2016-17 Undergraduate Academic CatalogTRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
Academic Calendar
TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2016-2017
2016 FALL
New Faculty Orientation | August 22-23 |
| Faculty Retreat | August 24-25 |
| New Student Orientation | August 26-28 |
| Classes begin (Monday) | August 29 |
| Incomplete work from summer due | August 29 |
| Last day to add a class | September 2 |
| Labor Day (classes WILL meet) | September 5 |
| Last day to drop a class without a grade | September 9 |
| Courses dropped now receive a grade of W | September 12 |
| Homecoming | September 23-25 |
| Fall Recess | October 8-11 |
| Classes resume (Wednesday) | October 12 |
| Registration days | October 24-November 3 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of W | November 28 |
| Thanksgiving Break | November 23-27 |
| Classes resume (Monday) | November 28 |
| Last day of classes/semester | December 16 |
| Commencement | December 17 |
| Grades due by NOON (Tuesday) | December 20 |
2017 SPRING
| Residence halls open | January 8 |
| Classes begin (Monday) | January 9 |
| Incomplete work from fall due | January 9 |
| Last day to add a class | January 13 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes) | January 16 |
| Last day to drop a class without a grade | January 23 |
| Courses dropped now receive a grade of W | January 24 |
| Winter Break | February 18-26 |
| Classes resume (Monday) | February 27 |
| Registration days | March 20-28 |
| Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W | April 13 |
| Easter Recess | April 13-17 |
| Classes Resume (Tuesday) | April 18 |
| Wednesday, April 19, will follow a Monday schedule | April 19 |
| Last day of classes/semester | May 5 |
| Baccalaureate and Commencement | May 6 |
| Grades due by NOON (Wednesday) | May 10 |
2017 SUMMER
| Traditional summer sessions begin | May 8 |
| First Session | May 8-June 2 (no classes May 29) |
| Second Session | June 5-30 |