Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Academic Calendar


2025-2026

Fall Semester 2025

March 1 - Priority Application Date for Admission
August 1 - Application Deadline for Admission
August 18 - Faculty Meetings
April 1 - August 24 - Student Registration
August 25 - Classes begin
August 25 - Part of Term A begin
August 25-28 - Change of Schedule and Late Registration
September 1 - Labor Day - No classes
September 8 - Census Day (12th Class Day)
September 17 - 20th Class Day
September 22 - Deadline for December graduates to file for graduation
October 6 - Priority Deadline for May graduates to file for graduation
October 8 - Part of Term A Last Day for “W”, 4:00 p.m. 
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
mid-October - Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes available online
October 17 - Part of Term A ends
October 18 - Part of Term B begins
November 24 - Last Day for “W” for Long Semester and Part of Term B, 4:00 p.m.
           (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
November 26 - Thanksgiving Holidays begin 10:00 p.m.
December 1 - Classes resume
December 5 - Last day of classes
December 6 - Final examinations begin
December 12 - Graduate Commencement
December 13 - Undergraduate Commencement

* Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes available online mid-October

Spring Semester 2026

November 1, 2025 - Priority Application Date for Admission
December 1, 2025 - Application Deadline for Admission
December 15 - Winter Mini Classes begin
December 24 - Winter Mini Last Day for “W”, 4:00 p.m. 
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
January 1 - New Year’s Day - no classes
January 2 - Winter Mini Classes end
Early November - January 18 - Student Registration
January 19 - Martin Luther King’s Birthday observed - No classes
January 20 - Classes begin
January 20 - Part of Term A begin
January 20-23 - Change of Schedule and Late Registration
February 2 - Census Day (12th Class Day)
February 11 - 20th Class Day
February 16 - Final Deadline for May graduates to file for graduation
mid-March   Summer and Fall 2025 Schedule of Classes available online
March 9 - Spring Break begins (March 9-14)
March 16 - Classes resume
March 18 - Part of Term A Last Day for “W”, 4:00 p.m.
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
March 20 - Part of Term A ends
March 21 - Part of Term B begins
mid-March - Summer and Fall 2026 Schedules of Classes available online
April 2 - Holiday Break begins (April 2-4)
April 6 - Classes resume
April 29 - Last Day for “W”  for Long Semester and part of Term B 4:00 p.m. 
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
May 8 - Last day of classes
May 9 - Final examinations begin
May 15 - Graduate Commencement
May 16 - Undergraduate Commencement

* Spring 2026 Schedule of Classes available online mid-October

Summer Session 2026*

First Term (June 1 - July 2)

May 1 - Application Deadline for Admission
Early April - May 31 - Student Registration**
May 18 - May Mini Classes begin
May 25 - Memorial Day - No Classes
May 27 - May Mini Last Day for “W”, 4:00 p.m. 
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
June 1 - Summer Long and Summer I Classes begin
June 4 - May Mini Classes end
June 17 - Last Day for “W”, 4:00p.m. - (Summer I Term) 
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
June 19 - Juneteenth Holiday - No classes
June 22 - Deadline for August graduates to file for graduation 
July 2 - Final examinations

Second Term (July 6 - August 6)

June 1 - Application Deadline for Admission
Early April - July 5  - Student Registration**
July 6 - Classes begin
July 22 - Last Day for “W”, 4:00p.m. - (Summer Long and Summer II Terms)
          (Drops after this date will receive grades of “F”)
August 6 - Final examinations

* Summer 2026 Schedule of Classes available online mid-March.

** There is no late registration or change in schedule during the Summer terms.