Academic Calendar 2017-2018

​​​​August

28 – All Undergraduate, Graduate, and SCE courses begin; SCE Term 1 courses begin

September

4 – Labor Day Holiday (Offices closed); All classes suspended
5 – All classes resume; Last day for online course schedule adjustments for undergraduates
6 – Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
12 – Last day for dropping courses without a “WD” grade; Last day for election of audit option; Last day for adding courses without charge
13 – Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates
21 – Rosh Hashanah
30 – Yom Kippur

October

9 – Columbus Day Holiday (Offices closed); All classes suspended
10 – All classes resume (Monday class schedule to be followed for all courses)
16 – SCE Term 1 courses end
17-18 – SCE Term 1 final examinations
18 – Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day for submission of coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring 2017 and Summer 2017
23 – SCE Term 2 courses begin
25 – Last day for submission of mid-semester grades

November

1 – Solemnity of All Saints
7 – Last day for election of Pass/Fail option (options for freshmen begin with the second semester)
10 – Course registration for Class of 2018 and December 2018 graduates
13 – Course registration for Class of 2019 and December 2019 graduates
15 – Course registration for Class of 2020 and December 2020 graduates
17 – Course registration for Class of 2021
18 – Weather cancellation make-up-day (if necessary)
20 – Winter/Spring registration begins for SCE Courses
22-26 – Thanksgiving Recess (Offices closed); All classes suspended
27 – All classes resume

December

1 – Last day to withdraw from courses with “WD” grade, with permission of the Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies
8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
8 – Undergraduate classes for fall semester end after last class
9 – SCE and Graduate classes for fall semester end after last class
9-10 – Reading Days for undergraduates
11 – Fall semester examination period for DWC courses; Fall semester examination for Graduate and SCE courses
12 – Reading Day for undergraduates; Fall semester examination period for Graduate and SCE courses; SCE Term 2 courses end
12 – Hanukkah begins
13-14 – Fall semester examination period for Undergraduate, Graduate and SCE courses; SCE Term 2 final examinations

14 – Fall semester examination period for Undergraduate, Graduate and SCE courses; SCE Term 2 final examinations
15 – Fall semester examination period for Undergraduates courses
16 – Fall semester examination period for Undergraduate, Graduate and SCE courses
20 – Hanukkah ends
25 – Christmas Day Holiday

January

1 – New Year’s Day Holiday (Offices closed); Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
15 – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (Offices closed)
16 – All Undergraduate, Graduate, and SCE courses begin; SCE Term 3 courses begin
22 – Last day for online course schedule adjustments for undergraduates
23 – Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
29 – Last day for dropping courses without a “WD” grade; Last day for election of audit option; Last day for adding courses without charge
30 – Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates

February

14 – Ash Wednesday
19 – President’s Day Holiday (Offices closed); All classes suspended
20 – All classes resume (Monday class schedule to be followed for all courses)

March

3-11 – Spring Recess (All classes suspended)
12 – All classes resume
14 – SCE Summer Registration begins
13 – SCE Term 3 courses end
14 – Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day for submission of coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2017 and Winter 2018
14-15 – SCE Term 3 final examinations
19 – SCE Term 4 courses begin
21 – Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
29 – Holy Thursday; Easter recess (all classes suspended)
30 – Good Friday; Easter recess (all classes suspended)​​30
30 – Passover begins​

April

2 – Easter recess (all classes suspended)
3 – All classes resume
4 – Monday class schedule to be followed for all courses; Last day for election of Pass/Fail option
7 – Weather cancellation make-up-day (if necessary)
13 – Course registration for Class of 2018 and December 2018 graduates
14 – Admission Family Day
16 – Course registration for Class of 2019 and December 2019 graduates
18 – Course registr​ation for Class of 2020 and December 2020 graduates
20 – Course registration for Class of 2021 and December 2021 graduates
27 – Last day to withdraw from courses with “WD” grade, with permission of the Dean of Undergraduate and Graduate Studies​

May

4 – Undergraduate classes for spring semester end after last class
5 – SCE and Graduate classes for spring semester end after last class
5-6 – Reading Days for undergraduates
7 – Spring semester examination period for DWC courses; Spring semester examination for Graduate and SCE courses
8 – Reading Day for undergraduates; Spring semester examination period for Graduate and SCE courses; SCE Term 4 courses end
9-10 – Spring semester examination period for Undergraduate, Graduate and SCE courses; SCE Term 4 final examinations
11 – Spring semester examination period for Undergraduate courses
12 – Spring semester examination period for Undergraduate, Graduate and SCE courses
18 – ROTC Commissioning
19 – Academic Awards Ceremony; Commencement Mass; Parents’ Reception
20 – Commencement Dunkin’ Donuts Center 11:00 AM
28 – Memorial Day Holiday (Offices closed; All classes suspended)​​​​