Academic Calendar

TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2020-2021

New Faculty Orientation	August 17-18
Faculty Retreat	August 19-20
New Student Orientation	August 21-23
Classes begin (Monday)	August 24
Incomplete work from summer due	August 28
Last day to add a class	August 28
Last day to drop a class without a grade	September 4
Labor Day (classes WILL meet)	September 7
Courses dropped now receive a grade of W	September 7
Homecoming	September 26-27
Registration days	October 19-30
Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of W	November 20
Thanksgiving Break	November 21-29
Classes resume online (Monday)	November 30
Last day of classes/semester	December 11
Grades due by NOON (Tuesday)	December 15

Residence halls open	January 10
Classes begin (Monday)	January 11
Incomplete work from fall due	January 15
Last day to add a class	January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes)	January 18
Last day to drop a class without a grade	January 25
Courses dropped now receive a grade of W	January 26
Winter Break	February 13-21
Classes resume	February 22
Registration days	March 22-31
Easter Recess	April 1-5
Classes Resume (Tuesday)	April 6
Wednesday, April 7, will follow a Monday schedule	April 7
Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W	April 16
Last day of classes/semester	May 7
Commencement	May 8
Grades due by NOON (Wednesday)	May 12

Traditional summer sessions begin	May 12
First Session	May 12-June 8 (no classes May 31)
Second Session	June 14-July 9 (no classes July 5)