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2016-17 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Academic Calendar

TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016-2017

2016 FALL

New Faculty Orientation

August 22-23

Faculty Retreat

August 24-25

New Student Orientation

August 26-28

Classes begin (Monday)

August 29

Incomplete work from summer due

August 29

Last day to add a class

September 2

Labor Day (classes WILL meet)

September 5

Last day to drop a class without a grade

September 9

Courses dropped now receive a grade of W

September 12

Homecoming

September 23-25

Fall Recess

October 8-11

Classes resume (Wednesday)

October 12

Registration days

October 24-November 3

Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of WNovember 28
Thanksgiving Break

November 23-27

Classes resume (Monday)

November 28

Last day of classes/semester

December 16

Commencement

December 17

Grades due by NOON (Tuesday)

December 20

2017 SPRING

Residence halls open

January 8

Classes begin (Monday)

January 9

Incomplete work from fall due

January 9

Last day to add a class

January 13

Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes)

January 16

Last day to drop a class without a grade

January 23

Courses dropped now receive a grade of W

January 24

Winter Break

February 18-26

Classes resume (Monday)

February 27

Registration days

March 20-28

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

April 13

Easter Recess

April 13-17

Classes Resume (Tuesday)

April 18

Wednesday, April 19, will follow a Monday schedule

April 19

Last day of classes/semester

May 5

Baccalaureate and Commencement

May 6

Grades due by NOON (Wednesday)

May 10

2017 SUMMER

Traditional summer sessions begin

May 8

First Session

May 8-June 2 (no classes May 29)

Second Session

June 5-30