Fall Semester
New student orientation	August 19
Auditions & Placement examinations	August 20-26
Advising Day	August 27
Registration	August 28-29
Labor Day holiday	September 1
Fall classes begin	September 4
Deadline to submit Independent Study and Internship Proposals	September 12
Deadline to add classes to fall registration	September 17
Deadline to drop classes from fall registration	October 15
Fall Break	October 23-24
Thanksgiving break	November 27-28
Academic Advising & Pre-registration for spring	December 1-12
Spring Internship Proposals Due	December 1
Last day of classes and exams	December 17
Juries	December 18-19
Winter break begins	December 20
Spring Semester
New student orientation and placement examinations	January 13-15
Registration	January 16
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday	January 19
Spring classes begin	January 20
Deadline to submit Independent Study Project description	January 23
Deadline to add classes to spring registration	February 2
President's Day holiday	February 16
Deadline to drop classes from spring registration	March 2
Spring break	March 23-27
Academic Advising	April 6-17
Summer Internship Proposals due	April 27
Last day of classes and exams	May 11
Juries	May 12-21
Commencement	May 22

Fall Semester
New student orientation	August 21
Auditions & Placement examinations	August 22-27
Advising Day	August 28
Registration	August 31-September 1
Fall classes begin	September 3
Labor Day holiday	September 7
Deadline to submit Independent Study and Internship Proposals	September 11
Deadline to add classes to fall registration	September 16
Deadline to drop classes from fall registration	October 14
Fall Break	October 22-23
Thanksgiving break	November 26-27
Academic Advising & Pre-registration for spring	November 30-December 11
Spring Internship Proposals Due	November 30
Last day of classes and exams	December 16
Juries	December 17-18
Winter break begins	December 19
Spring Semester
New student orientation and placement examinations	January 12-14
Registration	January 15
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday	January 18
Spring classes begin	January 19
Deadline to submit Independent Study Project description	January 22
Deadline to add classes to spring registration	February 1
President's Day holiday	February 15
Deadline to drop classes from spring registration	March 1
Spring break	March 22-26
Academic Advising	April 5-16
Summer Internship Proposals due	April 26
Last day of classes and exams	May 10
Juries	May 11-20
Commencement	May 21