Academic Calendars: Graduate Traditional
Fall Semester 2019
| Faculty workshops |
August 19 – 23 |
| Classes begin |
August 26 |
| Last day to register for or add classes or choose audit |
August 30 |
| Labor Day holiday—no classes held |
September 2 |
| Fall Break |
October 7 – 8 |
| Spring semester registration begins |
October 28 |
| Last date to withdraw with “W” |
November 1 |
| Thanksgiving holiday—no classes held |
November 27 – 29 |
| Final exams |
December 9 – 13 |
| Last day of Fall term |
December 13 |
| Deadline for making up Incomplete grades from spring 2019 |
December 13 |
| Graduate Commencement at 7 p.m. |
December 13 ** |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
December 17 |
Updated after publishing per September Addendum - 09/05/2019 **
Fall Half-Semesters 2019
| First Half-Semester, August 26 – October 20 |
| Classes begin |
August 26 |
| Last day to withdraw with “W” |
September 27 |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
October 22 |
| Second Half-Semester, October 21 – December 13 |
| Classes begin |
October 21 |
| Last day to withdraw with “W” |
November 22 |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
December 17 |
Spring Semester 2020
| New Year's Eve—university closed |
December 31 |
| New Year's Day—university closed |
January 1 |
| Classes begin |
January 13 |
| Last day to register for or add classes or choose audit |
January 17 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day—no classes held |
January 20 |
| Spring Break |
March 9 – 13 |
| Fall and summer semester registration for active online graduate students |
March 20 |
| Fall and summer semester registration for active graduate students |
March 23 |
| Good Friday—no classes held |
April 10 |
| Last day to withdraw with “W” ***DATE CHANGED 4/13/2020*** |
May 1 |
| Honors Convocation, 2 p.m. |
April 19 |
| Final exams |
May 4 – May 8 |
| Deadline for making up Incomplete grades from fall 2019 |
May 8 |
| Last day of classes |
May 8 |
| Graduate student commencement 7 p.m. (All Schools) |
May 8** |
| Undergraduate commencement 10 a.m. (Arts, Media and Communications, Education, Sciences, Health Sciences, and Humanities |
May 9** |
| Undergraduate commencement 3 p.m. (Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship and Accelerated Degree Programs) |
May 9** |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
May 12 |
Spring Half-Semesters 2020
| First Half-Semester, January 13 – March 8** |
| Classes begin |
January 13 |
| Last day to withdraw with “W” |
February 14 |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
March 10** |
| Second Half-Semester, March 16 – May 8 |
| Classes begin |
March 16 |
| Last day to withdraw with “W” ***DATE CHANGED 4/10/2020*** |
May 1 |
| Final grades due, 5 p.m. |
May 12 |
Updated after publishing - July addendum 07/22/2019**