Graduate Academic Calendar 2023-2024

*Dates are subject to change. For an updated calendar see the Academic Calendar on my.pba.edu.

Fall 2023
	*JULY*
Propel and Summer Scholars (Accelerate) classes begin	31

	AUGUST
New Faculty Orientation	10
Faculty Return to Campus	14
Community Day	14
Welcome Week begins	17
Residence Hall Opening: New Students	17
Propel and Summer Scholars (Accelerate) classes end	17
Residence Hall Opening: Returning Students	18
Classes begin	21
Last Add/Drop for full-semester	25
Deadline: Application for Spring Graduation	31

	*SEPTEMBER*
Labor Day (no classes, offices closed)	4
Last day to withdraw from Subterm A courses without academic penalty	24

	OCTOBER
Subterm A classes end	15
Online Registration for Spring & Summer semesters begins	16
Subterm B classes begin	16
Fall Break- UG Day Students Only	19-20

	NOVEMBER
Last day to withdraw from full semester courses without academic penalty	12
Last day to withdraw from Subterm B courses without academic penalty	19
Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes, offices closed)	22-24

	*DECEMBER*
Final Examinations	4-7
Residence Hall Closing	8
End of Term - Conferral Date (no ceremony)	10
Christmas Break (no classes)

Spring 2024
	*JANUARY*
Faculty Return to Campus	4
Residence Hall Opening	6
Classes begin	8
Last Add/Drop for full-semester and Subterm A courses	12
Martin Luther King Day (no classes, offices closed)	15
Deadline: Application for Summer/Fall Graduation	31

	*FEBRUARY*
Last day to withdraw from Subterm A courses without academic penalty	11
Midterms begin	26

	*MARCH*
Subterm A classes end	3
Spring Break (no classes, all programs, all locations)	4-8
Subterm B classes begin	11
Online Registration for Summer and Fall begins	11
Last Add/Drop for Subterm B courses	15
Last day to withdraw from full semester courses without academic penalty	28
Good Friday Holiday (no classes, offices closed)	29

	*APRIL*
Easter Holiday (no classes, offices closed)	1
Last day to withdraw from Subterm B courses without academic penalty	14
Academic Awards Day	26
Final Examinations	April 29-May 2

	*MAY*
Residence Hall Closing	3
Commencement	TBD
Spring semester ends	5

Summer 2024
	*MAY*
Summer Classes Begin	6
Census Date (Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register) for multiple subterms	See Academic Deadlines chart
Memorial Day (no classes, offices closed)	27

	JUNE
Subterm A classes end	25
Subterm B classes begin	26

	*JULY*
Independence Day (no classes, offices closed)	4

	*AUGUST*
End of Summer Sessions	18