2024 - 2025 Accelerated Sessions Calendar


First Fall (Session B)

Date

Deadline

Event

August 26

 

Classes Begin

August 28

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"

August 30

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

September 2

 

Labor Day Holiday

September 18

9:00am

Mid-term grades due

September 30

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses

Final date for resigning from the University

October 12 & 14

 

Final classes and final examinations held

October 15

9:00am

Final grades due

 

Second Fall (Session C)

Date

Deadline

Event

October 21

 

Classes Begin

October 23

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"

October 25

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

November 13

9:00am

Mid-term grades due

November 22

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses

Final date for resigning from the University

November 27 - 29

 

Thanksgiving Holiday begins at 12:30pm on November 27

December 7 & 9

 

Final classes and final examinations held

December 17

9:00am

Final grades due (degree candidate)

December 18

9:00am

Final grades due (non-degree candidate)

December 19

 

Commencement Day

 

*NOTE* Holidays are listed, however classes may be held remotely on these days

Additionally, accelerated session courses may be held remotely during periods of physical campus closure


First Spring (Session B)

Date

Deadline

Event

January 13

 

Classes Begin

January 15

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"

January 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

January 20

 

Martin Luther King Day Holiday

February 5

9:00am

Mid-term grades due

February 17

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses

Final date for resigning from the University

March 1 & 3

 

Final classes and final examinations held

March 5

9:00am

Final grades due

 

Second Spring (Session C)

Date

Deadline

Event

March 17

 

Classes Begin

March 19

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses without receiving a grade of a "W"

March 21

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

March 31 - April 4

 

Spring Break

April 9

9:00am

Mid-term grades due

April 18

 

Good Friday Holiday

April 21

4:30pm

Final date for dropping courses

Final date for resigning from the University

May 3 & 5

 

Final classes and final examinations held

May 13

9:00am

Final grades due (degree candidate)

May 14

9:00am

Final grades due (non-degree candidate)

May 16 - 17

 

Commencement will be held over a two-day period

 

*NOTE* Holidays are listed, however classes may be held remotely on these days

Additionally, accelerated session courses may be held remotely during periods of physical campus closure

 

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