Academic Calendar
The Academic Calendar contains important dates and deadlines for students and faculty by semester. Dates include: term start and end, scheduled purges, registration periods and add/drop, last day to drop or withdraw, final examinations, various grade submission deadlines, web open/close for grade submissions, holidays and breaks, commencements, and graduation application deadlines. This calendar is subject to change without notice.
FALL SEMESTER 2020
AUGUST
| 3 | Deans, Department Chairs and academic administrative staff report to campus |
| 10 | Faculty Report to Work |
| 17 | All Full-Term Classes Begin |
| 21 | Last Day to Change Major for Fall Semester |
| 17-20 | 17-20 Late Registration / $100 Late Registration Fee Applies / Add-Drop |
| 17 - 9/9 | Mandatory Attendance Verification for Full Term/Sub-Term I Courses |
| 20 | Last Day of Registration |
| 20 | Last Day for 100% Tuition Refund (Room/Board Assessed) |
| 20 | Last Day to Drop without Receiving a WD |
SEPTEMBER
| 5 | No Saturday Classes (Labor Day Week-end) |
| 7 | Labor Day Holiday |
| 11 | Fall Census date |
| 11 | Web Open for 4 Week Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 21 | Mandatory Attendance Verification Full Term Courses |
| 28 | Student Deadline: Last Day for Students to Remove I’s Earned Spring & Summer Semesters |
| 20 | Web Closes for 4 Week Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 29 | Mandatory Attendance Verification Full Term Courses – Ends |
| 29 | 4 Week Grade Submission for Full Term Courses are due in computer by 5pm |
| 30 | Last Day of Sub-Term I |
OCTOBER
| 1 | First Day of Sub-Term II |
| 5 | Faculty Deadline: Submit Removal of I’s to Registrar’s Office by 5:00 p.m. |
| 5-10 | Midterm Exams Full Term courses |
| 5-13 | Web Open for Midterm Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 10-12 | Web Open for Midterm Grade Submission for Full Term |
| 12 | Midterm Grades for Full Term courses Due in System by 5:00 p.m. |
| 19 | Registration for Spring 2021 Begins |
| 20 | Last Day to Drop Full-Term Courses and Receive WD |
| 21 | Last Day to Withdraw from University (Full-Term) and Receive |
NOVEMBER
| 4 | Last Day Fall Graduation Applications will be accepted Applications Submitted After This Date, Name Will Not Appear in the Printed Program |
| 9 | Spring 2021 Graduation Applications Due |
| 9-12 | Web Open for 12 Week Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 10 | Last Day to Withdraw from University Sub-Term II and Receive W |
| 10 | Outstanding Grade Changes and Transfer Grades (Official Transcripts) for Graduates Due in System & Registrar’s Office by 3:00 pm |
| 11 | Veteran’s Day Holiday |
| 14 | Final Examinations for Saturday Classes |
| 14-20 | Final Examinations for Full-Term/Sub-Term II |
| 20 | Last Day of Fall 2020 Classes |
| 21 | Fall Commencement Ceremony (Tentative) |
| 16-25 | Web Open for Final Grade Submission for Full-Term/Sub-Term II |
| 25 | All Grades are Due in System by 11:59 pm |
| 26-27 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
SPRING SEMESTER 2021
JANUARY
| 11 | All Full-Term Classes Begin |
| 11 | Last Day to Change Majors for Spring Semester |
| 11-14 | Late Registration / $100 Late Registration Fee Applies / Add-Drop |
| 11-Feb 1 | Mandatory Attendance Verification for Full Term |
| 14 | Last Day for 100% Tuition Refund for Full Term (Room/Board Assessed) |
| 14 | Last Day to Drop without Receiving a WD |
| 18 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday – No Classes |
FEBRUARY
| 4-6 | Web Open for 4 Week Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 5 | 4 Week Grades Due in System by 5:00 p.m. |
| 8-11 | Mandatory Attendance Verification for Full Term Courses |
| 22 | Student Deadline: Last Day for Students to Remove I’s Earned Fall Semester |
| 7-Mar 5 | Midterm Examinations for Full Term Courses |
MARCH
| 8 | Spring Census Date |
| 1-7 | Web Open for Midterm Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 1 | Faculty Deadline: Submit Removal of I’s to Registrar’s Office by 5:00 p.m. |
| 14 | Midterm Grades for Full Term Courses Due in Computer by 11:59 p.m. |
| 8-14 | Spring Break |
| 15 | Classes Resume |
| 15 | Deadline for Summer Book Adoptions |
| 22 |
Last Day Spring Graduation Applications will be accepted Applications Submitted After this Date: Names will not Appear in Commencement Program |
| 22 | Last Day to Drop Full Term Courses and receive WD |
| 23 | Last Day to Withdraw from the University Full Term and Receive W |
| 23-29 | Mandatory Attendance Verification for Full Term Courses |
APRIL
| 2 | Good Friday (No Classes) |
| 3 | No Saturday Classes (Easter weekend) |
| 5 | Registration for Summer and Fall Begins |
| 9-14 | Web Open for 12 Week Grade Submission for Full Term Courses |
| 15 | Deadline for Fall Book Adoptions |
| 26 | Outstanding Grade Changes and Transfer Grades (Official Transcripts) for Graduates Due in Computer / Registrar’s Office by 3:00 p.m. |
MAY
| 3-5 | Final Examinations for Full-Term |
| 5 | Service of Consecration |
| 6 | All Graduating Senior Grades Due in System by 12:00 noon |
| 6 | Nursing Pinning Ceremony |
| 8 | Spring Commencement Ceremony (Tentative) |
| 10 | All Non-Graduate Grades Due in System by 11:59 p.m. |
SUMMER SEMESTER 2021
MAY
| 3 | Purge Summer Schedules for Non-Payment |
| 3 | Summer Graduation Applications Due |
| 17 | Last Day to Change Major for Summer Sessions |
| 17 | First Day of Classes Full Term, Summer Session A |
| 17-19 | Last Day for 100% Tuition Refund (Room/Board Assessed) |
| 19 | Late Registration/Add-Drop Full Term, Summer Session A |
| 21 | Last Day to Drop without Receiving a WD Full Term, Summer Session A |
| 21 | Mandatory Attendance Verification Full Term, Summer Session A |
| 31 | Memorial Day Holiday – No Classes |
| 31 | Census Date- Summer A |
JUNE
| 9 | Last Day to Drop Summer Session A and Receive WD |
| 16 | Last Day to Withdraw from Summer Session A and Receive W |
| 24 | Last Day of Summer A; Final Examinations |
| 23-25 | Web Open for Summer Session A Grade Submission |
| 28 | First Day of Classes Summer Session B |
| 28-30 | Late Registration/Add-Drop Summer Session B |
| 30 | Last Day to Drop Summer Session B without Receiving a WD |
| 30 | Last Day for 100% Tuition Refund Summer Session B (Room/Board Assessed) Midterm |
| 30-July 1 | Examinations for Full Term Courses |
JULY
| 2 | Independence Day (Observed)- No Classes |
| 5 | Census Date – Summer B |
| 13 | Last Day to Withdraw from Full Term Courses & Receive W |
| 19 | Last Day to Drop Summer Session B and Receive WD |
| 19-20 | Mandatory Attendance Verification for Summer Session B |
| 26 | Last Day to Withdraw from Summer Session B & Receive W |
AUGUST
| 4-6 | Web Open for Full Term, Summer Session B Grade Submission |
| 5 | Last Day Full Term, Summer Session B; Final Examinations |
| 6 | Final Grades for Full Term, Summer Session B due in System by 3:00 p.m. |