Academic Calendar

Fall 2024

August 27 Residence halls open for new students

August 23-26 International Student Orientation

August 27-31 New Student Orientation

August 29 Advising begins. All-advisor meeting in morning; individual advising begins in afternoon.

August 30 Residence halls open for returning students. Computer preregistration for first-year and transfer students only.

September 1 Meal plan starts at dinner.

September 2 Labor Day. No classes.

September 3 Classes begin.

September 16 Drop/add ends. Last day to delete a course from or add to permanent registration. Last day to uncover a shadow grade for a CR course from the previous semester.

October 4 Final examination schedule available online.

October 11 Fall Break begins after last class.

October 21 Fall classes resume at 8:30 a.m.

October 30 Schedule of courses and seminars for next semester available online.

November 8 Last day to declare CR/NC grading option. Last day to withdraw from a course and receive the grade notation “W.”

November 4- Advising period.

November 18- Pre-enrollment for spring semester (based on Thanksgiving break).

November 20 Pre-enrollment ends at 4 p.m.

November 27 Thanksgiving Break begins after last class.

December 2 Fall classes resume at 8:30 a.m.

December 1 Note: All accounts must show a zero or positive balance to enroll orselect a room for spring semester.

December 9 Follows a Monday schedule to make up for Labor Day Monday.

December 10 Follows a Thursday schedule to make up for Thanksgiving Thursday.

December 11 Follows a Friday schedule to make up for Thanksgiving Friday.

December 11 Classes end. Lottery for spring housing.

December 15- Finals exam period. Note: Final examinations are not rescheduled to accommodate

21 travel plans.

December 20 100-level seminars end. The fourteenth meetings of Fall 100-level seminars may meet in either the seminar format or for a final exam, up to the discretion of the professor.

December 21 Finals end at noon. Residence halls close at 6 p.m. Meal plan ends at lunch.

Jan. 6, 2025 Final grades for fall 2024 due (noon).

Spring 2025

January 18	Residence halls open at noon.
January 19	Meal plan starts at dinner.
January 20	Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day Holiday. No classes on MLK Day. MLK Day morning classes are not rescheduled. MLK Day afternoon classes are rescheduled for Wednesday evening of MLK week. MLK Day evening classes are not rescheduled.
January 21	Classes begin.
January 22	Wednesday evening of MLK week follows the schedule for MLK Monday afternoon classes. The normal Wednesday evening teaching time is 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Classes otherwise scheduled for Wednesday evenings are not rescheduled.
February 3	Drop/add ends. Last day to delete a course from or add one to permanent registration. Students with once-a-week classes may extend some adding and dropping into the third week of classes, depending upon the approval of the professor teaching the class to be added.
March 4	Final examination schedule available online.
March 7	Spring Break begins after last class.
March 17	Spring classes resume at 8:30 a.m.
March 26	Schedule of courses and seminars for next semester available online.
March 28	Last day to declare CR/NC grading option. Last day to withdraw from a course and receive the grade “W.”
April 1	Note: All accounts must show a $0 or positive balance to enroll and select a room for the fall semester.
March 31-April 11	Advising period.
April 14-16	Pre-enrollment for fall semester.
April 16	Pre-enrollment ends at 4 p.m.
May 2	Classes and seminars end, as originally scheduled.
May 12	Faculty Deadline for Grades Due for Trico seniors, Monday noon. Note this is before many of our finals have met.
May 8-15	Course Final & Honors written examinations. If you must make travel arrangements before the examination schedule is published, do not expect to leave until after finals.
May 16	Meal plan ends at dinner for all but seniors.
May 16	Residence halls close to all but seniors at 5:00 p.m. (Non-seniors are expected to leave the College within 24 hours after their last examination.)
May 18-20	Honors orals
May 20	Faculty Deadline for Senior Grades Due, Tuesday noon. Senior Deadline for CR Shadow Grade Uncovering, Tuesday 11:59PM. No extensions. See Credit / No Credit for more information.
May 24	Baccalaureate
May 25	Commencement
May 26	Residence halls close to seniors at 9 a.m.
May 29	Faculty Deadline for All Spring Grades Due. See May 16 for grade deadline for Seniors.
May 30 - June 1	Alumni Weekend