Fall Term 2021 Academic Calendar
Changes may be made in the following calendar, which is not official and should not be used for planning purposes, until it is approved by the Board of Trustees on February 24, 2021.August 2021
August 5 — Thursday
Registration and orientation for new graduate students
August 12 — Thursday
Registration for graduate non matriculated students
August 23 — Monday
Late registration and orientation for new first-year and transfer students
September 2021
September 1 — Wednesday
Fall faculty conference
September 3 — Friday
Registration for undergraduate non matriculated students
September 6 — Monday
Labor Day Holiday
September 7 — Tuesday
Classes begin (full-term and sub-term A)
September 7-13 — Tuesday-Monday
Drop/add period (full-term)
September 11 — Saturday
Saturday classes begin
September 13 — Monday
Deadline to file FERPA hold to prevent release of student information
Deadline to drop full-term and sub-term A course(s) with a 100% refund
September 16 — Thursday
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term A course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)
September 22 — Wednesday
Board of Trustees meeting
September 24 — Friday
Deadline to withdraw from a full-term course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)
October 2021
October 1 — Friday
Deadline to file fall 2021 graduation application without financial penalty
October 6 — Thursday
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term A course(s) with W grade
October 11 — Monday
Holiday; normal campus operations
October 14 — Thursday
Sub-term A classes end
October 15 — Friday
Spring 2022 pre-registration schedule of classes posted (view only)
October 18 — Monday
Sub-term B classes begin
October 18-20 — Monday-Wednesday
Sub-term B drop/add period
October 20 — Wednesday
Deadline to drop sub-term B course(s) with a 100% refund
October 26 — Tuesday
Preceptorial advising day; no classes
October 27-28 — Wednesday-Thursday
Seniors (with 96+ earned credits) and matriculated graduate students preregister
October 30 — Friday
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term B course(s) with a 50% refund (part-time students only)
October 29 - November 1 — Friday-Monday
Juniors (with 64-95 earned credits) preregister
November 2021
November 2 — Tuesday
Election Day holiday; normal campus operations
November 3— Wednesday
Preceptorial advising day; classes begin 3:25PM
November 4-5 — Thursday-Friday
Sophomores (with 32-63 earned credits) preregister
November 8-9 — Monday-Tuesday
Freshmen (0-31 earned credits) preregister
November 11 — Thursday
Veterans Day holiday; normal campus operations
November 15 — Monday
Deadline to withdraw from full-term course(s) with a W grade
November 24 — Wednesday
Classes end at 3:25PM
Deadline to withdraw from sub-term B course(s) with a W grade
November 25 — Thursday
Thanksgiving holiday; University closed
November 26 — Friday
No classes
November 27 — Saturday
No Saturday classes
December 2021
December 6 — Monday
Graduate Research Symposium; Graduate classes scheduled only on Monday evenings from 6-9:50PM do not meet
December 8 — Wednesday
Board of Trustees meeting
December 10 — Friday
Fall term classes end
December 13-17 — Monday-Friday
Final week
December 17 — Friday
Term ends
December 20— Monday
Grades due for graduating students by 12 noon
December 22 — Wednesday
Grades due for non-graduating students by 5PM
December 24-January 2— Friday-Sunday
Holiday break; University closed
December 31 — Friday
New Year's Day Holiday
