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 the Environment’s website.

Fall 2024

Summer Term

Date	Day	Description
Aug. 5–7	M–W	Optional three-day skill-development workshops for incoming students
Aug. 9	F	International orientation
Aug. 12–15	M–TH	Orientation events and MODs for all incoming students
Aug. 19	M	Fall 2024 course registration opens
Aug. 19–22	M–TH	Orientation events and MODs for all incoming students
Aug. 26	M	Orientation for all incoming students
Aug. 27	T	Dean's Welcome Fall 2024 course registration closes YSE Community Day for all YSE students
Aug. 28	W	Fall term classes begin
Sept. 2	M	Labor Day; offices closed; classes do not meet
Sept. 10	T	Last day to add a fall-term class
Oct. 15	T	October recess begins, 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 21	M	Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Oct. 25	F	Midterm Last day to drop a course without penalty
Nov. 22	F	November recess begins, 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 2	M	Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Dec. 6	F	Classes end; reading period begins, 5:30 p.m. Last day to withdraw from a class with penalty, 5 p.m.
Dec. 12–18	TH–W	Final examinations
Dec. 18	W	Fall term ends; winter recess begins 5 p.m.

Spring 2025

Term Calendar

Date	Day	Description
Jan. 2	TH	Fall-term grades due
Jan. 6	M	Spring 2025 registration opens, 8 a.m.
Jan. 12	SU	Spring 2025 registration closes 11:59 p.m.
Jan. 13	M	Spring-term classes begin, 8:20 a.m.
Jan. 20	M	Martin Luther King Jr. Day; offices closed; classes do not meet
Jan. 30	TH	Last Day to add a spring-term class
Mar. 7	F	Midterm Last day to drop a course without penalty Spring recess begins, 7:20 p.m.
Mar. 24	M	Classes resume, 8:20 a.m.
Apr. 25	F	Classes end; reading period begins, 5:30 p.m. Last day to withdraw from a class with penalty, 5 p.m.
May 1–7	TH–W	Final examinations
May 7	W	Spring term ends, 5:30 p.m.
May 12	M	Spring-term grades due for graduating students
May 19	M	University Commencement
May 28	W	Spring-term grades due for continuing students