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Rules for Developing the Academic Calendar

  • All semesters and sessions will consist of fifty-five (55) minute contact hours.
  • Half-semester courses begin the fifth week or the middle of a semester.
FALL
Classes begin the Tuesday after Labor Day
Lasts 15 weeks with 75 days of instruction (do not count Saturdays)
Faculty report Wednesday before classes start
Fall 2 classes begin the Monday of the 5th week of the semester
First half of semester ends 37th day
Second half of classes begin 38th day
Fall 2 classes end 37 days after they begin
The fall semester will include a four-day (Thursday -Sunday) Thanksgiving recess
Classes end after 15 weeks (75 days)
Mid-Term grades are due as follows
  • Friday of the 9th week of 15 week term (Opening Monday of the 7th week)
  • Friday of the 5th week of 7.5 week term (Opening Monday of the 3rd week)
  • Friday of the 7th week of 11 week term (Opening Monday of the 5th week)
Final grades due 2 days after classes end
WINTER
Classes begin on the second Saturday of January
Faculty report the Wednesday before classes start
Martin Luther King Day - classes dismissed
Winter 2 classes begin the Monday of the 5th week of the semester
First half semester ends 37th day
Second half semester begins 38th day
Spring recess begins, Monday following the 8th week of classes
Winter 2 classes end 37 days after they begin
Winter classes end after 15 weeks (74 days) - Do not count MLK day and spring recess
Commencement the Saturday after the end of the winter semester
Mid-Term grades are due as follows:
  • Friday of the 9th week of 15 week term (Opening Monday of the 7th week)
  • Friday of the 5th week of 7.5 week term (Opening Monday of the 3rd week)
  • Friday of the 7th week of 11 week term (Opening Monday of the 5th week)
Winter grades due 2 days after classes end
SUMMER I
Normally, two day break between the end of Winter & beginning of Summer I session (Mon & Tue)
Memorial Day - classes dismissed
Juneteenth (June 19) - classes dismissed
Classes end 37th day (7-1/2 weeks long)
Summer I grades due three (3) calendar days after classes end
SUMMER II
Summer II session begins on the Monday following the last day of Summer I Classes
July 4th Holiday - classes dismissed
Summer II classes end 38th day (7 ½ weeks long)
Final grades due three (3) calendar days after classes end
* Holidays that fall on Saturday are observed on Friday, and those that occur on Sunday are observed on Monday.