Calendar
The following dates are subject to change as the University makes decisions regarding the 2023–2024 academic year. Changes will be posted online on the School of the Environment’s website.
Fall 2023
| Aug. 10 | TH | International-student orientation |
| Aug. 11 | F | Optional pre-orientation events (hosted by YSE’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office) |
| Aug. 14–18 | M–F | MODs and orientation events for all incoming students |
| Aug. 21–25 | M–F | MODs and orientation events for all incoming students |
| Aug. 23 | W | Online course registration opens |
| Aug. 29 | T | Online course registration closes Dean’s Welcome YSE Community Day for all YSE students |
| Aug. 30 | W | Fall-term classes begin Beginning of add/drop |
| Sept. 4 | M | Labor Day; offices closed; classes do not meet |
| Sept. 12 | T | Add/drop period ends |
| Oct. 17 | T | October recess begins, 7:30 p.m. |
| Oct. 23 | M | Classes resume, 8:20 a.m. |
| Oct. 27 | F | Midterm |
| Nov. 17 | F | November recess begins, 7:30 p.m. |
| Nov. 27 | M | Classes resume, 8:20 a.m. |
| Dec. 8 | F | Last day of classes |
| Dec. 11–14 | M–TH | Reading period |
| Dec. 15–20 | F–W | Final examinations |
| Dec. 20 | W | Fall term ends; winter recess begins 5 p.m. |
Spring 2024
| Jan. 2 | T | Fall-term grades due |
| Jan. 9 | T | Online course registration opens 8 a.m. |
| Jan. 15 | M | Online course registration closes 11:59 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day; offices closed; classes do not meet |
| Jan. 16 | T | Spring-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m. Beginning of add/drop period |
| Jan. 26 | F | Add/Drop period ends |
| Mar. 8 | F | Midterm Spring recess begins, 7:20 p.m. |
| Mar. 25 | M | Classes resume, 8:20 a.m. |
| Apr. 26 | F | Classes end, reading period begins, 5:30 p.m. |
| May 3–8 | F–W | Final examinations |
| May 8 | W | Spring term ends, 5:30 p.m. |
| May 13 | M | Spring-term grades due for graduating students |
| May 20 | M | University Commencement |
| May 29 | W | Spring-term grades due for continuing students |