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Academic Calendar

2024-2025 Academic Calendar

Summer 2024

February

February 19 (M) Registration begins for all summer sessions

May

May 15 (W) Summer Term 1 classes begin

May 17 (F) Drop/Add for Term 1 ends (11:59 PM)

May 27 (M) Memorial Day holiday. No classes are held

June

June 12 (W) Last day to withdraw with W from Term 1 classes (undergraduates only)

June 19 (W) Juneteenth holiday. No classes are held

June 24 (M) Term 1 classes end

June 25 (T) Reading period

June 26 (W) Term 1 final examinations begin

June 27 (Th) Term 1 final examinations end

July

July 1 (M) Summer Term 2 classes begin

July 3 (W) Drop/Add for Term 2 ends (11:59 PM)

July 4 (Th) Independence Day holiday. No classes are held

July 29 (M) Last day to withdraw with W from Term 2 classes (undergraduates only)

August 

August 8 (Th) Term 2 classes end

August 9 (F) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 2 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

August 11 (Su) Term 2 final examinations end (10:00 PM)

Fall 2024

August

August 18-23 (Su-F) New undergraduate student orientation begins

August 20 (T) New graduate student orientation begins

August 21 (W) Welcome reception for new graduate and professional students

August 25 (Su) First-Year Convocation

August 26 (M) Fall semester classes begin (8:30 AM); Drop/Add continues

September

September 2 (M) Labor Day. No classes are held

September 6 (F) Drop/Add ends (11:59 PM)

September 26–29 (Th-Su) Founders' Weekend. Classes are held Thursday and Friday

October

October 11 (F) Last day to report mid semester grades

October 11 (F) Fall break begins (7:00 PM)

October 16 (W) Classes resume (8:30 AM)

October 21 (M) Shopping carts open for Spring 2025

October 30 (W) Registration begins for Spring 2025

November 

November 8 (F) Last day to withdraw with W from Fall 2024 classes (undergraduates only)

November 11 (M) Registration ends for Spring 2025

November 12 (T) Drop/Add begins for Spring 2025

November 26 (T) Thanksgiving recess begins (10:30 PM); Graduate classes 700+ end; Some graduate classes 500-699 may end at department/instructor discretion

November 27 - December 10 (W-T) Graduate reading period

December 

December 2 (M) Classes resume (8:30 AM)

December 6 (F) Undergraduate classes end; Remaining graduate classes 500-699 end

December 7-10 (Sa-T) Undergraduate reading period

December 11 (W) Final examinations begin (9:00 AM)

December 16 (M) Final examinations end (10:00 PM)

Spring 2025

January

January 8 (W) Spring semester begins (8:30 AM). A Monday class schedule is followed. Drop/Add continues

January 20 (M) Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. No classes are held

January 22 (W) Drop/Add ends (11:59 PM)

February

February 10 (M) Shopping Carts open for Summer 2025

February 17 (M) Registration begins for Summer 2025

February 21 (F) Last day to report midsemester grades

March

March 7 (F) Spring recess begins (7:00 PM)

March 17 (M) Classes resume (8:30 AM)

March 24 (M) Shopping Carts open for Fall 2025

March 26 (W) Last day to withdraw with W from Spring 2025 classes (undergraduates only)

April 

April 2 (W) Registration begins for Fall 2025; Summer registration continues

April 10 (Th) Registration ends for Fall 2025; Summer registration continues

April 11 (F) Drop/Add begins for Fall 2025

April 16 (W) Graduate classes 700+ end; Some graduate classes 500-699 may end at department/instructor discretion

April 17-27 (Th-Su) Graduate reading period

April 23 (W) Undergraduate classes end; Remaining graduate classes 500-699 end

April 24-27 (Th-Su) Undergraduate reading period

April 28 (M) Final examinations begin

May

May 3 (Sa) Final examinations end (10:00 PM)

May 9 (F) Commencement begins

May 11 (Su) Graduation exercises; Conferring of degrees

Summer 2025

February

February 17 (M) Registration begins for all summer sessions

May

May 14 (W) Summer Term 1 classes begin

May 16 (F) Drop/Add for Term 1 ends (11:59 PM)

May 26 (M) Memorial Day holiday. No classes are held

June

June 11 (W) Last day to withdraw with W from Term 1 classes (undergraduates only)

June 19 (Th) Juneteenth holiday. No classes are held

June 23 (M) Term 1 classes end

June 24 (T) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 1 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

June 26 (Th) Term 1 final examinations end

June 30 (M) Summer Term 2 classes begin

July

July 3 (W) Drop/Add for Term 2 ends (11:59 PM)

July 4 (F) Independence Day holiday. No classes are held

July 28 (M) Last day to withdraw with W from Term 2 classes (undergraduates only)

August 

August 8 (F) Term 2 classes end

August 9 (Sa) Reading period (until 7:00 PM); Term 2 final examinations begin (7:00 PM)

August 11 (M) Term 2 final examinations end (10:00 PM)