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Important Graduation Related Deadlines

ATTENTION GRADUATING SENIORS

Important Spring 2021 Graduation Related Deadlines

The Office of the Registrar has resumed limited in-person operations by appointment only.

The Office of the Registrar has resumed limited in-person operations by appointment only as of Monday October 5, 2020. We will continue to handle the majority of inquiries via email, but if you feel you have a specific need to meet with someone in person, please explain that in your email and we will contact you to make an appointment.

Academic Calendar-Upcoming

Summer 2021

May

5 Wed May

Add/drop for Summer term 2021 begins at noon EDT.
12 Wed May

Classes for the Summer term begin
25 Tue May

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.
29 Sat May

until 31 Mon May

Memorial Day weekend. No University exercises.

Jun

Jul

5 Mon Jul

Independence Day Holiday. No University exercises.
6 Tue Jul

Extended weekend. No classes to be held.
7 Wed Jul

Classes resume

Aug

2 Mon Aug

Beginning of Remote Reading Period (optional and at discretion of instructor).
6 Fri Aug

Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.
9 Mon Aug

until 13 Fri Aug

Remote Exam Period

Fall 2021

Sep

Oct

5 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).
11 Mon Oct

Indigenous Peoples’ Day. No University exercises.
15 Fri Oct

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

Mid-semester.

Nov

12 Fri Nov

Students on serious warning who wish to drop a course after this date must meet with an academic dean for advising and to obtain a “drop code.”
24 Wed Nov

until 28 Sun Nov

Thanksgiving recess beginning Wednesday at noon EST.
29 Mon Nov

Classes resume.

Dec

8 Wed Dec

Beginning of Reading Period (optional and at the discretion of the instructor)
12 Sun Dec

Classes for First Semester end.
13 Mon Dec

until 21 Tue Dec

Final Examination Period (inclusive of Sunday).

Spring 2022

Jan

17 Mon Jan

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. No University exercises.
26 Wed Jan

Classes of the second semester begin.

Feb

Mar

11 Fri Mar

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

Mid-semester.
26 Sat Mar

until 3 Sun Apr

Spring Recess

Apr

31 Thu Mar

until 3 Sun Apr

Spring Recess
4 Mon Apr

Classes resume.
29 Fri Apr

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

May

10 Tue May

Classes for Second Semester end. Last day to drop a course (5:00 p.m. EDT deadline) or to request an incomplete from an instructor.
11 Wed May

until 20 Fri May

Final Examination Period (No exams on Sunday May 15)
29 Sun May

Commencement