
Fall 2021 Academic Calendar
View the full academic calendar.
Learn more about academic requirements at the Office of the Registrar.
- August 30: Fall 2021 classes begin
- August 30-September 3: Schedule-adjustment period and late registration
- September 6: Labor Day Holiday: no classes
- September 7-10: Add and/or drop a course with a $25 fee per add and/or drop
- September 13-November 5: Withdraw with a grade of “W” with a $25 fee until the end of the 10th academic week
- September 24: Last day for students to submit course work to faculty to remove an Incomplete, to change grading option to Credit/No-credit, and to declare an Audit grading option
- September 30: Last day to withdraw, with a grade of “W”, from a half-semester course
- October 8: Last day for instructors to remove an Incomplete
- October 11-12: Fall Reading Days – no classes
- October 18-22: Half-semester courses begin
- October 22: Last day to register for a half-semester course beginning at mid-semester
- October 26: Mid-semester report deadline
- November 1-5: Academic advising for all degree students currently enrolled
- November 2: All day advising – no classes
- November 3-12: Registration for degree students
- November 5: Last day to withdraw, with a grade of “W”, from a full-semester course
- November 18: Last day to withdraw, with a grade of “W”, from a half-semester course which began at mid-semester
- November 19: St. Mary’s Projects due to mentor
- November 23: Thanksgiving recess begins at 10:00 p.m.
- November 29: Classes resume
- December 10: St. Mary’s Projects due in the registrar’s office
- December 10: Last day of regularly scheduled classes
- December 13-16: Final class meetings/exams, last class meeting scheduled during exams
- December 20: Grades due by noon
Spring 2021 Academic Calendar
- January 16-18, 2021
Winter Orientation for New and Transfer Students - January 17-18, 2021
Residence Halls Open for Returning Students - January 18, 2021
Martin Luther King Jr. Day – No Classes - January 19, 2021
Classes Begin - March 5, 2021
No Classes - March 23, 2021
Advising Day – No Classes - April 2-5, 2021
No Classes - April 16, 2021
Awards Convocation - April 23, 2021
Last Day of Classes - April 26-27, 2021
St. Mary’s Project Presentations - April 28, 2021
Reading Day - April 29 – May 4, 2021
Final Class Meetings/Exams - May 5, 2021
Senior Grades Due - May 8, 2021
Commencement - May 10, 2021
Grades Due