Academic Calendar

2023-2024

 

Please Note: 23-24 Academic Calendar UPDATED December 2023! 

Major Changes to note:

  • Spring 2024 Classes start January 8
  • Spring 2024 Finals start April 11
  • Alongside week begins April 15

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2023 Fall Term (72 Instructional Days)

 

Date

Event

  1 September Faculty Academic Orientation
  4 September Labor Day - No Classes
  5 September  Commence Fall Classes
  12 September Last Day to Add Courses
  25 September Last Day to Drop Courses
  9 October Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day - No Classes
  10 October Observe Monday Academic Schedule
  25 October Mid-Term Deficiencies due by End of Day
  10 November  Veterans. Day Observed - No Classes
  14 November Last Day to Withdraw from a Course
  21 November Commence Thanksgiving Break after Last Class
  27 November Resume Classes
  13 December Last Day of Classes
  14 December Begin Final Examinations
  19 December Final Examinations End, End of Fall Semester
  21 December Final Grades Due by End of Day
  2-3 January Academic Review Board Meets

 

2024 Spring Term (71 Instructional Days)

 

Date

Event

  8 January Commence Spring Classes
  15 January Martin Luther King Jr Day - No Classes
  16 January Observe Monday schedule
  17 January Last Day to Add Courses
  30 January Last Day to Drop Courses
  19 February Presidents' Day Holiday - No Classes
  20 February Observe Tuesday schedule
  28 February Mid-Term Deficiencies due by End of Day
  18-21 March License Examinations - (2024 License Candidates Excused from Classes)
  27 March Last Day to Withdraw from a Course
  10 April Change of Command, Classes Dismissed at 1600 and Resumed at 1800
  10 April Last Day of Classes
  11 April

Begin Final Examinations

  15 April Patriots' Day Holiday - No Classes
  15 April Alongside week begins concurrently with Finals
  17 April Final Examinations End, End of Spring Semester
  19 April Final Grades due by 0900
  2-3 May Academic Review Board Meets
  22 June Commencement (non-license majors Graduate April 19 - conferral date 6/22)

 

2024 Summer I Term (42 Sea Days)

 

Date

Event

  15 April Summer Term I Begins, Sea Term alongside week
  20 April Ship Departs, Experiential Learning & Co-ops begin
  13 May Summer I Classes Begin - 6 weeks
  24 May Ship Arrives in Galveston, TX
  25-26 May Off load period
  27 May Memorial Day - No classes
  29 May Sea Term Grades Due 1000
  19 June Juneteenth Observed - No Classes
  21 June  Last Day of Summer I Classes
  25 June Summer I Class Grades Due
  22 June  Commencement (non-license majors Graduate April 19 - conferral date 6/22)

 

 

2024 Summer II Term

 

Date

Event

  1 July Summer Term II Begins, commence summer II classes - 6 weeks
  4 July 4th of July - No Classes
  9 August End of Summer II Classes
  13 August Summer Class Grades Due by End of Day
  23 August End of Summer Cooperatives, End of Summer Term