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Office of the Registrar
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Academic Calendar 2024-25

Current
2024-2025

Summer 2024

June

  • 16 Sun Jun

    Residence halls open.

  • 17 Mon Jun

    Summer Session classes begin.

  • 19 Wed Jun

    Juneteenth Holiday. No University exercises.

  • 20 Thu Jun

    Last day to change courses (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). (All students MUST be in their registered courses by Thursday, June 20.)

  • 24 Mon Jun

    Last day to change grade options (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline).

July

  • 4 Thu Jul

    Independence Day holiday. No University exercises.

  • 26 Fri Jul

    Classes end.

  • 27 Sat Jul
    until 30 Tue Jul

    Reading Period.

  • 30 Tue Jul

    Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

  • 31 Wed Jul
    until 2 Fri Aug

    Final examination period.

August

  • 31 Wed Jul
    until 2 Fri Aug

    Final examination period.

  • 2 Fri Aug

    Summer Session ends.

  • 3 Sat Aug

    Residence halls close.

Fall 2024

August

  • 1 Thu Aug

    Last day for payment of charges.

  • 29 Thu Aug

    Beginning of College Orientation.

September

  • 3 Tue Sep

    Opening Convocation at 4:00 p.m.EDT

  • 4 Wed Sep

    Classes of the first semester begin.

  • 17 Tue Sep

    Last day to add a course without a fee (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline). Banner Web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course.

October

  • 1 Tue Oct

    Last day to add a course (includes late fee), change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline).

  • 14 Mon Oct

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No University exercises.

  • 18 Fri Oct

    Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline).

  • 19 Sat Oct

    Mid-semester.

November

  • 27 Wed Nov
    until 1 Sun Dec

    Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon EST.

December

  • 27 Wed Nov
    until 1 Sun Dec

    Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon EST.

  • 2 Mon Dec

    Classes resume.

  • 8 Sun Dec

    Beginning of Reading Period (optional and at the discretion of the instructor).

  • 12 Thu Dec

    Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EST deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

  • 12 Thu Dec

    Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

  • 12 Thu Dec

    UG CERTIFICATES: Last day for students in their ante-penultimate (typically 6th) semester to declare an undergraduate certificate in ASK.

  • 12 Thu Dec

    UG CONCENTRATIONS: Last day for students to declare second or third concentrations in ASK for students in their penultimate semester (typically the 7th semester) who are declaring a second/third concentration (5:00 p.m. EST deadline).

  • 13 Fri Dec

    Last day for approved 7th (or penultimate) semester undergraduates in eligible concentrations to submit writing completed in the concentration in ASK to complete part II of the writing requirement. Concentration advisors must approve submitted writing in

  • 13 Fri Dec
    until 21 Sat Dec

    Final Examination Period (inclusive of Sunday).

Winter 2025

December

  • 18 Wed Dec

    Winter Session tuition due.

  • 18 Wed Dec

    Last day to register for a Winter Session course (5:00 p.m. EST deadline).

  • 23 Mon Dec

    Winter Session courses begin.

January

  • 7 Tue Jan

    Last day to change a grade option declaration.

  • 14 Tue Jan

    Last day to drop a course or request an incomplete from an instructor. Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

  • 20 Mon Jan

    Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No University exercises.

  • 21 Tue Jan

    Final examinations. Winter Session ends.

Spring 2025

January

  • 1 Wed Jan

    Last day for payment of charges.

  • 20 Mon Jan

    Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No University exercises.

  • 22 Wed Jan

    Classes of the second semester begin.

February

  • 4 Tue Feb

    Last day to add a course without a fee (5:00 p.m. EST deadline). Banner Web will be taken down for approximately one hour. Once relaunched, all course adds require Instructor override and will be charged a late fee of $15 per course.

  • 15 Sat Feb
    until 18 Tue Feb

    Long weekend. No University exercises.

  • 19 Wed Feb

    Classes resume. Last day to add a course (includes late fee), change from audit to credit, or change a grade option declaration (5:00 p.m. EST deadline).

March

  • 7 Fri Mar

    Last day to change from credit to audit in a course (5:00 p.m. EST deadline).

  • 8 Sat Mar

    Mid-semester.

  • 22 Sat Mar
    until 30 Sun Mar

    Spring Recess.

  • 31 Mon Mar

    Classes resume.

April

  • 31 Mon Mar

    Classes resume.

  • 25 Fri Apr

    Reading Period begins and will end on May 6 (optional and at the discretion of the instructor).

May

  • 6 Tue May

    Classes end for courses not observing the Reading Period. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.

  • 6 Tue May

    Last day to initiate a Course Performance Report via ASK.

  • 6 Tue May

    Reading Period ends.

  • 6 Tue May

    UG CERTIFICATES: Last day for students in their ante-penultimate (typically 6th) semester to declare an undergraduate certificate in ASK.

  • 6 Tue May

    UG CONCENTRATIONS: Last day for students to declare second or third concentrations in ASK for students in their penultimate semester (typically the 7th semester) who are declaring a second/third concentration (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline).

  • 7 Wed May

    Last day for approved 7th (or penultimate) semester undergraduates in eligible concentrations to submit writing completed in the concentration in ASK to complete part II of the writing requirement. Concentration advisors must approve submitted writing in

  • 7 Wed May
    until 16 Fri May

    Final Examination Period (No exams on Sunday May 11)

  • 25 Sun May

    Commencement.

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