ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2020-2021   Fall 2020  August 2020 Monday 03 Orientation Begins Tuesday 11 Last Day of Registration Wednesday 12 Classes Begin Wednesday 26 Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty September 2020 Monday 07 Labor Day November 2020 Friday 13 Final Date for Submission of Theses and Dissertations Thursday 26 Thanksgiving Holiday Friday 27 Thanksgiving Holiday December 2020 Friday 04 Fall Semester Ends Thursday 07 Conferral of Degrees   Spring 2021 January 2021 Tuesday 05 Last Day of Registration Wednesday 06 Classes Begin Monday 18 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Wednesday 20 Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty February 2021 Tuesday 16 Mardi Gras Holiday April 2021 Friday 2 Easter Holiday Friday 09 Last Day to Submit Theses/Dissertations May 2021 Friday 07 Spring Semester Ends Thursday 13 Commencement   Summer 2021 May 2021 Tuesday 18 Last Day of Registration Wednesday 19 Classes Begin June 2021 Wednesday 02 Final Date for Adding Courses for Credit and for Dropping Courses without a Penalty Monday 21 Final Date for Submission of Approved Dissertations for MD/PhD Students July 2021 Tuesday 05 Independence Day Holiday Friday 14 Final Date for Submission of Approved Theses and Dissertations August 2021 Friday 06 Summer Semester Ends Saturday 14 Conferral of Degrees

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