2027-2028 Undergraduate Academic Calendar
August
27 – Academic Convocation
30 – All undergraduate and graduate courses begin
September
6 – Labor Day holiday – Offices closed; Classes suspended
7 – Last day to add a course via Cyberfriar
8 – Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
14 – Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
15 – Late adjustment period begins
October
2 – Rosh Hashanah
11 – Columbus Day holiday; Yom Kippur – Offices closed; All classes suspended
12 – All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
20 – Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Spring/Summer 2027
27 – Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
November
1 – Solemnity of All Saints
9 – Last day to elect Pass/Fail option (option for Class of 2031 begins with second semester)
12 – Course registration for Class of 2028 and December 2028 graduates
15 – Course registration for Class of 2029 and December 2029 graduates
16 – Course registration for Class of 2030 and December 2030 graduates
17 – Course registration for Class of 2031 and December 2031 graduates
24-28 – Thanksgiving Recess – Offices closed; Classes suspended
December
3 – Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
8 – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
10 – Last day of fall undergraduate classes
11 – Reading Day – undergraduates; Last day for fall graduate classes
12 – Reading Day for undergraduates
13 – Fall semester exams (including DWC)
14 – Fall semester exams
15 – Fall semester exams
16 – Fall semester exams
17 – Fall semester exams for undergraduate courses only
20 – Wintersession courses begin
25 – Christmas Day & Hannukah – holiday
January
1 – New Year’s Day holiday; Solemnity of Mary Mother of God
14 – Last day of Wintersession courses
17 – Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday – Offices closed
18 – All undergraduate and graduate courses begin
24 – Last day to add a course on Cyberfriar for undergraduates
25 – Administrative adjustment period begins for undergraduates
31 – Last day to drop courses without “WD” grade on Cyberfriar; Last day for election of audit option; Last day to add courses without charge
February
1 – Late adjustment period begins for undergraduates
21 – President’s Day holiday – Offices closed; Classes suspended
22 – All classes resume; Monday class schedule to be followed
March
1 – Ash Wednesday
4-12 – Spring Recess – All classes suspended
13 – All classes resume
15 – Mid-semester date for undergraduate courses; Last day to submit coursework to instructor for “I” and “NM” grades for Fall 2027 and Winter 2028
22 – Last day for submission of mid-semester grades
April
3 – Course registration for December 2028, Class of 2029 and December 2029 graduates
4 – Course registration for Class of 2030 and December 2030 graduates
5 – Course registration for Class of 2031 and December 2031 graduates
11 – Passover
13 – Holy Thursday; Easter Recess – Classes suspended
14 – Good Friday; Easter Recess; Offices closed; Classes suspended
15 – Easter Recess – Classes suspended
16 – Easter
17 – Easter Recess – Classes suspended
18 – All classes resume
19 – Monday class schedule to be followed; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option
22 – Proposed weather cancellation make-up day
28 – Last day to withdraw with “WD” with permission
May
5 – Last day of classes
6 – Reading Day
7 – Reading Day
8 – Spring semester exams (including DWC)
9 – Spring semester exams
10 – Spring semester exams
11 – Spring semester exams
12 – Spring semester exams
19 – ROTC Commissioning
20 – Academic Awards Ceremony; Commencement Mass; Parents’ Reception
21 – Commencement
22 – Maymester begins
24 – Last day to withdraw from Maymester course; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for Maymester courses
25 – Ascension Thursday
26 – Maymester ends
29 – Memorial Day holiday – Offices closed
30 – Summer Session I begins
June
5 – Last day to withdraw from three-week Summer I courses; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for three-week Summer I courses
16 – Three-week Summer I courses end
19 – Juneteenth -Offices closed; All classes suspended.
20 – Graduate Theology courses begin
30 – Five-week Summer Session I courses end
July
3 – Five-week Summer Session II courses begin
4 – Independence Day – Office closed; All classes suspended
17 – Last day to withdraw from ten-week Summer I courses; Last day to elect Pass/Fail option for ten-week Summer I courses
20 – Graduate Theology courses end; Last day to withdraw from five-week Summer II courses
August
4 – Summer Session II ends
8 – Feast of St. Dominic
