Official Academic Calendar – 2017-2018

Summer Session I

Classes Begin TBA
Holiday, Classes Suspended TBA
Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes TBA
Last Day of Classes TBA

Summer Session II

Classes Begin TBA
Holiday, Classes Suspended TBA
Substitute Thursday Schedule of Classes TBA
Last Day of Classes TBA

Summer Twelve-Week Session

Classes Begin TBA
Holiday, Classes Suspended TBA
Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes TBA
Holiday, Classes Suspended TBA
Substitute Thursday Schedule of Classes TBA
Last Day of Classes TBA

Fall 2017

Labor Day Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, September 4, 2017
Fall Classes Begin Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Columbus Day Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, October 9, 2017
Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Parents Weekend TBA
Thanksgiving Recess Wednesday, November 22 -
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Classes Resume Monday, November 27, 2017
Last Day of Classes Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Study Period Wednesday, December 13 -
Friday, December 15, 2017
Final Exams Begin Saturday, December 16, 2017
Final Exams End Thursday,  December 21, 2017

Spring 2018

MLK Jr. Day Monday, January 15, 2018
Spring Classes Begin Thursday, January 18, 2018
Presidents’ Day Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, February 19, 2018
Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Spring Recess Saturday, March 3 -
Sunday, March 11, 2018
Classes Resume Monday, March 12, 2018
Patriots’ Day Holiday, Classes Suspended Monday, April 16, 2018
Substitute Monday Schedule of Classes Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Last Day of Classes Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Study Period Thursday, May 3 -
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Final Exams Begin Monday, May 7, 2018
Final Exams End Friday, May 11, 2018
Commencement Weekend Friday, May 18 -
Sunday, May 20, 2018

NOTES

  • Classes will be held on Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11, 2017.
  • The University, in scheduling classes on religious holidays and observances, intends that students observing those traditions be given ample opportunity to make up work. Faculty members who wish to observe religious holidays will arrange for another faculty member to meet their classes or for canceled classes to be rescheduled.
  • Please note that Summer classes in some schools and departments follow alternate schedules. For exact dates, check with the department offering the course.
  • The calendars for the Schools of Dental Medicine, Law, Medicine, Public Health, and Social Work are published separately and are distributed by those schools.