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Academic Calendar 2017‑2018

(Dates are subject to change)

Fall 2017

September 4: Labor Day Holiday (No Classes)

September 5: Opening Day (No Classes)

September 6: Classes Begin

November 23-26: Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes)

December 13: Wednesday Designated as a Friday (for Friday day classes only; Wednesday day and evening classes do not meet)

December 14: Classes End

December 15-21: Examination Period

December 21: End of Semester

Winter 2017 – 2018

December 22: First Day of Classes

January 2: In-Person Meetings for Hybrid Courses Begin

January 12: Last Day of Classes

Spring 2018

January 15: Martin Luther King Holiday (No Classes)

January 16: Classes Begin

March 5-11: Spring Recess

March 30-April 1: 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: Classes End (Sunday, April 29, for Friday evening and weekend classes)

May 2: Reading Day

May 3-9: Examination Period

May 9: End of Semester

May 18: Commencement (tentative)

Summer 2018

May 21-June 7: First Three-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 11 class meetings M-R schedule; no class 5/28)

May 21-June 14: First Four-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 15 class meetings M-R schedule; no class 5/28)

May 21-August 9: Twelve-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 11 class meetings if M schedule; 12 class meetings if T schedule; 11 class meetings if W schedule; 11 class meetings if R schedule; no class 5/28 or 7/4 or 7/5)

May 28: Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes)

May 29-July 3: Six-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 16 class meetings if MTW schedule; 10 class meetings if M/W schedule; 11 class meetings if T/R schedule; no class 5/28)

June 18-July 12: Second Four-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 14 classes if M-R schedule; no class 7/4 or 7/5)

June 18-August 9: Eight-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 23 class meetings if M/T/R schedule; 15 class meetings if M/W schedule; 15 class meetings if T/R schedule; no class 7/4 or 7/5)

July 4-5: Independence Day Holiday (No Classes)

July 9-August 9:  Five-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 15 class meetings if MTW schedule; class meetings if 10 MW schedule; 10 class meetings if TR schedule))

July 16-August 9: Third Four-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 16 class meetings M-R)

August 13-August 30: August Three-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 12 class meetings M-R)