Semester Dates
The academic year begins with the fall semester. All future semester dates may be subject to change.
Semester Start and End Dates
Fall, spring, and summer semesters are 16 weeks long. Fall semester begins on the last Monday in August, spring semester begins on the second Monday in January, and
The traditional undergraduate Summer Online session is eight weeks long, beginning the first Monday in June.
Future Semester Dates
| Academic Year | Start of Fall Term | End of Fall Term | Start of Spring Term | End of Spring Term | Start of Summer | End of Summer |
| 2020-21 | 8/24/2020 | 12/4/2020 |
1/11/2021 (DC, Grad, Nursing) 1/19/2021 (Trad UG) |
4/30/2021 | 5/3/2021 | 8/20/2021 |
| 2021-22 | 8/30/2021 | 12/17/2021 | 1/10/2022 | 4/29/2022 | 5/2/2022 | 8/19/2022 |
| 2022-23 | 8/29/2022 | 12/16/2022 | 1/9/2023 | 4/28/2023 | 5/1/2023 | 8/18/2023 |
| 2023-24 | 8/28/2023 | 12/15/2023 | 1/8/2024 | 4/26/2024 | 4/29/2024 | 8/16/2024 |
| 2024-25 | 8/26/2024 | 12/13/2024 | 1/13/2025 | 5/2/2025 | 5/5/2025 | 8/22/2025 |
Academic Calendar
Sessions within the Semester
Traditional undergraduate classes run the full length of the semester.
Degree completion and graduate programs may have classes that run the full length of the semester, as well as classes that run the length of a session within the semester, anywhere from two weeks to fifteen weeks long. Each session has