The campus operates year round on a semester system, with fall and spring semesters of 16 weeks each, a 10-week summer session, and a three-week “Maymester” academic period between spring semester and summer session.
Summer Session 2013 | |
April 1 (Mon.) | Transfer application deadline for summer and fall sessions |
May 1 (Weds.) | Freshman enrollment confirmation deadline |
May 13 (Mon.) | Maymester begins |
May 27 (Mon.) | Memorial Day holiday; campus closed |
May 31 (Fri.) | Final exams for Maymester |
June 3 (Mon.) | Classes begin for terms A, C, and D; 7:30 a.m. |
July 4 (Thurs.) | Independence Day holiday; campus closed |
July 5 (Fri.) | Final examinations for Term A (first five-week term) |
July 9 (Tues.) | Classes begin for term B (second five-week term) |
July 26 (Fri.) | Final examinations for term C (eight-week term) |
Aug. 9 (Fri.) | Final examinations for terms B and D (second five-week and 10-week terms) |
Aug. 10 (Sat.) | Official graduation date. No summer ceremony. |
Fall Semester 2013 | |
Aug. 26 (Mon.) | Classes begin; 8:00 a.m. |
Sept. 2 (Mon.) | Labor Day holiday; campus closed |
Oct. 1 (Mon.) | Freshman and transfer application deadline for spring semester |
Oct. 3–6 (Fri.–Sun.) | Family Weekend |
Nov. 25–27 (Mon.–Wed.) | Fall break; no classes |
Nov. 28–29 (Thurs.–Fri.) | Thanksgiving holiday; campus closed |
Dec. 1 (Sat.) | Freshman non-binding early notification application deadline for fall and summer sessions |
Dec. 13 (Fri.) | Last day of classes |
Dec. 14–19 (Sat.–Thurs.) | Final examinations (There are no exams on Sunday) |
Dec. 20 (Fri.) | Commencement |
Spring Semester 2014 | |
Jan. 13 (Mon.) | Classes begin; 8:00 a.m. |
Jan. 15 (Weds.) | Freshman application deadline for summer and fall sessions |
Jan. 20 (Mon.) | Martin Luther King Jr. holiday; campus closed |
Mar. 24–28 (Mon.–Fri.) | Spring break (campus closed Friday, March 28) |
April 1 (Mon.) | Transfer application deadline for fall and summer sessions |
May 1 (Wed.) | Freshman enrollment confirmation deadline |
May 2 (Fri.) | Last day of classes |
May 3–8 (Sat.– Thurs.) | Final examinations |
May 9 (Fri.) | Commencement |
Summer Session 2014 | |
May 12 (Mon.) | Maymester begins |
May 26 (Mon.) | Memorial Day holiday; campus closed |
May 30 (Fri.) | Final exams for Maymester |
June 2 (Mon.) | Classes begin for terms A, C, and D; 7:30 A.M. |
July 3 (Thurs.) | Final examinations for term A (first five-week term) |
July 4 (Fri.) | Independence Day holiday; campus closed |
July 8 (Tues.) | Classes begin for term B (second five-week term) |
July 25 (Fri.) | Final examinations for term C (eight-week term) |
Aug. 8 (Fri.) | Final examinations for terms B and D (second five-week and 10-week terms) |
Aug. 9 (Sat.) | Official graduation date. No summer ceremony. |
The university’s calendar committee requests that make-up time be provided to students absent for religious reasons.