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 Nursing’s website; see https://nursing.yale.edu/academics/academic-calendar/2023-2024-academic-calendar. Students enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Nursing should consult the Graduate School academic calendar for additional dates specific to Graduate School programs.
Fall 2023
Aug. 1 | T | Registration opens for GEPN and D.N.P. programs for fall courses |
Aug. 14 | M | Registration opens for M.S.N. and PMC programs for fall courses |
Aug. 21–25 | M–F | GEPN, Incoming R.N., and PMC new-student orientation |
Aug. 25 | F | First-year M.S.N. specialty and PMC orientation |
Aug. 28 | M | Fall term begins for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC, and D.N.P. students |
Sept. 4 | M | Labor Day. Classes do not meet |
Sept. 5 | T | Fall-term classes begin for Online M.S.N. Add/drop period begins |
Sept. 7–8 | TH–F | D.N.P. classes in session |
Sept. 11 | M | Last day to add classes for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. |
Sept. 18 | M | Last day to add classes for Online M.S.N. |
Sept. 22 | F | Last day for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. students to drop a fall-term course without it appearing on their transcript Last day to change auditor status in a class |
Oct. 1 | S | Incomplete grades from the summer term due |
Oct. 2 | M | Last day for Online M.S.N. students to drop a fall-term course without it appearing on their transcript |
Oct. 12–13 | TH–F | D.N.P. classes in session |
Oct. 20 | F | Midterm |
Nov. 16–17 | TH–F | D.N.P. classes in session |
Nov. 17 | F | Classes end; November recess begins, 7 p.m. |
Nov. 27 | M | Classes resume Last day to withdraw from a fall-term course for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. |
Dec. 4 | M | Last day to withdraw from a fall-term course for Online M.S.N. |
Dec. 15 | F | Classes end for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P., 7 p.m. |
Dec. 22 | F | Classes end for Online M.S.N. Program |
Spring 2024
Jan. 4 | Th | Fall-term final grades due |
Jan. 8 | M | Spring-term classes begin for Online M.S.N. program Add/drop period begins |
Jan. 15 | M | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Classes do not meet |
Jan. 16 | T | Spring term classes begin for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. Add/drop period begins |
Jan. 22 | M | Last day to add classes for Online M.S.N. |
Jan. 25–26 | TH–F | D.N.P. classes in session |
Jan. 29 | M | Last day to add classes for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. |
Feb. 1 | TH | Incomplete grades from the fall term due |
Feb. 5 | M | Last day for Online M.S.N. students to drop a spring-term course without it appearing on their transcript |
Feb. 12 | M | Last day for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. students to drop a spring-term course without it appearing on their transcript Last day to change auditor status in class |
Mar. 7–8 | TH–F | D.N.P. classes in session |
Mar. 8 | F | Midterm; spring recess begins for all programs, 7 p.m. |
Mar. 18 | M | Classes resume for Online M.S.N. |
Mar. 25 | M | Classes resume for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. |
Apr. 8 | M | Last day to withdraw from a spring-term course for Online M.S.N. |
Apr. 17–8 | TH–F | D.N.P. classes in session |
Apr. 22 | M | Last day to withdraw from a spring-term course for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. |
Apr. 26 | F | Classes end for Online M.S.N. Program |
May 10 | F | Classes end for GEPN, M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P., 7 p.m. |
May 15 | W | Final grades due for graduating students |
May 20 | M | Commencement |
May 31 | F | Final grades due for continuing students |
Summer 2024
May 6 | M | Summer-term classes begin for Online M.S.N. Program |
May 13 | M | Summer-term classes begin for all GEPN, M.S.N., and D.N.P. programs Add/drop period begins |
May 27 | M | Memorial Day. Classes do not meet |
May 28 | T | Last day to add classes; registration closes for all programs |
June 1 | S | Incomplete spring-term grades due for students taking summer-term courses |
June 10 | M | Last day to drop a summer-term course without the course appearing on the transcript |
June 19 | W | Juneteenth. Classes do not meet |
July 4 | TH | Independence Day. Classes do not meet |
July 12 | F | Last day for GEPN students to withdraw from a summer-term course |
July 15 | S | Incomplete spring-term grades due for students not taking summer-term courses |
July 22 | M | Last day for M.S.N., PMC, and D.N.P. students to withdraw from a summer-term course |
July 26 | F | GEPN program ends; final grades are due |
Aug. 5 | M | Summer term ends for M.S.N., PMC and D.N.P. |
Aug. 16 | F | Summer term ends for Online M.S.N. program |
Faculty Grading Calendar
Jan. 4 | TH | Final fall-term grades due |
May 15 | W | Final spring-term grades due for graduating students |
May 31 | W | Final spring-erm grades due for continuing students |
July 26 | F | Final GEPN summer-term grades due |