Jun 30, 2025  
**DRAFT**2025-2026 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog **DRAFT** 
    
**DRAFT**2025-2026 Undergraduate/Graduate Catalog **DRAFT**

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 – 2025

September

  3 (Wednesday) Fall classes begin

October

  13 (Monday) Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ Day – No classes
  22 (Wednesday) First quarter ends
  23 (Thursday) Second quarter begins
  27 (Monday) First quarter final grades due

November

  11 (Tuesday) Veterans’ Day – No classes
  12 (Wednesday) Tuesday Class schedule (Wednesday classes will not meet on 11/12
  26 (Wednesday) Thanksgiving recess begins at the close of day classes. Evening classes (4pm start or later) will not be held on 11/26.

December

  1 (Monday) Classes Resume
  9 (Tuesday) Tuesday evening class final exam
  10 (Wednesday) Fall semester day classes end
  11 (Thursday) Reading Day (day classes only)
  11 (Thursday) Thursday evening class final exam
  12 (Friday) Day class final examinations begin
  15 (Monday) Monday evening class final exam
  17 (Wednesday) Wednesday evening class final exam
  18 (Thursday) Day class final exams end
  23 (Thursday) Fall 2025/second quarter final grades due
 
Note: Final examinations must be administered as scheduled, unless the appropriate College Dean has granted an exemption. Final grades are due by Tuesday, December 23.

Spring Semester – 2026

January

  21 (Wednesday) Spring classes begin

February

  16 (Monday) Presidents’ Day – No classes
  18 (Wednesday) Monday schedule of classes (Wednesday classes will not meet on 2/18)

March

  9 (Monday) Spring Break Begins
  13 (Friday) Spring Break Ends
  16 (Monday) Classes Resume
  17 (Tuesday) Third quarter ends
  18 (Wednesday) Fourth quarter begins
  20 (Friday) Third quarter final grades due

April

  20 (Monday) Patriots’ Day – No classes
  30 (Thursday) Thursday evening class final exam

May

  4 (Monday) Spring semester day classes end
  5 (Tuesday) Reading Day (day classes only)
  5 (Tuesday) Tuesday evening class final exam
  6 (Wednesday) Day class final examinations begin
  6 (Wednesday) Wednesday evening class final exam
  11 (Monday) Monday evening class final exam
  12 (Tuesday) Day class final exams end
  14  (Thursday) Graduate Commencement
  15 (Friday) 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 15.

Summer Sessions – 2026

May

  26 (Tuesday) Summer Session I classes begin

June

  19 (Friday) Juneteenth Holiday - No classes
  29 (Monday) Last day of Summer Session I classes

July

  2 (Monday) Summer Session I grades due
 

13

(Monday) Summer Session II classes begin

August

  14 (Friday) Summer Session II classes end
  19 (Wednesday) Summer Session II/10-week summer course grades due


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, July 2. Final grades for Summer II/10-week summer courses are due by Wednesday, August 19.