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Academic calendar

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Fall 2024

New Faculty and Professional Staff Orientation	Monday & Tuesday, August 19-20
Orientation, Graduate Students - Syracuse Campus	Thursday, August 22
Orientation, Graduate Students - Main Campus	Friday, August 23
Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-1 Courses	Monday, August 26
Registration Changes (Add/Drop Period Begins)	Monday, August 26
Final date to Add a Q-1 Course	Thursday, August 29
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Q-1 Courses	Thursday, August 29
Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course	Thursday, September 5
Student Teaching Orientation	Thursday & Friday, August 29-30
Labor Day (No Classes)	Monday, September 2
Q-1 Student Teaching Begins	Tuesday, September 3
Final Date to Drop a Q-1 Course	Thursday, September 5
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Semester Course	Thursday, September 5
Final Date to Drop a Semester Course	Monday, September 16
Course Withdrawal (W grade appears on transcript) in Effect	Tuesday, September 17 - December 6
Final date for FACULTY to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade Changes	Friday, October 4
End of Q-1 Courses	Wednesday, October 9
Fall Break (No Classes)	Thursday - Friday, October 10-11
Final Exams: Q-1 Courses	Monday - Friday, October 14-18
End of Q-1 Student Teaching	Thursday, October 17
Student Teaching Mid-Semester Meeting	Friday, October 18
Midterm Grades Posted	Friday, October 18
Instruction Begins: Q-2 Courses	Monday, October 21
Q-2 Student Teaching Begins	Monday, October 21
Final date to Add a Q-2 Course	Thursday, October 24
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-2 Course	Thursday, October 24
Final Date to Drop a Q-2 Course	Wednesday, October 30
Thanksgiving Recess	Monday - Friday, November 25-29
Classes Resume	Monday, December 2
Last Day of Classes	Friday, December 6
Final day to withdraw from a course	Friday, December 6
Reading Days	Saturday - Sunday, December 7-8
Common Finals	Monday, December 9
Final Exams: Semester & Q-2 Courses	Monday - Friday, December 9-13
End of Q-2 Student Teaching	Thursday, December 12
December Graduation	Saturday, December 14

Winter 2025

Courses Viewable	Monday, September 30
Registration Opens	Monday, October 21
Session 1	Monday, December 16 - January 3
Session 1-2	Monday, December 16 - January 24
New Year's Day: No classes	Wednesday, January 1
Session 2	Monday, January 6 - 24
Martin Luther King Day: No Classes	Monday, January 20
Winter Session Ends	Friday, January 24

Spring 2025

Courses Viewable	October 14
Advance Registration Begins	Monday November 4
Student Teaching Orientation	Thursday, January 23 - Friday, January 24
Instruction Begins: Semester & Q-3 Courses	Monday, January 27
Q-3 Student Teaching Begins	Monday, January 27
Final date to Add a Q-3 Course	Thursday, January 30
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-3 Course	Thursday, January 30
Final Date to Add an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course	Wednesday, February 5
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for Semester Course	Wednesday, February 5
Final Date to Drop a Q-3 Course	Wednesday, February 5
Final date to Drop an Undergraduate or Graduate Semester Course	Friday, February 14
Course Withdrawal Period (W grade appears on transcript) in Effect	February 15 - May 9
Final Date for FACULTY to Remove Incompletes and Other Grade Changes	Friday, March 7
Final Exams: Q-3 Courses	March 10-14
Spring Recess	Monday - Friday, March 17-21
End of Q-3 Student Teaching	Thursday, March 20
Student Teaching Mid-Semester Meeting	Friday, March 21
Classes Resume	Monday, March 24
Q-4 Student Teaching Begins	Monday, March 24
Instruction Begins: Q-4 Courses	Monday, March 24
Final Date to Add a Q-4 Course	Thursday, March 27
Final Date to Select Pass/Fail Option for a Q-4 Course	Thursday, March 27
Midterm Grades Posted	Friday, March 28
Final Date to Drop a Q-4 Course	Wednesday, April 2
Quest (No Classes, 8am - 5pm)	Wednesday, April 23
Honors Convocation	Friday, April 25
Last Day of Classes	Friday, May 9
Final day to withdraw from a course	Friday, May 9
Reading Days	Saturday - Sunday, May 10-11
Common Finals	Monday, May 12
Final Exams: Semester & Q-4 Courses	Monday - Friday, May 12-16
End of Q-4 Student Teaching	Thursday, May 15
Commencement Eve Torchlight Dinner and Ceremony	Friday, May 16
Commencement	Saturday, May 17

Summer 2025

Memorial Day: No Classes	Monday, May 26
Session 1	Tuesday, May 27 - June 13
Session 1-2	Tuesday, May 27 - July 3
Session 1-4	Tuesday, May 27 - August 15
Session 2	Monday, June 16 - July 3
Juneteenth: No Classes	Thursday, June 19
Independence Day: No Classes	Friday, July 4
Session 3	Monday, July 7 - July 25
Session 3-4	Monday, July 7 - August 15
Session 4	Monday, July 28 - August 15