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2015-16 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Academic Calendar

TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2015-2016

2015 FALL

New Faculty Orientation

August 14 & 17

Faculty Retreat

August 19-20

New Student Orientation

August 21-23

Classes begin (Monday)

August 24

Incomplete work from summer due

August 24

Last day to add a class

August 28

Last day to drop a class without a gradeSeptember 4
Labor Day (classes WILL meet)

September 7

Courses dropped now receive a grade of W

September 7

Homecoming

September 25-27

Fall Recess

October 10-13

Classes resume (Wednesday)

October 14

Registration days

October 19-30

Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of WNovember 20
Thanksgiving Break

November 25-29

Classes resume (Monday)

November 30

Last day of classes/semester

December 11

Commencement

December 12

Grades due by NOON (Tuesday)

December 15

2016 SPRING

Residence halls open

January 10

Classes begin (Monday)

January 11

Incomplete work from fall due

January 11

Last day to add a class

January 15

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes)

January 18

Last day to drop a class without a grade

January 25

Courses dropped now receive a grade of W

January 26

Winter Break

February 13-21

Classes resume (Monday)

February 22

Registration days

March 14-23

Easter Recess

March 24-28

Classes Resume (Tuesday)

March 29

Wednesday, March 30, will follow a Monday schedule

March 30

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

April 18

Last day of classes/semester

May 6

Baccalaureate and Commencement

May 7

Grades due by NOON (Wednesday)

May 11

2016 SUMMER

Traditional summer sessions begin

May 9

First Session

May 9-June 3 (no classes May 30)

Second Session

June 6-July 1