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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

2017-2018 Academic Calendar

BSOM, MSOM and MSN Cohort classes operate on a different calendar. Contact program administrators for details. Please note the Office of the Registrar is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration begins during office hours on the first day of registration.

Summer Session I 2017

May 29   Registration, Classes Begin
May 31   Last Date to Register or Drop/Add a Class before 5:00 p.m.; Last Date to Receive a Refund if Dropping a Class.  No Refund after This Date.
June 8   Last Date to Withdraw with a Grade of “W”
June 28-30   Classes End and Final Exams

 

Summer Session II 2017

July 3   Registration, Classes Begin
July 4   Independence Day Observance- Holiday (Campus Closed)
July 6   Last Date to Register or Drop/Add a Class before 5:00 p.m.; Last Date to Receive a Refund if Dropping a Class. No Refund after this Date.
July 17   Last Date to Withdraw with a Grade of “W”
August 2-4   Classes End and Final Exams

   

Fall Semester 2017

August 17 Fall Faculty Kickoff
August 18-20 New Student and Freshman Orientation
August 21 Registration and Drop/Add - All Students
August 21 Classes Begin (Day, Evening, Accelerated I & CAPS I)
August 25 Last Date to Register or Drop/Add Classes for Day, Evening, Accelerated I & CAPS I before 5:00 p.m.; Last Date to Receive Full Refund of Tuition if Withdrawing from CSU
August 31 Last Date for 25% Tuition Refund if Withdrawing from CSU before 5:00 p.m.;  No Refund After This Date
September 7 Last Date to Withdraw from an Accelerated I & CAPS I Class with a Grade of “W” before 5:00 p.m.
October 5 Accelerated I Classes End
October 6 Midterm
October 8 CAPS I Classes End and Finals
October 9-10 Fall Break
October 11 Day and Evening Classes Resume
October 12 Final Exams, Accelerated I
October 13 Last Date to Withdraw with a Grade of “W” in Day and Regular Evening Classes before 5:00 p.m.
October 16 Accelerated II and CAPS II Begins
October 16-20 Advisement and Preregistration for Seniors and Juniors starts at 8:00 a.m.
October 20 Last Date to Register or Drop/Add Accelerated II & CAPS II Classes before 5:00 p.m.; Last Date to Receive a Full Tuition Refund if Withdrawing from CSU before 5:00 p.m. (Accelerated II and CAPS II only)
October 23-27 Advisement and Preregistration for Sophomores starts at 8:00 a.m.
October 26 Last Date for 25% Tuition Refund if Withdrawing from CSU before 5:00 p.m. (Accelerated II and CAPS II only)
October 30-November 10 Advisement and Preregistration for Freshmen starts at 8:00 a.m.
November 2 Last Date to Withdraw from an Accelerated II & CAPS II Class with a Grade of “W” before 5:00 p.m.
November 3 Last Date to apply for Spring Graduation
November 22 Thanksgiving Holiday - No Classes
November 23-24 Thanksgiving Holiday - Campus Closed
November 27 Classes Resume
December 1 Day and Regular Evening Classes End (Accelerated II & CAPS II Classes Continue)
December 3 CAPS II Classes End and Finals
December 4 Accelerated II Classes End
December 4-8 Final Exams, Day and Regular Evening Classes
December 7 Final Exams, Accelerated II

      

Spring Semester 2018

January 8 Registration and Drop/Add
January 8 Classes Begin (Day, Evening, Accelerated I & CAPS I)
January 12 Last Date to Register or Drop/Add Classes for Day, Evening, Accelerated I & CAPS I before 5:00 p.m.; Last Date to Receive Full Refund of Tuition if Withdrawing from CSU
January 15 Martin Luther King Holiday (Campus Closed)
January 16 All Classes Resume
January 19 Last Date for 25% Tuition Refund if Withdrawing from CSU before 5:00 p.m.; No Refund after this Date
January 29 Last Date to Withdraw from Accelerated I & CAPS I Classes with a grade of “W” before 5:00 p.m.
February 25 CAPS I Classes End and Finals
February 26 Midterm
February 26 Accelerated I Classes End
March 1 Final Exams, Accelerated I
March 5-9 Spring Break
March 12 Classes Resume 
March 12 Accelerated II & CAPS II Classes Begin
March 16 Last Date to Withdraw with a Grade of “W” in Day and Regular Evening Classes before 5:00 p.m.
March 16 Last Date to Register or Drop/Add Accelerated II & CAPS II Classes before 5:00 p.m.; Last Date to Receive a Full Tuition Refund if Withdrawing from CSU before 5:00 p.m. (Accelerated II Only)
March 19-23 Advisement and Preregistration for Seniors and Juniors starts at 8:00 a.m.
March 22 Last Date for Refund of 25% Tuition if Withdrawing from CSU before 5:00 p.m. (Accelerated II Only)
March 26-29 Advisement and Preregistration for Sophomores starts at 8:00 a.m.
March 29 Last Date to Withdraw from Accelerated II and CAPS II classes with a Grade of “W” before 5:00 p.m.
March 30 Good Friday, Holiday (Campus Closed)
April 2 All Classes Resume
April 2-13 Advisement and Preregistration for Freshman starts at 8:00 a.m.
April 6 Last Date to Apply for Summer and Fall Graduation
April 24 Day and Evening Classes End (Accelerated II and CAPS II continues)
April 26-May 1 Final Exams; Day and Regular Evening Classes
April 29 CAPS II Classes End and Final Exams
April 30 Final Exams, Accelerated II
May 5 Commencement 10:00 a.m.