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Academic Calendar 2018‑2019

(Dates are subject to change)

Fall 2018

September 3: Labor Day Holiday (No Classes)

September 4: Opening Day (No Classes)

September 5: Classes Begin

November 22-25: Thanksgiving Holiday (No Classes)

December 12: Wednesday Designated as a Friday (for Friday day classes only; Wednesday day and evening classes do not meet)

December 13: Last Day of Classes

December 14-20: Examination Period

December 20: End of Semester

Winter 2018 – 2019

December 21: First Day of Classes

January 7: In-Person Meetings for Hybrid Courses Begin

January 18: Last Day of Classes

January 19: Graduate Commencement

Spring 2019

January 21: Martin Luther King Holiday (No Classes)

January 22: Classes Begin

March 11-17: Spring Recess

April 19-21: Easter Holiday (No Classes)

May 7: Tuesday Designated as a Friday (for Friday day classes only; Tuesday day and evening classes do not meet)

May 7: Classes End

May 8: Reading Day (No classes)

May 9-15: Examination Period

May 15: Last Day of Classes

May 16-18: Convocations

May 21: Graduate Commencement

May 24: Undergraduate Commencement

Summer 2019

May 20-June 13: First Four-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 15 class meetings if M-R schedule; no class 5/27)

May 20-June 27: First Six-Week Session (No Friday Classes); 17 class meetings if MTW schedule; 11 class meetings if MW schedule; 12 class meetings if TR schedule; no class 5/27)

May 20-August 8: Twelve-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 11 class meetings if M or R schedule; 12 class meetings if T or W schedule; no class 5/27 or 7/4)

May 27: Memorial Day Holiday (No Classes)

June 17-July 11: Second Four-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 15 classes if M-R schedule; no class 7/4)

July 1-August 8: Second Six-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 18 class meetings if MTW schedule; 12 class meetings if MW schedule; 11 class meetings if TR schedule)

July 4: Independence Day Holiday (No Classes)

July 15-August 8: Third Four-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 16 class meetings if M-R schedule)

August 12-29: Three-Week Session (No Friday Classes; 12 class meetings if M-R schedule)