 25 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-3 Course | Thursday, January 25 |
| Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Wednesday, January 31 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Semester Course | Wednesday, Januuary 31 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-3 Course | Wednesday, January 31 |
| Final Date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Friday, February 9 |
| Course Withdrawal Period (W grade will be assigned on the transcript) | February 10 - May 3 |
| Final date for FACULTY to Remove Incomplete and Other Grade Changes | Friday, March 1 |
| Final Exams: Q-3 Courses | March 4-8 |
| Spring Recess | Monday, March 11 - Friday, March 15 |
| End of Q-3 Student Teaching | Thursday, March 14 |
| Classes Resume | Monday, March 18 |
| Q-4 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, March 18 |
| Instruction Begins: Q-4 Courses | Monday, March 18 |
| Final Date to Add a Q-4 Course | Thursday, March 21 |
| Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-4 Course | Thursday, March 21 |
| Mid Term Grades Posted | Friday, March 22 |
| Final Date to Drop a Q-4 Course | Wednesday, March 27 |
| Solar Eclipse (No Classes 8am - 5pm) | Monday, April 8 |
| Quest (No Classes, 8am - 5pm) | Wednesday, April 17 |
| Honors Convocation | Friday, April 19 |
| Last Day of Classes | Friday, May 3 |
| Final day to withdraw from a course | Friday, May 3 |
| Reading Days | Saturday, May 4 - Sunday, May 5 |
| Common Finals | Monday, May 6 |
| Final Exams: Semester & Q-4 Courses | Monday, May 6 - Friday, May 10 |
| End of Q-4 Student Teaching | Thursday, May 9 |
| Commencement Eve Torchlight Dinner and Ceremony | Friday, May 10 |
| Commencement | Saturday, May 11 |
Summer 2024
| Session 1 | Monday, May 20 - June 7 |
| Session 1-2 | Monday, May 20 - June 28 |
| Session 1-4 | Monday, May 20 - August 9 |
| Memorial Day: No Classes | Monday, May 27 |
| Session 2 | Monday, June 10 - June 28 |
| Juneteenth: No Classes | Wednesday, June 19 |
| Session 3 | Monday, July 1 - August 9 |
| Independence Day: No Classes | Thursday, July 4 |
| Session 3-4 | Monday, July 1 - August 9 |
| Session 4 | Monday, July 22 - August 9 |