• The Fall and Winter semesters shall have 14 weeks of instruction and six days of final examinations.  However, due to holidays when classes are not in session, classes meeting one day per week shall have 13 weeks of instruction. 

• New Student Convocation shall be scheduled prior to the start of the Fall semester.

• The first day of classes for every semester, term or session shall begin at 7:30 a.m. except when Fall classes begin at 5:00 p.m., the day after Labor Day.   

• Whenever possible, there shall be at least one business day before the start of the Winter semester.

• For Fall and Winter semesters, one study day prior to the start of final examinations shall be scheduled.

• For the Fall and Winter semesters, final examinations shall end before Fall and Spring commencements. 

• Fall commencement shall be scheduled the Saturday in December on the last day of final examinations.

• The winter recess shall be scheduled at the mid-point of the Winter semester.

• Spring commencement shall be scheduled the first Saturday in May.

• The Summer semester shall 14 weeks of instruction, six days of final exams and one recess week.   However, due to holidays when classes are not in session, classes meeting one day per week shall have 13 weeks of instruction.  Summer sessions shall have seven weeks of instruction and three days of final examinations.  However, due to holidays, affected classes meeting one day per week shall have six weeks of instruction.

• There shall be at least one week between the end of a semester and the start of the next semester.  This allows for students to review grades and determine whether they should add or drop courses for the upcoming semester.  This also allows time for departments who monitor student academic progress to do their work.  This also provides an opportunity for classroom cleaning and maintenance prior to the start of the upcoming term.

• Classes are suspended on the following holidays:

Labor Day (first Monday in September)

Thanksgiving Recess-Thursday, Friday and Saturday

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January)

                                          Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

Independence Day(s) if Independence Day falls on a Friday, classes are also suspended Saturday.

• The calendar shall meet all AAUP contractual agreements.

• The calendar shall be reviewed by the following bodies:

1. President’s Cabinet
2. Academic Council
3. AAUP Executive Committee

Revised February 11, 2009