2015-16 Undergraduate Academic CatalogTRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
Academic Calendar
TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2015-2016
2015 FALL
New Faculty Orientation | August 14 & 17 |
| Faculty Retreat | August 19-20 |
| New Student Orientation | August 21-23 |
| Classes begin (Monday) | August 24 |
| Incomplete work from summer due | August 24 |
| Last day to add a class | August 28 |
| Last day to drop a class without a grade | September 4 |
| Labor Day (classes WILL meet) | September 7 |
| Courses dropped now receive a grade of W | September 7 |
| Homecoming | September 25-27 |
| Fall Recess | October 10-13 |
| Classes resume (Wednesday) | October 14 |
| Registration days | October 19-30 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of W | November 20 |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 25-29 |
| Classes resume (Monday) | November 30 |
| Last day of classes/semester | December 11 |
| Commencement | December 12 |
| Grades due by NOON (Tuesday) | December 15 |
2016 SPRING
| Residence halls open | January 10 |
| Classes begin (Monday) | January 11 |
| Incomplete work from fall due | January 11 |
| Last day to add a class | January 15 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes) | January 18 |
| Last day to drop a class without a grade | January 25 |
| Courses dropped now receive a grade of W | January 26 |
| Winter Break | February 13-21 |
| Classes resume (Monday) | February 22 |
| Registration days | March 14-23 |
| Easter Recess | March 24-28 |
| Classes Resume (Tuesday) | March 29 |
| Wednesday, March 30, will follow a Monday schedule | March 30 |
| Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W | April 18 |
| Last day of classes/semester | May 6 |
| Baccalaureate and Commencement | May 7 |
| Grades due by NOON (Wednesday) | May 11 |
2016 SUMMER
| Traditional summer sessions begin | May 9 |
| First Session | May 9-June 3 (no classes May 30) |
| Second Session | June 6-July 1 |