Academic Calendar

Other University calendars​​

SPRING 2018

January 2018

  • 1: Spring 2018 fee payment deadline (for students participating in registration from 11/13 – 12/31)
  • 1 - 15: Registration closed (internal Fin.Aid. processing)
  • 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (campus closed)
  • 18: Faculty Retreat
  • 18 – Feb. 2: Late Registration and Add/Drop (no appointment required and a $25 late fee will be charged for first time registrants)
  • 19: School and Department Meetings, Faculty Development
  • 21: Last day to cancel registration with full refund of fees
  • 22: Instruction Begins

February 2018

  • 1: Final deadline for graduation applications to be submitted for Spring 2018
  • 1: Final deadline for graduation applications to be submitted for August 2018
  • 1: Graduation Application Early Filing date for December 2018
  • 1: Scholarship Application deadline for Fall 2018
  • 2: Last day to Add or register late
  • 2: Last day to Drop
  • 2: Last day to change from full time to part time status
  • 2: Priority deadline to submit Contract Courses (Note: Contract Courses submitted by Feb. 2 should be added to schedule by Census)
  • 2: Final Fee Payment deadline (for students participating in registration from 1/18/18 – 2/2/18). Students must file withdraw paperwork with Admissions and Records in order to be dropped from all classes; pro-rated cancellation charges will apply. Non-attendance does not constitute withdrawal.
  • 3 - 15: Drop with a “W” – done on-line
  • 3 - 15: Petition to Add with $20 Administrative Fee per class (adding classes permitted because of serious and compelling reasons only)
  • 15: Last day to add Contract Courses Note: Contract courses submitted after Feb. 19 will appear on the student schedule in mid-March.
  • 15: Last day to petition to add
  • 15: Last day to change grade mode (Done online (note: this is a hard deadline and not subject to petition)
  • 15: Last day to drop with a “W” (Done online)
  • 15: Census
  • 16 – April 13: Petition to late withdraw from a class with $20 administrative fee begins (Dropping classes permitted because of serious and compelling reasons only)
  • 16 – March 9: REGISTRATION FREEZE – no processing

March 2018

  • 19 - 23: Spring Break
  • 31: ERD due for Priority Registration Eligibility Fall 2018
  • 30: Cesar Chavez Birthday (campus closed)

April 2018

  • 4: Last day to file a full term withdraw and receive pro-rated cancellation of fees
  • 13: Priority ERD Deadline for April 20 on-campus Fall 2018 Transfer Orientation
  • 18: Last day to file a full term withdraw (no refund)
  • 19 – May 11: Petition to late withdraw from the University (with $20 administrative fee) requires approval of the Registrar (dropping classes permitted because of documented serious and compelling reasons only – no refund)
  • 23 – May 25: Registration for Fall 2018 – by appointment only

May 2018

  • 11: Last day to late withdraw (no refund)
  • 11: Last day of instruction
  • 11: Tentative: On-campus Fall 2018 Transfer Orientation
  • 12: Any requests for withdraws are considered retroactive from this point forward.
  • 14 - 18: Final Exams
  • 19: Commencement
    • 8 a.m. School of Business and Economics
    • 1 p.m. School of Science and Technology
    • 5 p.m. School of Arts and Humanities
  • 20: Commencement
    • 8 a.m. School of Social Sciences (A)
    • 1 p.m. School of Social Sciences (B)
    • 5 p.m. School of Education

​June 2018

  • 4: Tentative: Summer Orientation begins

 

FALL 2018

July 2018

  • 5: Fall 2018 fee payment deadline for those registering April 23 - May 25 Note: students dropped for non-payment of fees will have to re-add classes during August registration. 
  • 30 - August 10: Fall 2018 Registration resumes (no appointment needed)

August 2018

  • 10: Fall 2018 fee payment deadline (for those participating in registration June 1 - Aug. 10)
  • 15 - 31: Late Registration and Add/Drop (no appointment required and a late fee will be charged)
  • 19: Last day to cancel registration with full refund of fees
  • 20: Instruction begins
  • 31: Last day to Add
  • 31: Last day to Drop (with adjusted fees, done online)
  • 31: Last day to change from full-time to part-time fee status
  • 31: Priority day to submit Contract Courses (special studies, internships, community involvement, etc.)
  • 31: Final Fee Payment deadline (for students participating in registration from Aug. 15- 31)

September 2018

  • 3: Labor Day Holiday (campus closed)
  • 1 - 14: Drop with a "W" (done on-line)
  • 1 - 14: Petition to add with $20 administrative fee (adding classes permitted because of serious and compelling reasons only)
  • 14: Last day to change grade mode of graded or CR/NC
  • 15: Final deadline to submit Graduation Applications for December 2018
  • 15: Graduation Application early filing date for students planning to graduate May or August 2019
  • 16 - Nov. 10: Petition to Withdraw from an individual class with $20 administrative fee (dropping classes permitted because of serious or compelling reasons only - documentation must be attatched.)

October 2018

  • 28: Last day for FULL withdraw and receive pro-rated cancellation of fees.

November 2018

  • 1: ERD Deadline for New Spring 2019 students
  • 12: Veteran's Day (campus closed)
  • 21-23: Thanksgiving Holiday - No classes Nov. 21, campus closed Nov. 22-23
  • 26 - Dec. 31: Registration for Spring 2019 (by appointment only)

December 2018

  • 1: Thesis deadline for December 2018 graduates
  • 7: Last day for FULL term withdraw (with documentation of serious illness or injury), (no refund)
  • 7: Last day of Instruction
  • 8: Any withdraws starting this date are considered retroactive and need to follow the University's withdraw policy.
  • 10-14: Finals