2024 - 2025 Academic Calendar
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                                                       Deadline  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Event  | 
                                                   
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                                                       August 16  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       International Student Orientation  | 
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                                                       TBD  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Welcome Week  | 
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                                                       August 26  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Classes Begin  | 
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                                                       September 2  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Labor Day Holiday  | 
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                                                       September 4  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"  | 
                                                   
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                                                       September 5  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for adding courses for credit and making section changes Final date to petition deans' offices to invoke the Grade Exclusion Policy  | 
                                                   
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                                                       October 15  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Mid-semester grades due  | 
                                                   
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                                                       October 17 - 18  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       
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                                                       Fall Holiday  | 
                                                   
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                                                       October 20  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Course scheduling for spring semester begins at 5:00pm  | 
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                                                       November 8  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for dropping courses Final date for resigning from the University Final date to request rescheduling a final examination when three examinations are
                                                         scheduled in 24  | 
                                                   
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                                                       November 27 - 29  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Thanksgiving Holiday begins at 12:30pm on November 27  | 
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                                                       December 4  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Concentrated Study Period begins. Graded coursework (including but not limited to tests, exams, quizzes) is not permitted during concentrated study period. Exceptions to this policy include: laboratory courses; graduate and professional courses; presentations, papers and projects identified on the syllabus on the first day of class; and participation. During this time, no extracurricular student activities, such as social and athletic events, will be held on or off campus.  | 
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                                                       December 7  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Last Day of Classes  | 
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                                                       December 8  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Concentrated Study Period ends  | 
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                                                       December 9 - 14  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final Examinations  | 
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                                                       December 17  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final grades due (degree candidate)  | 
                                                   
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                                                       December 18  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final grades due (non-degree candidate)  | 
                                                   
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                                                       December 19  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Commencement Day  | 
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                                                       42 MWF Classes; 28 TTh Classes  | 
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                                                       Date  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Deadline  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Event  | 
                                                   
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                                                       December 16  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Classes Begin  | 
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                                                       December 16  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"  | 
                                                   
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                                                       December 17  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for adding courses for credit and making section changes Final date to petition deans' offices to invoke the Grade Exclusion Policy  | 
                                                   
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                                                       December 24  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       
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                                                       Winter Holiday begins  | 
                                                   
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                                                       January 2  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       
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                                                       Classes resume  | 
                                                   
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                                                       January 2  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for dropping courses Final date for resigning from the University  | 
                                                   
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                                                       January 6  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Last Day of Classes  | 
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                                                       January 7  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final Examinations  | 
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                                                       January 9  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final grades due  | 
                                                   
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                                                       11 Classes  | 
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                                                       Date  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Deadline  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Event  | 
                                                   
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                                                       TBD  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Welcome Week  | 
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                                                       January 10  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       New International Student Orientation  | 
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                                                       January 13  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Classes Begin  | 
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                                                       January 20  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Martin Luther King Day Holiday  | 
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                                                       January 27  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"  | 
                                                   
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                                                       January 28  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for adding courses for credit and making section changes Final date to petition deans' offices to invoke the Grade Exclusion Policy  | 
                                                   
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                                                       March 3 - 5  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Mardi Gras Holiday. Classes resume at 12:30pm on March 5  | 
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                                                       March 7  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Mid-semester grades due  | 
                                                   
| 
                                                      
                                                       March 28  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       4:30pm  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final date for dropping courses Final date for resigning from the University Final date to request rescheduling a final examination when three examinations are scheduled in 24 hours  | 
                                                   
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                                                       March 31 - April 4  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Spring Break  | 
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                                                       April 7  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Course scheduling for summer terms and fall semester begins  | 
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                                                       April 18  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Good Friday Holiday  | 
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                                                       April 30  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Concentrated Study Period begins. Graded coursework (including but not limited to tests, exams, quizzes) is not permitted during concentrated study period. Exceptions to this policy include: laboratory courses; graduate and professional courses; presentations, papers and projects identified on the syllabus on the first day of class; and participation. During this time, no extracurricular student activities, such as social and athletic events, will be held on or off campus.  | 
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                                                       May 3  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Last Day of Classes  | 
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                                                       May 4  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Concentrated Study Period ends  | 
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                                                       May 5 - 10  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final Examinations  | 
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                                                       May 13  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final grades due (degree candidate)  | 
                                                   
| 
                                                      
                                                       May 14  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       9:00am  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Final grades due (non-degree candidate)  | 
                                                   
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                                                       May 16 - 17  | 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                      
                                                       Commencement will be held over a two-day period  | 
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                                                       42 MWF Classes; 29 TTh Classes  | 
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Additional Calendars
2024 - 2025 Accelerated Sessions Calendar


