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Academic Calendar

2019-2020

Summer 2020	Maymester	Full Summer	Fast Forward I	Fast Forward II
Registration Begins	Dec 1, 2019	Mar 2, 2020	Mar 2, 2020	Mar 2, 2020
Drop for Non-Payment *	May 5	May 5	May 5	May 5 & 26
Classes Begin	May 13	May 18	May 18	June 22
Report Non-Attendance	May 13-15	May 18-27	May 18-27	June 22-24
Last Day to Add/Drop	May 14	May 24	May 19	June 23
Last Day to Withdraw without Punitive Grade	May 29	July 13	June 9	July 22
Last Day of Classes	June 10	July 31	June 18	July 31
Final Exam Period	June 11	Aug 3-6	June 19	Aug 3-6
Grades Due	June 12	Aug 7	June 22	Aug 7

2020-2021

FALL 2020	Full Fall	Fast Forward I	Flex Start	Fast Forward II
Registration Begins	Apr 13	Apr 13	Apr 13	Apr 13
Drop for Non-Payment *	July 28/Aug 18/ Sept 1/Sept 22	July 28/Aug 18/ Sept 1/Sept 22	July 28/Aug 18/ Sept 1/Sept 22	Sept 22/Oct 20
Classes Begin	Aug 24	Aug 24	Sept 14	Oct 15
Report Non-Attendance	Aug 24 - Sept 4	Aug 24 - Sept 4	Sept 14-16	Oct 15-21
Last Day to Add/Drop	Aug 30	Aug 25	Sept 16	Oct 16
Last Day to Withdraw without Punitive Grade	Nov 2	Sept 25	Nov 2	Nov 23
Last Day of Classes	Dec 1 - Last Tuesday only class Dec 2 - Last Wednesday only class Dec 3 - Last T/R and Thursday only class Dec 4 - Last Friday only class Dec 7 - last M/W and Monday only class	Oct 13	Dec 1 - Last Tuesday only class Dec 2 - Last Wednesday only class Dec 3 - Last T/R and Thursday only class Dec 4 - Last Friday only class Dec 7 - last M/W and Monday only class	Dec 1 - Last Tuesday only class Dec 2 - Last Wednesday only class Dec 3 - Last T/R and Thursday only class Dec 4 - Last Friday only class Dec 7 - last M/W and Monday only class
Final Exam Period	Dec 8-12	Oct 14	Dec 8-12	Dec 8-12
Grades Due	Dec 14 at 5:00 p.m.	Oct 15 at 12 noon	Dec 14 at 5:00 p.m.	Dec 14 at 5:00 p.m.

Spring 2021	Full Spring	Fast Forward I	Flex Start	Fast Forward II
Registration Begins	Oct 28, 2020	Oct 28, 2020	Oct 28, 2020	Oct 28, 2020
Drop for Non-Payment *	Dec 8/Jan 5/Jan 19/Feb 9	Dec 8/Jan 5/Jan 19/Feb 9	Dec 8/Jan 5/Jan 19/Feb 9	Feb 9/Mar 9
Classes Begin	Jan 11	Jan 11	Feb 1	Mar 3
Report Non-Attendance	Jan 11-22	Jan 11-22	Feb 1-3	Mar 3-9
Last Day to Add/Drop	Jan 17	Jan 12	Feb 3	Mar 4
Last Day to Withdraw without Punitive Grade	Mar 16	Feb 16	Mar 16	Apr 19
Last Day of Classes	April 26 – Last Monday only class April 27 – Last Tuesday only class April 28 – Last M/W and Wednesday only class April 29 – Last T/R and Thursday only class April 30 – Last M/W/F and Friday only class	Mar 1	April 26 – Last Monday only class April 27 – Last Tuesday only class April 28 – Last M/W and Wednesday only class April 29 – Last T/R and Thursday only class April 30 – Last M/W/F and Friday only class	April 26 – Last Monday only class April 27 – Last Tuesday only class April 28 – Last M/W and Wednesday only class April 29 – Last T/R and Thursday only class April 30 – Last M/W/F and Friday only class
Final Exam Period	May 3-8	Mar 2	May 3-8	May 3-8
Grades Due	May 10 at 5:00 p.m.	Mar 3 at 12 noon	May 10 at 5:00 p.m.	May 10 at 5:00 p.m.

Summer 2021	Maymester	Full Summer	Fast Forward I	Fast Forward II
Registration Begins	Dec 1, 2020	Mar 1, 2021	Mar 1, 2021	Mar 1, 2021
Drop for Non-Payment *	May 11	May 11/May 25	May 11/May 25	May 25/June 22
Classes Begin	May 12	May 17	May 17	June 21
Report Non-Attendance	May 12-16	May 17-23	May 17-23	June 21-23
Last Day to Add/Drop	May 13	May 23	May 18	June 22
Last Day to Withdraw without Punitive Grade	May 28	July 12	June 8	July 21
Last Day of Classes	June 10	July 30	June 17	July 30
Final Exam Period	June 11-12	Aug 2-5	June 18	Aug 2-5
Grades Due	June 14 at 5:00 p.m.	Aug 6 at 12 noon	June 21 at 12 noon	Aug 6 at 12 noon

Other important Dates

May 25, 2020 - Memorial Day - College Closed
June 28-July 4, 2020 - Independence Holiday - No Classes
Sept 7, 2020 - Labor Day Holiday - College Closed
Nov 25-27, 2020 - Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec 21, 2020 - Jan 3, 2021 - Winter Break, College Closed
January 18, 2021 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - College Closed
March 21-27, 2021 - Spring Break - No Classes
April 2, 2021 - Good Friday - No Classes
May 31, 2021 - Memorial Day - College Closed
June 28-July 4, 2021 - Independence Holidays - No Classes

*Courses will be dropped on these dates for students who have not paid tuition in full or set up a Payment Plan in WaveNet.

Current Semester Information

Summer Classes

Classes Begin

May 18 (Full Summer/Fast Forward I)
June 22 (Fast Forward II)

Final Exams

June 19 (Fast Forward I)
Aug 3-6 (Full Summer/Fast Forward I I)

EVENTS

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JUL 13

Virtual Open House

Join us on Facebook Live as we answer all your questions about this upcoming semester!

JUL 23

International Culinary Institute Open House

Future Culinary students can tour our world-class teaching kitchens!