2011 - 2012
Fall 2011
September 5: Labor Day Holiday (No Classes)
September 6: Opening Day - RED HAWK DAY (No Classes)
September 7: First Day of Classes
November 24-27: Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes)
December 14: Wednesday designated as a Friday (for Friday day classes only; Wednesday day and evening classes do not meet)
December 15: Last Day of Classes (Sunday, December 11, for Friday evening and weekend classes)
December 16-22: Examination period
December 22: End of semester
Winter 2011 - 2012
December 21: First Day of Classes
January 3: In-Person meetings for Hybrid Courses begin
January 13: Last Day of Classes
Spring 2012
January 16: Martin Luther King Holiday (No Classes)
January 17: First Day of Classes
March 12-18: Spring Recess (No Classes)
April 6-8: Easter Holiday (No Classes)
May 1: Tuesday designated as a Friday (for Friday day classes only; Tuesday day and evening classes do not meet)
May 1 : Last Day of Classes (Sunday, April 29, for Friday evening and weekend classes)
May 2: Reading Day
May 3-9: Examination period
May 9: End of semester
May 12: College of Humanities and Social Sciences Convocation (10:00 am)
College of Science and Mathematics Convocation (3:00 pm)
May 13: School of Business Convocation (10:00 am)
College of the Arts Convocation (2:00 pm)
May 14: College of Education and Human Services Convocation (2:00 pm)
Graduate School Convocation (7:00 pm)
May 15: Rain Date for Convocations
May 18: Commencement (10:00 am)
Summer 2012
May 14-May 31: First Three-Week Session (No Friday Classes; no class 5/28; 11 class sessions)
May 14-June 7: First Four-Week Session (No Friday classes; no class 5/28; 15 class meetings)
May 14-August 2: Twelve Week Session (No Friday or Saturday classes; no class 5/28, 7/4, 7/5; 11 class meetings if M or W or R schedule; 12 class meetings if T schedule)
May 21-June 28: First Six-Week Session (No Friday classes; no class 5/28; 11 class meetings if MW schedule; 12 class meetings if TR schedule; 17 class meetings if MTW schedule)
May 28: Memorial Day Holiday (No classes)
June 11-July 3: Second Four-Week Session (No Friday classes; 14 class meetings)
June 11-August 2: Eight-Week Session (No Friday or Saturday classes; no class 7/4, 7/5; 15 class meetings if MW schedule; 15 class meetings if TR schedule; 23 class meetings if MTR schedule.)
July 4-July 5: Independence Day Holiday (No classes)
July 2-August 9: Second Six-Week Session (No Friday classes; no class 7/4, 7/5; 11 class meetings if MW or TR schedule; 17 class meetings if MTW schedule)
July 9-August 2: Third Four-Week Session (No Friday classes; 16 class meetings)
August 6-23: August Three-Week Session (No Friday classes; 12 class meetings)