Calendar
The following dates are subject to change as the university makes decisions regarding the 2025–2026 academic year. Changes will be posted online on the School of Art website.
Fall 2025
| Aug. 18–22 | M–F | Orientation for new and continuing students |
| Aug. 25 | M | Advisement for all students Fall-term registration due |
| Aug. 27 | W | Fall-term classes begin |
| Aug. 29 | F | Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead |
| Sept. 1 | M | Labor Day; classes do not meet |
| Sept. 10 | W | Last day to add a course with permission of registrar |
| Oct. 14 | T | October recess begins after last academic obligation |
| Oct. 20 | M | Classes resume |
| Oct. 24 | F | Midterm Last day to withdraw from a fall full-term course (with permission of registrar) without the course appearing on the transcript |
| Nov. 21 | F | November recess begins after last academic obligation |
| Dec. 1 | M | Classes resume |
| Dec. 5 | F | Last day to withdraw from a course with permission of instructor and registrar Fall-term classes end Reading period begins |
| Dec. 11 | TH | Critiques and examinations begin |
| Dec. 17 | W | Critiques and examinations end Winter recess begins |
Spring 2026
| Jan. 7 | W | Closing date for submission of online applications for admission in fall 2026 |
| Jan. 8 | TH | Spring-term registration due |
| Jan. 12 | M | Spring-term classes begin |
| Jan. 19 | M | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; classes do not meet; offices closed |
| Jan. 23 | F | Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead Last day to add a course with permission of registrar |
| Mar. 6 | F | Midterm Last day to withdraw from a spring full-term course (with permission of registrar) without the course appearing on the transcript Spring recess begins after last academic obligation |
| Mar. 23 | M | Classes resume |
| Apr. 24 | F | Last day to withdraw from a course with permission of instructor and registrar Spring-term classes end Reading period begins |
| Apr. 30 | TH | Critiques and examinations begin |
| May 6 | W | Critiques and examinations end Summer recess begins |
| May 18 | M | University Commencement |