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2026-27 Academic Calendar


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Fall 2026 Academic Calendar

SEPTEMBER 

1 Pre-college Conference and Academic Convocation

2 Classes begin: day, evening, graduate

7 Labor Day: NO CLASSES

8 Last day to add courses 

15 Last day to drop courses 

16 Unity Day: University activities

OCTOBER 

12 Indigenous Peoples’ Day: NO CLASSES

14 Last day to make up Incomplete grades from Spring/Summer 2026

21 Failure warnings due in the Registrar’s Office

22 Last day to declare/change major/minor

26 Failure Warnings issued to students

NOVEMBER 

2-13 Advising for Pre-registration

2 Last day to withdraw from courses/university

9 Last day to elect Pass/Fail option

11 Veterans’ Day: NO CLASSES

16-20 Pre-registration for Spring 2027

25-28 Thanksgiving Recess: NO CLASSES

DECEMBER 

3 Student evaluation of the faculty due

7 All classes end

8 Reading Day

9 Professional Development Day

10-18 Final Exams

21-22 Make-up days for exams postponed due to inclement weather

22 Semester ends

29 Final grades for Fall 2026 due in Registrar’s Office

 

Fall 2026 Examination Schedule
CLASS DAY & TIME EXAMINATION DAY & TIME

MWF 8:00/8:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 11 at 8:30 a.m.

MWF 9:30 a.m., Monday, Dec.14 at 8:30 a.m.

MWF 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 8:30 a.m.

MW/MWF 11:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 11 at 12:30 p.m.

MW/MWF 12:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14 at 12:30 p.m.

MW/MWF 1:30/2:00 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 12:30 p.m.

MW 3:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18 at 8:30 a.m.

F 11:30/12:30/1:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 18 at 12:30 p.m.

TR 8:00/8:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 10 at 8:30 a.m.

TR 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 8:30 a.m.

TR 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 10 at 12:30 p.m.

TR 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 12:30 p.m.

TR/T 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17 at 8:30 a.m.

R 2:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17 at 12:30 p.m.

 

Continuing Education (Evening) and Graduate Courses may have a final exam at the same day and time slot of their regularly scheduled class during the first weekof the Final Exam period. See course syllabus for details.

Spring 2027 Academic Calendar

JANUARY 

18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day: NO CLASSES

19 Classes begin: day, evening, graduate

25 Last day to add courses 

FEBRUARY 

1 Last day to drop courses 

15 President’s Day: NO CLASSES

MARCH 

2 Last day to make up incompletes from Fall 2026

12 Last day to declare or change major or minor

15-20 Spring Break: NO CLASSES

22 Failure warnings due in the Registrar’s Office

23 Failure warnings issued to students

3/29-4/9 Advising for Pre-registration

30 Last day to withdraw from courses/university

 

APRIL

5 Last day to elect Pass/Fail status

12-16 Pre-registration for Fall 2027

19 Patriot’s Day: NO CLASSES

21 Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity

29 Student evaluation of faculty due

 

MAY

3 All classes end

4 Reading Day

5 Professional Development Day

6-14 Final Exams

13 Graduate Commencement

14 End of semester

15 Undergraduate Commencement

21 Final Grades for Spring 2027 due in the Registrar’s Office

 

Spring 2027 Examination Schedule
CLASS DAY & TIME EXAMINATION DAY & TIME

MWF 8:00/8:30 a.m., Friday, May 7 at 8:30 a.m.

MWF 9:30 a.m., Monday, May 10 at 8:30 a.m.

MWF 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 12 at 8:30 a.m.

MW/MWF 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 7 at 12:30 p.m.

MW/MWF 12:30 p.m., Monday, May 10 at 12:30 p.m.

MW/MWF 1:30/2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 12 at 12:30 p.m.

MW 3:30 p.m., Friday, May 14 at 8:30 a.m.

F 11:30/12:30/1:30 p.m., Friday, May 14 at 12:30 p.m.

TR 8:00/8:30 a.m., Thursday, May 6 at 8:30 a.m.

TR 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 11 at 8:30 a.m.

TR 11:30 a.m., Thursday, May 6 at 12:30 p.m.

TR 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 11 at 12:30 p.m.

TR/T 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 13 at 8:30 a.m.

R 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 13 at 12:30 p.m.

 

Continuing Education (Evening) and Graduate Courses may have a final exam at the same day and time slot of their regularly scheduled class during the first week of the Final Exam period. See course syllabus for details.

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