Graduate Academic Calendar 2024-2025

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

Fall 2024
	*JULY*
Accelerate classes begin	29

	AUGUST
New Faculty Orientation	8
Faculty Return to Campus	12
Community Day	12
Residence Hall Opening: New Students	15
Welcome Week Begins	15
Accelerate classes end	15
Residence Hall Opening: Returning Students	17
Classes begin	19
Last Add/Drop for full-semester	23
Deadline: Application for Spring Graduation	30

	*SEPTEMBER*
Labor Day (no classes, offices closed)	2
Census Date (12th class day)	4
Last day to withdraw from Subterm A courses without academic penalty	13

	OCTOBER
Subterm A classes end	13
Fall Break- UG Day Students Only	14-18
Web Registration for Spring & Summer semesters begins	21
Subterm B classes begin	21

	NOVEMBER
Last day to withdraw from full semester or Subterm B courses without academic penalty	8
Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes, offices closed)	27-29

	*DECEMBER*
Final Examinations	9-12
Residence Hall Closing	13
End of Term - Conferral Date	15
Christmas Break (no classes)

Spring 2025
	*JANUARY*
Faculty Return to Campus	9
Residence Hall Opening	11
Classes begin	13
Last Add/Drop for full-semester and Subterm A courses	17
Martin Luther King Day (no classes, offices closed)	20
Census Day (12th class day)	29
Deadline: Application for Summer/Fall Graduation	31

	*FEBRUARY*
Last day to withdraw from Subterm A courses without academic penalty	14
Web Registration for Fall begins	24

	*MARCH*
Midterms begin	3
Subterm A classes end	9
Spring Break (no classes, all programs, all locations)	10-14
Subterm B classes begin	17
Last Add/Drop for full-semester and Subterm B courses	21

	*APRIL*
Last day to withdraw from full semester courses without academic penalty	4
Last day to withdraw from Subterm B courses without academic penalty	17
Good Friday Holiday (no classes, offices closed)	18
Easter Holiday (no classes, offices closed)	21

	*MAY*
Final Examinations	5-8
Residence Hall Closing	9
Commencement	9
Spring semester ends	11

Summer 2025
	*MAY*
Summer Classes Begin	12
Census Date (Add/Drop Period Ends and Last Day to Register)	16
Memorial Day	26

	*JUNE*
Subterm A classes end	29
Subterm B classes begin	30

	JULY
Last Add/Drop for full-semester and Subterm B courses	3
Independence Day - No classes	4

	*AUGUST*
End of Summer Sessions	17