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Academic Calendar 2018-2019

Academics

Fall Semester 2018

June 4-8, 2018 Monday – Friday Registration: upper division
July 21, 2018 Saturday Financial clearance deadline for all students
August 6-10, 2018 Monday – Friday First Year Orientation
August 11, 2018 Saturday Saturday classes begin
August 13, 2018 Monday Classes begin
August 17, 2018 Friday Last day for late registration
September 3, 2018 Monday Labor Day: academic and administrative holiday
September 7, 2018 Friday Last day to file for pass/no pass option at Student Services
October 1, 2018 Monday Last day to petition for 2018 or 2019 degree
October 5, 2018 Friday Last day to request an administrative exam reschedule
October 8-9, 2018 Monday – Tuesday Fall recess – no classes (Student Services Office closed)
October 10, 2018 Wednesday Administrative Monday: All Monday classes, meet in place of all Wednesday classes
November 21, 2018 Wednesday Classes end
November 22-23, 2018 Thursday – Friday Thanksgiving: academic and administrative holidays
November 24-27, 2018 Saturday – Tuesday Reading period
November 28 – December 14, 2018 Wednesday – Friday Examinations
December 15, 2018 – January 4, 2019 Saturday – Friday Holiday recess
December 24-25, 2018 Monday – Tuesday Christmas: administrative holiday
December 31, 2018 – January 1, 2019 Monday – Tuesday New year: administrative holiday

 

Spring Semester 2019

October 15-19, 2018 Monday – Friday Registration period: upper division
December 21, 2018 Friday Financial clearance deadline for all students
January 5, 2019 Saturday Saturday classes begin
January 7, 2019 Monday Classes begin
January 11, 2019 Friday Last day for late registration
January 21, 2019 Monday Martin Luther King Day: academic and administrative holiday – no classes
February 1, 2019 Friday Last day to file for pass/no pass option
February 18, 2019 Monday President’s Day: academic and administrative holiday – no classes
February 19, 2019 Tuesday Administrative Monday: All Monday classes meet in place of all Tuesday classes
March 1, 2019 Friday Last day to request an administrative exam reschedule
March 11-16, 2019 Monday – Saturday Spring break – no classes
April 19-20, 2019 Friday – Saturday Good Friday: academic and administrative holiday
April 24, 2019 Wednesday Administrative Friday: All Friday classes meet in place of all Wednesday classes
April 24, 2019 Wednesday Last day of class
April 25-28, 2019 Thursday – Sunday Reading period
April 29 – May 15, 2019 Monday – Wednesday Examinations
May 17, 2019 Friday Graduate Liturgy
May 18, 2019 Saturday Commencement, 9:30 AM, Mission Gardens
May 27, 2019 Monday Memorial Day: administrative holiday

Summer Session 2019

April 1-5, 2019 Monday – Friday Registration period
May 21, 2019 Tuesday Financial clearance deadline for all students
May 28, 2019 Tuesday Classes begin
June 3, 2019 Monday Last day to add/drop
June 24, 2019 Monday Last day to request an administrative exam reschedule
July 4, 2019 Thursday Independence Day Celebration: academic and administrative holiday
July 16, 2019 Tuesday Administrative Thursday: All Thursday classes meet in place of all Tuesday classes
July 16, 2019 Tuesday Last day of class
July 17 – 18, 2019 Wednesday – Thursday Reading Period
July 19-20, 2019 Friday – Saturday Examinations