Academic Calendar for Traditional, Undergraduate Students

FALL SEMESTER 2010*

August
17 Semester Financial Clearance Deadline
17-24 Student Leadership Training Week
25 Living Areas Open for New Students
25 Orientation Begins
27-29 New Student Retreat
29 Living Areas Open for Returning Students

September
1 Classes Begin
1 First Day of Late Registration
6 Labor Day Holiday (offices closed)
8 Last Day of Late Registration
8 Last Day to Add a Class for Credit
10 Faculty Convocation
15 Last Day to Drop a Class with Refund
15 Last Day to Turn in Credit/No Credit Request
24 Board of Trustees Meeting

October
1 Graduation Application Deadline for December 2010 graduation
18-22 Midterm Examinations
27 Last Day to Withdraw from a Class with “W” (no refund)

November
22-26 Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes, offices closed at 12:00 noon on the 24th)
29 Classes Resume,Offices Open

December
13-16 Final Examinations
16 Semester Closes
17 Commencement Exercises
17 Residence Halls Close for Christmas Holiday
17 Christmas Holiday Begins
21 Offices Closed (December 21 - January 2)

SPRING SEMESTER 2011*

January
3 Offices Open
5 Semester Financial Clearance Deadline
11 Classes Begin
11 First Day of Late Registration
17 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (no classes, offices closed)
18 Last Day of Late Registration
18 Last Day to Add a Class for Credit
21 Board of Trustees Meeting
25 Last Day to Drop a Class with Refund
25 Last Day to Turn in Credit/No Credit Request

February
1 Graduation Application Deadline for May and August 2011 graduation
28-Mar 4 Midterm Examinations

March
2 Postmark Deadline for FAFSA and GPA Verification Form (Cal Grant)
11 Last Day to withdraw from a Class with “W” (no refund)
14-18 Spring Break (no classes)

April
15 Honors Day Convocation
21-22 Good Friday Holiday (no classes, offices closed at 12:00 noon on the 21st)
23-25 Easter Observance (no classes)
25 Offices Open
26 Classes Resume
28-May 3 Final Examinations

May
3 Semester Closes
6 Board of Trustees Meeting
6 Graduate Commencement Exercises
7 Undergraduate Commencement Exercises

*For Online and Professional Studies holiday and semester dates, please refer to the Online and Professional Studies Academic Calendar.