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Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog 2016-2017 
    
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Academic Calendar


The regular academic year consists of two semesters (fall and spring) of approximately 15 weeks each. The university also holds two summer sessions of approximately five weeks each.

Fall Semester - 2016

September

  7 (Wednesday) Fall classes begin

October

  10 (Monday) Columbus Day - no classes
  25 (Tuesday) First quarter ends
  26 (Wednesday) Second quarter begins

November

  9 (Wednesday) Friday class schedule (Wednesday classes will not meet on 11/9)
  11 (Friday) Veterans’ Day - no classes
  23 (Wednesday) Thanksgiving recess begins at the close of day classes. Evening classes will not be held.
  28 (Monday) Classes resume

December

  13 (Tuesday) Tuesday evening class final exam
  14 (Wednesday) Fall semester day classes end
  15 (Thursday) Reading Day (day classes only); Thursday evening class final exam
  16 (Friday) Day class final exam period begins; Monday evening class final exam
  19 (Monday) Monday evening class final exam
  21 (Wednesday) Wednesday evening class final exam
  22 (Thursday) Day class final examinations end
 
Note: Final examinations must be administered as scheduled, unless the appropriate College Dean has granted an exemption. Final grades are due by Wednesday, December 28.

Spring Semester - 2017

January

  16 (Monday) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - no classes
  18 (Wednesday) Spring classes begin

February

  20 (Monday) Presidents’ Day - no classes
  22 (Wednesday) Monday schedule of classes (Wednesday classes will not meet on 2/22)

March

  6 (Monday) Spring break begins
  10 (Friday) Spring break ends
  14 (Monday) Classes resume
  14 (Tuesday) Third quarter ends
  15 (Wednesday) Fourth quarter begins

April

  17 (Monday) Patriots’ Day - no classes
  27 (Thursday) Thursday evening class final exam

May

  1 (Monday) Spring semester day classes end
  2 (Tuesday) Reading Day (Day classes only); Tuesday evening class final exam
  3 (Wednesday) Day class final exam period begins; Wednesday evening class final exam
  8 (Monday) Monday evening class final exam
  9 (Tuesday) Day class final exam period ends
    TBD Spring Graduate Commencement
  13 (Saturday) Spring Undergraduate Commencement
 
Note: Final examinations must be administered as scheduled, unless the appropriate College Dean has granted an exemption. Final grades are due by Friday, May 12.

Summer Sessions - 2017

May

  22 (Monday) Summer Session I classes begin
  29 (Monday) Memorial Day (observed) - no classes

June

  26 (Monday) Summer Session I classes end

July

   10 (Monday) Summer Session II classes begin

August

   11 (Friday) Summer Session II classes end
       
       

Note: Summer final examinations will be given on the last scheduled meeting of the class. Final examinations must be administered as scheduled, unless the appropriate College Dean has granted an exemption. Final grades for Summer I are due by Thursday, June 29. Final grades for Summer II are due by Wednesday, August 16.