2016–17 Academic Calendar

• Summer Sessions 2016

  Event	Date
  Early Summer Session Classes Begin	Monday, May 9, 2016
  Early Summer Session Classes End	Friday, May 27, 2016
  Memorial Day Holiday: No Classes	Monday, May 30, 2016
  Summer Session 1 Classes Begin	Tuesday, May 31, 2016
  Summer Session 1 Classes End	Friday, July 1, 2016
  Summer Session 2 Classes Begin	Tuesday, July 5, 2016
  Summer Session 2 Classes End	Friday, August 5, 2016

  Fall Semester 2016

  Event	Date
  Classes Begin	Monday, August 29, 2016
  Labor Day: No Classes	Monday, September 5, 2016
  Thanksgiving Recess: No Classes	Monday, November 21 through Friday, November 25, 2016
  Classes Resume	Monday, November 28, 2016
  Classes End (End of Day)	Monday, December 12, 2016
  Final Exams	Tuesday, December 13 through Friday, December 16, 2016
  Commencement	Saturday, December 17, 2016

  Winter Semester 2016–17

  Event	Date
  Classes Begin	Thursday, December 22, 2016
  No Class	Monday, December 26, 2016
  No Class	Monday, January 2, 2017
  Classes End	Friday, January 13, 2017

  Spring Semester 2017

  Event	Date
  First Day of Classes	Monday, January 23, 2017
  Spring Break: No Classes	Monday, March 13 through Saturday, March 18, 2017
  Classes Resume	Monday, March 20, 2017
  Classes End (End of Day)	Friday, May 5, 2017
  Final Exams	Monday, May 8 through Thursday, May 11, 2017
  Graduate Commencement for Master's and Doctoral Degrees	Friday, May 12, 2017
  Undergraduate Commencement for Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees	Saturday, May 13, 2017