Academic Calendar 2024-2025
Find the Registrar Calendar here, which includes both these and other important academic dates and deadlines.
2024 – Summer Sessions
Summer 2024 runs from May 13 to August 3. There are eight summer sessions: full term (12 weeks); summer 1 (first four weeks), summer 2 (second four weeks), and summer 3 (third four weeks); summer A (first six weeks) and summer B (second six weeks); and summer E1 and E2 which each run for five weeks. Specific dates for each of these terms are included on the Registrar Calendar. In the summer sessions, no classes are held on Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day.
Summer degrees are awarded on Friday, August 9, 2024.
2024 – Fall Semester
Aug. 16 (Fri.) | Final day of regular registration |
Aug. 19 (Mon.) | Fall classes begin |
Aug. 19 – Aug. 23 (Mon.-Fri.) | Course add/drop period |
Sept. 2 (Mon.) | Labor Day (No classes; University closed) |
Oct. 7 - 9 (Mon.-Wed.) | Fall Break |
Oct. 9 (Wed.) | Midterm grades due by 3 PM |
Nov. 5 (Tues.) | Election Day (No classes; University open) |
Nov. 27 - 29 (Wed.-Fri.) | Thanksgiving Break |
Dec. 4 (Wed.) | Last day of classes |
Dec. 5 (Thurs.) | Reading Day |
Dec. 6; 9 - 13 (Fri.; Mon.-Fri.) | Final examinations |
Dec. 17 (Tues.) | Final grades due in Registrar's Office by 12 noon |
Dec. 20 (Fri.) | Fall Degrees Awarded |
In addition to the full fall term, there are two parts of term that each run 7 weeks. Specific dates for each of these terms are included on the Registrar Calendar.
2025 – Spring Semester
Jan. 13 (Mon.) | Spring classes begin |
Jan. 13 – Jan. 17 (Mon.-Fri.) | Course add/drop period |
Jan. 20 (Mon.) | Martin Luther King Jr. Day (No classes; University closed) |
Mar. 3 - 7 (Mon.-Fri.) | Spring Break |
Mar. 12 (Wed.) | Midterm Grades due by 3 PM |
Apr. 9 (Wed.) | DISCOVER (No classes; University open) |
Apr. 17 - 22 (Thurs.-Tues.) | Easter Break |
May 5 (Mon.) | Last day of classes |
May 6 (Tues.) | Reading Day |
May 7 - 9; 12 - 14 (Wed.-Fri.; Mon.-Wed.) | Final examinations |
May 17 - 18 (Sat.-Sun.) | Commencement |
May 19 (Mon.) | Final grades due in Registrar's Office by 12 noon |
May 23 (Fri.) | Spring Degrees Awarded |
In addition to the full spring term, there are two parts of term that each run 7 weeks. Specific dates for each of these terms are included on the Registrar Calendar.
2025 – Summer Sessions
The calendar for the Summer Sessions will appear online in March 2025.