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2017-18 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Academic Calendar

TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2017-2018

2017 FALL

New Faculty Orientation

August 21-22

Faculty Retreat

August 23-24

New Student Orientation

August 25-27

Classes begin (Monday)

August 28

Incomplete work from summer due

August 28

Last day to add a class

September 1

Labor Day (classes WILL meet)

September 4

Last day to drop a class without a grade

September 8

Courses dropped now receive a grade of W

September 11

Homecoming

September 22-24

Fall Recess

October 7-10

Classes resume

October 11

Registration days

October 23-November 3

Thanksgiving Break

November 22-26
Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of WNovember 27
Classes resume (Monday)

November 27

Last day of classes/semester

December 15

Commencement

December 16

Grades due by NOON (Tuesday)

December 19

2018 SPRING

Residence halls open

January 7

Classes begin (Monday)

January 8

Incomplete work from fall due

January 8

Last day to add a class

January 12

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes)

January 15

Last day to drop a class without a grade

January 22

Courses dropped now receive a grade of W

January 23

Winter Break

February 17-25

Classes resume

February 26

Registration days

March 19-28

Easter Recess

March 29-April 2

Classes Resume (Tuesday)

April 3

Wednesday, April 4, will follow a Monday schedule

April 4

Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W

April 13

Last day of classes/semester

May 4

Baccalaureate and Commencement

May 5

Grades due by NOON (Wednesday)

May 9

2018 SUMMER

Traditional summer sessions begin

May 7

First Session

May 7-June 1 (no classes May 28)

Second Session

June 4-29