Graduate Catalog

Academic Calendar

Fall Semester 2025

  PLEASE BE ADVISED, ALL DEADLINES MUST BE MET BY 5:00 PM EST UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Tuition and Fees Due; Last Day to Make Financial Arrangements  August 11, 2025 
Independent Studies: Final Approval Deadline for Fall Semester  August 14, 2025
School of Counseling Faculty Workshop  August 15, 2025
Classes Begin  August 18, 2025
End of Add/Drop Period  August 21, 2025 – Due by 12:00 pm
Last Day to Withdraw from Half-Term 1 Classes with W on Transcript  August 26, 2025
Labor Day (Offices closed, No Class Meetings)  September 1, 2025
Last Day to Withdraw from Semester Classes with W on Transcript  September 4, 2025
Advisement Week  September 22-25, 2025
Last Day to Withdraw from Half-Term 1 Classes with WP/WF on Transcript  September 25, 2025
Deadline to Complete Summer Incompletes (Grades Due)  October 2, 2025
Last Day of Half-Term 1 Classes  October 7, 2025
First Day of Half-Term 2 Classes  October 8, 2025
Last Day to Drop Half-Term 2 Classes  October 14, 2025
Last Day to Withdraw from Half-Term 2 Classes with W on Transcript  October 16, 2025
Spring Semester Registration Opens for Online Students  October 21, 2025
Spring Semester Registration Opens for Graduating Students  October 22, 2025
Spring Semester Registration Opens for Continuing Students  October 23, 2025
Spring Semester Registration Opens for New Students  October 27, 2025
Last Day to Withdraw from Semester Classes with WP/WF on Transcripts  November 6, 2025
Last Day to Withdraw from Half-Term 2 Classes with WP/WF on Transcripts  November 18, 2025
Last Day of Classes for Semester Classes and Half-Term 2  November 20, 2025
Thanksgiving Break (No Class Meetings, Offices Closed Wednesday – Friday)  November 24-27, 2025
Final Exam Week   December 1-4, 2025
Fall Degree Conferral  December 5, 2025
Christmas Break for Students  December 8, 2025
Grades Due from Faculty (December Graduating Students)  December 8, 2025
Grades Due from Faculty (Continuing Students)  December 10, 2025
Student Performance and Disposition Review (SPDR)  December 10, 2025
Offices Closed (This does not include counseling centers)  December 19, 2025-January 2, 2026

 

Spring Semester 2026

  PLEASE BE ADVISED, ALL DEADLINES MUST BE MET BY 5:00 PM EST UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Offices Reopen January 5, 2026 
Tuition and Fees Due; Last Day to Make Financial Arrangements  January 5, 2026 
Independent Studies: Final Approval Deadline for Spring Semester  January 8, 2026
School of Counseling Faculty Workshop  January 8, 2026
Classes Begin  January 12, 2026
End of Add/Drop Period  January 15, 2026 – Due by 12:00 pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (Offices closed, No Class Meetings)  January 19, 2026
Last day to Withdraw from Half-Term 1 Classes with W on Transcripts  January 20, 2026
Last day to Withdraw from Semester Classes with W on Transcript  January 29, 2026
Advisement Week  February 16-19, 2026
Last Day to Withdraw from Half-Term 1 Classes with WP/WF on Transcripts  February 19, 2026
Deadline to Complete Fall Incompletes (Grades Due)  February 27, 2026
Last Day of Half-Term 1 Classes  March 3, 2026
First Day of Half-Term 2 Classes   March 4, 2026
Spring Break  March 9-12, 2026
Last Day to Drop Half-Term 2 Classes   March 18, 2026
Last day to Withdraw from Half-Term 2 Classes with W on Transcripts  March 19, 2026
Summer Registration Opens for Online Students  March 24, 2026
Summer Registration Opens for Graduating Students  March 25, 2026
Summer Registration Opens for Continuing Students  March 26, 2026
Summer Registration Opens for New Students  March 30, 2026
Last Day to Withdraw from Semester Classes with WP/WF on Transcripts  April 9, 2026
Last Day to Withdraw from Half-Term 2 Classes with WP/WF on Transcripts  April 21, 2026
Last Day of Classes for Spring Semester and Half-Term 2  April 23, 2026
Final Exam Week  April 27-30, 2026
Student Performance and Disposition Review (SPDR)  April 29, 2026
Grades Due from Faculty (May Graduating Students)  May 4, 2026
Grades Due from Faculty (Continuing Students)  May 6, 2026
Graduation Commencement Ceremony  May 8, 2026

 

 

Summer Semester 2026

 PLEASE BE ADVISED, ALL DEADLINES MUST BE MET BY 5:00 PM EST UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Tuition and Fees Due; Last Day to Make Financial Arrangements May 18, 2025 
 Independent Studies: Final Approval Deadline for Summer Semester  May 21, 2026
 Memorial Day Holiday (Offices closed, No Class Meetings)  May 25, 2026
 Classes Begin  May 26, 2026
 Fall Registration Opens for Online Students  May 26, 2026
 Fall Registration Opens for Graduating Students  May 27, 2026
 Fall Registration Opens for Continuing Students  May 28, 2026
 End of Add/Drop Period  May 28, 2026 – Due by 12:00 pm
 Last day to Withdraw from Classes with W on Transcript for all Coursework  June 2, 2026
 Fall Registration Opens for New Students  June 5, 2026
 Juneteenth Holiday Observed (Offices Closed, No Class Meetings)  June 19, 2026
 Last Day to Withdraw from Classes with WP/WF on Transcripts  July 7, 2026
 Deadline to Complete Spring Incompletes (Grades Due)  July 9, 2026
 Last Day of Classes  July 30, 2026
 Final Exam Week  August 3-August 6, 2026
 Summer Degree Conferral  August 7, 2026
 Grades Due from Faculty (August Graduating Students)  August 10, 2026
 Grades Due from Faculty (Continuing Students)  August 12, 2026
 Student Performance and Disposition Review (SPDR)  August 12, 2026