Academic calendar
Fall 2024
New Faculty and Professional Staff Orientation | Monday & Tuesday, August 19-20 |
Orientation, Graduate Students - Syracuse Campus | Thursday, August 22 |
Orientation, Graduate Students - Main Campus | Friday, August 23 |
Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-1 Courses | Monday, August 26 |
Registration Changes (Add/Drop Period Begins) | Monday, August 26 |
Final date to Add a Q-1 Course | Thursday, August 29 |
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-1 Courses | Thursday, August 29 |
Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Thursday, September 5 |
Student Teaching Orientation | Thursday & Friday, August 29-30 |
Labor Day (No Classes) | Monday, September 2 |
Q-1 Student Teaching Begins | Tuesday, September 3 |
Final Date to Drop a Q-1 Course | Thursday, September 5 |
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Semester Course | Thursday, September 5 |
Final Date to Drop a Semester Course | Monday, September 16 |
Course Withdrawal (W grade appears on transcript) in Effect | Tuesday, September 17 - December 6 |
Final date for FACULTY to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade Changes | Friday, October 4 |
End of Q-1 Courses | Wednesday, October 9 |
Fall Break (No Classes) | Thursday - Friday, October 10-11 |
Final Exams: Q-1 Courses | Monday - Friday, October 14-18 |
End of Q-1 Student Teaching | Thursday, October 17 |
Student Teaching Mid-Semester Meeting | Friday, October 18 |
Midterm Grades Posted | Friday, October 18 |
Instruction Begins: Q-2 Courses | Monday, October 21 |
Q-2 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, October 21 |
Final date to Add a Q-2 Course | Thursday, October 24 |
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-2 Course | Thursday, October 24 |
Final Date to Drop a Q-2 Course | Wednesday, October 30 |
Thanksgiving Recess | Monday - Friday, November 25-29 |
Classes Resume | Monday, December 2 |
Last Day of Classes | Friday, December 6 |
Final day to withdraw from a course | Friday, December 6 |
Reading Days | Saturday - Sunday, December 7-8 |
Common Finals | Monday, December 9 |
Final Exams: Semester & Q-2 Courses | Monday - Friday, December 9-13 |
End of Q-2 Student Teaching | Thursday, December 12 |
December Graduation | Saturday, December 14 |
Winter 2025
Courses Viewable | Monday, September 30 |
Registration Opens | Monday, October 21 |
Session 1 | Monday, December 16 - January 3 |
Session 1-2 | Monday, December 16 - January 24 |
New Year's Day: No classes | Wednesday, January 1 |
Session 2 | Monday, January 6 - 24 |
Martin Luther King Day: No Classes | Monday, January 20 |
Winter Session Ends | Friday, January 24 |
Spring 2025
Courses Viewable | October 14 |
Advance Registration Begins | Monday November 4 |
Student Teaching Orientation | Thursday, January 23 - Friday, January 24 |
Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-3 Courses | Monday, January 27 |
Q-3 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, January 27 |
Final date to Add a Q-3 Course | Thursday, January 30 |
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-3 Course | Thursday, January 30 |
Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Wednesday, February 5 |
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Semester Course | Wednesday, February 5 |
Final Date to Drop a Q-3 Course | Wednesday, February 5 |
Final date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course | Friday, February 14 |
Course Withdrawal Period (W grade appears on transcript) in Effect | February 15 - May 9 |
Final Date for FACULTY to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade Changes | Friday, March 7 |
Final Exams: Q-3 Courses | March 10-14 |
Spring Recess | Monday - Friday, March 17-21 |
End of Q-3 Student Teaching | Thursday, March 20 |
Student Teaching Mid-Semester Meeting | Friday, March 21 |
Classes Resume | Monday, March 24 |
Q-4 Student Teaching Begins | Monday, March 24 |
Instruction Begins: Q-4 Courses | Monday, March 24 |
Final Date to Add a Q-4 Course | Thursday, March 27 |
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-4 Course | Thursday, March 27 |
Midterm Grades Posted | Friday, March 28 |
Final Date to Drop a Q-4 Course | Wednesday, April 2 |
Quest (No Classes, 8am - 5pm) | Wednesday, April 23 |
Honors Convocation | Friday, April 25 |
Last Day of Classes | Friday, May 9 |
Final day to withdraw from a course | Friday, May 9 |
Reading Days | Saturday - Sunday, May 10-11 |
Common Finals | Monday, May 12 |
Final Exams: Semester & Q-4 Courses | Monday - Friday, May 12-16 |
End of Q-4 Student Teaching | Thursday, May 15 |
Commencement Eve Torchlight Dinner and Ceremony | Friday, May 16 |
Commencement | Saturday, May 17 |
Summer 2025
Memorial Day: No Classes | Monday, May 26 |
Session 1 | Tuesday, May 27 - June 13 |
Session 1-2 | Tuesday, May 27 - July 3 |
Session 1-4 | Tuesday, May 27 - August 15 |
Session 2 | Monday, June 16 - July 3 |
Juneteenth: No Classes | Thursday, June 19 |
Independence Day: No Classes | Friday, July 4 |
Session 3 | Monday, July 7 - July 25 |
Session 3-4 | Monday, July 7 - August 15 |
Session 4 | Monday, July 28 - August 15 |