Academic Calendar: Spring Semester 2024

 

Semester Dates: January 8, 2024 - May 4, 2024

Thursday, November 2, 2023

Registration for Spring Semester 2024 begins (use Cardinal Students)

Saturday, January 6

Degree conferral for students completing degree requirements in Fall 2023 semester

Monday, January 8

Opening of classes

Monday, January 15

Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (Holiday: No classes)

Friday, January 19

Last day to register or add regular session courses, including comprehensive exams and internships (use Cardinal Students)*

Last day to drop a regular session course without record (use Cardinal Students)*

March for Life; No classes between 11:00 a.m. and 3:10 p.m.

Thursday, January 25

Patronal Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas University Mass, 12:10 p.m.; No classes held between 11:50 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, February 14

Ash Wednesday

Monday, February 19 – Friday, February 23

Faculty submit interim grades for undergraduates in Cardinal Students

 

Tuesday, February 20

Administrative Monday: Classes follow a Monday schedule this day; Tuesday classes do not meet

Friday, February 23

Midterm

Last day to resolve grades of Incomplete from the Fall 2023 semester

Last day to change to audit (must have dean’s permission)

Friday, March 8

Last day for Spring 2024 graduation candidates to submit online diploma application (use Cardinal Students)

Monday, March 11

Spring recess begins

Monday, March 18

Classes Resume

Registration for Summer Sessions 2024 begins (use Cardinal Students)

Fall 2024 class schedule released in Cardinal Students

Enrollment appointments assigned for Fall 2024

Pre-registration advising begins

Wednesday, March 27

Last day to withdraw from regular session classes with a “W” grade (use Cardinal Students)*

Last day to request an academic leave for the semester

Thursday, March 28

Holy Thursday. No Classes; Easter recess begins

Friday, March 29

Good Friday

Sunday, March 31

Easter Sunday

Monday, April 1

Easter Monday

Tuesday, April 2

Classes resume

Thursday, April 4

Registration for Fall Semester 2024 begins (use Cardinal Students)

Last day to request pass/fail option (undergraduates only; must have dean’s permission)

Wednesday, April 10

Founders Day

Wednesday, April 17

University Research Day; Undergraduate/Graduate classes cancelled, Law classes cancelled through 3:30 p.m.

Friday, April 26

Final date to deposit theses and dissertations for May 2024 graduation

Saturday, April 27

Last day of classes

Sunday, April 28 – Monday, April 29

Reading Period**

Tuesday, April 30– Saturday, May 4

Final examination period

Monday, May 6

Grades for graduating students due by noon

Tuesday, May 7

All other grades due by 3:00 p.m.

Friday, May 10

Baccalaureate Mass

University Honors Convocation

Saturday, May 11

Commencement exercises

Degree conferral for undergraduate and graduate students completing degree requirements in Spring 2024 semester

Friday, May 17

Law School Commencement

Degree conferral for law students completing degree requirements in Spring 2024 semester

Monday, May 6 – Saturday, August 10

Summer Sessions

 

Friday, July 26

Last day for Summer 2024 graduation candidates to submit diploma application in Cardinal Students

Final date to deposit theses and dissertations for August graduation

Saturday, August 24

Degree conferral for students completing degree requirements in Summer 2024 semester

*Courses offered in dynamically dated sessions (those which do not extend the full length of the semester) may have earlier or later deadlines, as listed via the Enrollment Deadlines hyperlink on the class listing in Cardinal Students

**Reading days/periods may be used as make-up class days at the discretion of the University Provost