Undergraduate Academic Calendar
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Undergraduate students from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education share a common academic calendar and finals schedule.

2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Calendar

Projected Instructional Calendar 2024-2032

2024 Fall Semester

August
August TBD Optional Voyage trips for new students
August TBD International Student Orientation
August 22 New Student Orientation
August 23 Convocation
August 26 First day of Fall courses
August 30 Last day for New Student Registration
August 30 Last day to add 1st-half-semester courses
August 30 Last day to drop 1st-half-semester courses with no record
September
September 2 Labor Day (no course held)
September 9 Last day to add full-semester courses
September 9 Last day to drop full-semester courses with no record
September 29 Last day to withdraw from 1st-half-semester courses
October
October 4 Fall Break (no course held)
October 7 Advising for current students begin for Winter term and Spring Semester
October 11 Last day of 1st-half-semester courses
October 14 Registration opens for Seniors with 90+ completed credits
October 14-15 Final examinations for 1st-half-semester courses
October 14-18 Grad Check for SRs planning to graduate Spring 2025
October 15 First day of 2nd-half-semester courses
October 21 Registration opens for Juniors with 60-89 completed credits
October 21 Last day to add 2nd-half-semester courses
October 21 Last day to drop 2nd-half-semester courses with no record
October 28 Registration opens for Sophomores with 30-59 completed credits
November
November 1 Last day to withdraw from full-semester courses
November 1 Advising for current students ends for Winter Term and Spring Semester
November 4 Registration opens for Freshmen with 0-29 completed credits
November 11 Veteran's Day (no course held)
November 14 Last day to withdraw from 2nd-half-semester courses
November 27-29 Thanksgiving Holiday (no courses held)
December
December 3 Last day of courses
December 4 Reading Day
December 5-6 Final Examinations
December 9-11 Final Examinations

2025 Winter Term

January
January 2 First day of 4-credit courses
January 6 Last day to add or drop 4-credit courses with no record
January 7 First day of 2-credit courses
January 8 Last day to add or drop 2-credit courses with no record
January 15 Last day to withdraw from courses
January 20 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. observed (no courses held)
January 21 Last day of courses
January 22 Final Examinations

2025 Spring Semester

January
Jan. 23 New Student Orientation
Jan. TBA International Stduent Orientation
Jan. 31 Last day for New Student Registration
Jan. 31  Last day to add 1st-half-semester courses
Jan. 31 Last day to drop 1st-half-semester courses with no record
February

 

Feb. 7 Last day to add full-semester courses
Feb. 7 Last day to drop full-semester courses with no record
Feb. 25 Last day to withdraw from 1st-half-semester courses
March
March 10 Last day of 1st-half-semester courses
March 11-12 Final Exams for 1st-half-semester courses
March 13 First day of 2nd-half-semester courses
March 19 Last day to add 2nd-half-semester courses
March 19 Last day to drop 2nd-half-semester courses with no record
March 24-28  Spring Break (no courses held)
March 31 Advising for current students begins for Summer Term and Fall Semester
April
April 11 Last day to withdraw from full-semester courses
April 14  Registration opens for Juniors/Seniors with 60+ completed credits
April 17 Registration opens for Sophomores with 30-59 completed credits
April 18 Last day to withdraw from 2nd-half-semester courses
April 23 Senior Projects Day (no courses held)
April 24 Registration opens for Freshmen with 0-29 completed credits
May
May 6 Last day of courses
May 7 Reading Day
May 8-10 Final Exams
May 12-13 Final Exams
May 17 Commencement

2025 Summer Term  (Course dates vary throughout the summer term.  Check BoxerOnline for details)

Summer Holidays

May 26 Memorial Day (no courses held)
June 19 Juneteenth (no courses held)
July 4 Independence Day (no courses held)

Historical Calendars

2023-2024 Undergraduate Academic Calendar (PDF)   

2022-2023 Undergraduate Academic Calendar (PDF)   

2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Calendar (PDF)

2020-2021 Academic Calendar - REVISED | 2020-2021 Finals Schedule
2019-2020 Academic Calendar 
2018-2019 Academic Calendar 
2017-2018 Academic Calendar