{"id":6741,"date":"2022-06-16T11:22:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T15:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/?page_id=6741"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T02:24:32","slug":"important-semester-dates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/faqs\/important-semester-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Semester Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b><em>Please be sure these dates are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/teaching-writing\/resources\/syllabi-templates\/\">included in the weekly calendar on your syllabus<\/a>. Note that WR courses have an earlier deadline to add courses than other courses in the university. This page will be updated every semester.<\/em><\/b><\/h3>\n<h2><b>Fall 2026<\/b><\/h2>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"923\" height=\"432\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">September 2<\/th>\n<td>Classes Begin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">September 7<\/th>\n<td>Labor Day Holiday, Classes Suspended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">September 9<\/th>\n<td><span>Last Day to Add a WR Course<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">October 7<\/th>\n<td><span>Last Day to Drop Standard Courses (without a \u201cW\u201d grade)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">October 12<\/th>\n<td>Indigenous People\u2019s Day Holiday, Classes Suspended<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">October 13<\/th>\n<td>Substitute Monday schedule of classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">November 6<\/th>\n<td>Last Day to Drop Standard Courses (with a \u201cW\u201d grade)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">November 25-29<\/th>\n<td>Thanksgiving Recess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">November 30<\/th>\n<td>Classes Resume<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">December 1<\/th>\n<td><span>Last Day to Officially Take a Leave of Absence or Withdraw from the University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">December 10<\/th>\n<td>Last Day of Classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please be sure these dates are included in the weekly calendar on your syllabus. Note that WR courses have an earlier deadline to add courses than other courses in the university. This page will be updated every semester. Fall 2026 September 2 Classes Begin September 7 Labor Day Holiday, Classes Suspended September 9 Last Day [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5515,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5515"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6741"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8030,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6741\/revisions\/8030"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wpnet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}