2017-18 Undergraduate Academic CatalogTRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
Academic Calendar
TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2017-2018
2017 FALL
New Faculty Orientation | August 21-22 |
| Faculty Retreat | August 23-24 |
| New Student Orientation | August 25-27 |
| Classes begin (Monday) | August 28 |
| Incomplete work from summer due | August 28 |
| Last day to add a class | September 1 |
| Labor Day (classes WILL meet) | September 4 |
| Last day to drop a class without a grade | September 8 |
| Courses dropped now receive a grade of W | September 11 |
| Homecoming | September 22-24 |
| Fall Recess | October 7-10 |
| Classes resume | October 11 |
| Registration days | October 23-November 3 |
Thanksgiving Break | November 22-26 |
| Last day to withdraw from a course and receive a grade of W | November 27 |
| Classes resume (Monday) | November 27 |
| Last day of classes/semester | December 15 |
| Commencement | December 16 |
| Grades due by NOON (Tuesday) | December 19 |
2018 SPRING
| Residence halls open | January 7 |
| Classes begin (Monday) | January 8 |
| Incomplete work from fall due | January 8 |
| Last day to add a class | January 12 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (no classes) | January 15 |
| Last day to drop a class without a grade | January 22 |
| Courses dropped now receive a grade of W | January 23 |
| Winter Break | February 17-25 |
| Classes resume | February 26 |
| Registration days | March 19-28 |
| Easter Recess | March 29-April 2 |
| Classes Resume (Tuesday) | April 3 |
| Wednesday, April 4, will follow a Monday schedule | April 4 |
| Last day to drop a course and receive a grade of W | April 13 |
| Last day of classes/semester | May 4 |
| Baccalaureate and Commencement | May 5 |
| Grades due by NOON (Wednesday) | May 9 |
2018 SUMMER
| Traditional summer sessions begin | May 7 |
| First Session | May 7-June 1 (no classes May 28) |
| Second Session | June 4-29 |