Undergraduate Academic Calendar
Undergraduate students from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education share a common academic calendar and finals schedule.
2023-2024 Undergraduate Academic Calendar (PDF)
Projected Instructional Calendar 2023-2030
2023 FALL SEMESTER
August
| Aug. TBD | Optional Voyage trips for new students |
| Aug. TBD | International Student Orientation |
| Aug. 24 | New Student Orientation |
| Aug. 25 | Convocation |
| Aug. 28 | First day of Fall semester courses |
September
| Sept. 1 | Last day for New Student Registration |
| Sept. 1 | Last day to add 1st-half-semester courses |
| Sept. 1 | Last day to drop 1st-half-semester courses with no record |
| Sept. 4 | Labor Day (no courses held) |
| Sept. 11 | Last day to add full-semester courses |
| Sept. 11 | Last day to drop full-semester courses with no record |
| Sept. 27 | Last day to withdraw from 1st-half-semester courses |
October
| Oct. 6 | Fall Break (no courses held) |
| Oct. 9-13 | Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Advising for current students with 90.00+ completed credits |
| Oct. 13 | Last day of 1st-half-semester courses |
| Oct. 16-17 | Final Exams for 1st-half-semester courses |
| Oct. 16-20 |
Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Advising for current students with 60.00-89.99 completed credits Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Registration for current students with 90.00+ completed credits |
| Oct. 17 | First day of 2nd-half-semester courses |
| Oct. 23 | Last day to add 2nd-half-semester courses |
| Oct. 23 | Last day to drop 2nd-half-semester courses with no record |
| Oct. 23-27 |
Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Registration for current students with 60.00-89.99 completed credits Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Advising for current students with 30.00-59.99 completed credits |
| Oct. 30-Nov. 3 |
Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Registration for current students with 30.00-59.99 completed credits Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Advising for current students with 0.00-29.99 completed credits
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November
| Nov. 3 | Last day to withdraw from full-semester courses |
| Nov. 3 | Advising for current students ends for Winter Term and Spring Semester |
| Nov. 6-9 |
Winter Term and Spring Semester 2024 Registration for current students with 0.00-29.99 completed credits |
| Nov. 10 | Veteran's Day (no courses held) |
| Nov. 16 | Last day to withdraw from 2nd-half-semester courses |
| Nov. 22-24 | Thanksgiving Holiday (no courses held) |
December
| Dec. 5 | Last day of courses |
| Dec. 6 | Reading Day |
| Dec. 7-8 | Final Exams |
| Dec. 11-13 | Final Exams |
2024 Winter Term
January
| Jan. 2 | First day of 4-credit courses |
| Jan. 4 | Last day to add or drop 4-credit courses with no record |
| Jan. 8 | First day of 2-credit courses |
| Jan. 9 | Last day to add or drop 2-credit courses with no record |
| Jan. 15 | Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. observed (no courses held) |
| Jan. 16 | Last day to withdraw from courses |
| Jan. 22 | Last day of courses |
| Jan. 23 | Final Exams |
2024 Spring Semester
January
| Jan. 25 | New Student Orientation |
| Jan. TBA | International Student Orientation |
| Jan. 29 | First day of Spring courses |
February
| Feb. 2 | Last day for New Student Registration |
| Feb. 2 | Last day to add 1st-half-semester courses |
| Feb. 2 | Last day to drop 1st-half-semester courses with no record |
| Feb. 9 | Last day to add full-semester courses |
| Feb. 9 | Last day to drop full-semester courses with no record |
March
| Feb. 27 | Last day to withdraw from 1st-half-semester courses |
| March 11 | Last day of 1st-half-semester courses |
| March 12-13 | Final Exams for 1st-half-semester courses |
| March 14 | First day of 2nd-half-semester courses |
| March 20 | Last day to add 2nd-half-semester courses |
| March 20 | Last day to drop 2nd-half-semester courses with no record |
| March 25-29 | Spring Break (no courses held) |
April
| April 1 | Advising for current students begins for Summer Term and Fall Semester |
| April 12 | Last day to withdraw from full-semester courses |
| April 19 | Advising for current students for Summer Term and Fall Semester ends |
| April 19 | Last day to withdraw from 2nd-half-semester courses |
| April 24 | Senior Projects Day (no courses held) |
May
| May 7 | Last day of courses |
| May 8 | Reading Day |
| May 9-11 | Final Exams |
| May 13-14 | Final Exams |
| May 18 | Commencement |
2024 Summer Term (Course dates vary throughout the summer term. Check BoxerOnline for details)
Summer Holidays
| May 27 | Memorial Day (no courses held) |
| June 19 | Juneteenth (no courses held) |
| July 4 | Independence Day (no courses held) |
Historical Calendars
2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Calendar (PDF)
2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Calendar (PDF)
2020-2021 Academic Calendar - REVISED | 2020-2021 Finals Schedule
2019-2020 Academic Calendar
2018-2019 Academic Calendar
2017-2018 Academic Calendar