Catalog

2025-2026

Academic Calendar

Fall 2025 Semester (August 25 - December 19)

Event	Start/End Dates
Opening Week Activities	August 18 - 22
Full Semester/Session A courses begin	August 25
Full Semester/Session A last day to drop/add classes	August 29
Labor Day Break - No Classes	September 1
Session A Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	September 12
Visions & Ventures: No classes (traditional UG)	September 24
Session A last day to withdraw from classes	September 26
Full Semester Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	October 3
Session A classes end	October 16
Fall Break - No Classes (offices open)	October 17 - October 21
Session B courses begin	October 22
Session B last day to drop/add classes	October 28
Full Semester last day to withdraw from classes	October 31
Session B Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	November 12
Session B last day to withdraw from classes	November 24
Thanksgiving Break - No Classes	November 26 - 30
Culmination Week	December 8 - 12
Finals Week	December 15 - 19
Full Semester and Session B classes end	December 19
December 2025 Graduation (Formal ceremony May 2026)	December 20
University Closed	December 24 - January 1

Winter Term (December 15 - January 16)

Event	Start/End Dates
Classes begin	December 15
Last day to drop/add classes	December 16
Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	December 22
Last day to withdraw from classes	January 2, 2026
Last day of classes	January 16, 2026

Spring 2026 Term (January 12 - May 9)

Event	Start/End Dates
Full Semester/Session A courses begin	January 12
Full Semester/Session A last day to drop/add classes	January 16
Martin Luther King Day - No classes (campus closed	January 19
Session A Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	January 30
Session A last day to withdraw from classes	February 13
Full Semester Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	February 20
Session A classes end	March 6
Spring Break- No Classes (offices open)	March 9 - 15
Session B courses begin	March 16
Session B last day to drop/add classes	March 20
Full Semester last day to withdraw from classes	March 27
Session B Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	April 3
Easter Break - No Classes (campus closed)	April 3 - 6
Session B last day to withdraw from classes	April 17
Culmination Week	April 27 - May 1
Student Symposium: Celebrating Research and Creative Endeavor	April 29
Finals Week	May 4 - 8
Full Semester and Session B classes end	May 8
Commencement	May 9

Summer 2026 Semester (May 11 - August 14)

Event	Start/End Dates
Classes begin Courses with other scheduled dates Summer-long arranged course	May 12
1st 5-Week Session classes begin	May 18
1st 5-Week Session last day to drop/add classes	May 22
Memorial Day - No Classes (campus closed)	May 25
Last day to drop/add classes Courses with other scheduled dates Summer-long arranged course	May 29
1st 5-Week Session Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	May 29
1st 5-Week Session last day to withdraw from classes	June 5
8-Week Session classes begin	June 8
8-Week Session last day to drop/add classes	June 12
8-Week Session Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	June 19
Juneteenth - No Classes (campus closed)	June 19
1st 5-Week Session last day of classes	June 20
2nd 5-Week Session classes begin	June 29
2nd 5-Week Session last day to drop/add classes	July 3
8-Week Session last day to withdraw from classes	July 3
Independance Day - Campus Closed	July 3
2nd 5-Week Session Pass/Fail Declaration Deadline	July 10
Summer-long Arranged Courses last to withdraw form classes	July 10
2nd 5-Week Session last day to withdraw from classes	July 17
2nd 5-Week & 8-Week Sessions last day of classes	August 1
Courses with other arranged dates/Summer-long Arranged last day of classes	August 14