Calendar
The following dates are subject to change as the university makes decisions regarding the 2024–2025 academic year. Changes will be posted online on the School of Art’s website.
Fall 2024
| Aug. 19–23 | M–F | Orientation for new and continuing students |
| Aug. 26 | M | Advisement for all students Fall-term registration due |
| Aug. 28 | W | Fall-term classes begin |
| Aug. 30 | F | Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead |
| Sept. 2 | M | Labor Day; classes do not meet |
| Sept. 11 | W | Last day to add a course with permission of registrar |
| Oct. 15 | T | October recess begins after last academic obligation |
| Oct. 21 | M | Classes resume |
| Oct. 25 | F | Midterm Last day to withdraw from a fall full-term course (with permission of registrar) without the course appearing on the transcript |
| Nov. 22 | F | November recess begins after last academic obligation |
| Dec. 2 | M | Classes resume |
| Dec. 6 | F | Last day to withdraw from a course with permission of instructor and registrar Fall-term classes end Reading period begins |
| Dec. 12 | TH | Critiques and examinations begin |
| Dec. 18 | W | Critiques and examinations end Winter recess begins |
Spring 2025
| Jan. 9 | TH | Spring-term registration due |
| Jan. 10 | F | Closing date for submission of online applications for admission in September 2025 |
| Jan. 13 | M | Spring-term classes begin |
| Jan. 20 | M | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; classes do not meet; offices closed |
| Jan. 24 | F | Friday classes do not meet; Monday classes meet instead |
| Jan. 27 | M | Last day to add a course with permission of registrar |
| Mar. 7 | 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. 24 | M | Classes resume |
| Apr. 25 | F | Last day to withdraw from a course with permission of instructor and registrar Spring-term classes end Reading period begins |
| May 1 | TH | Critiques and examinations begin |
| May 7 | W | Critiques and examinations end Summer recess begins |
| May 19 | M | University Commencement |