Academic Calendar

Fall Semester		2017
Classes Begin 8 a.m.		Aug. 28
Thanksgiving Break* - no classes		Nov. 18-26
Last Day of Classes		Dec. 8
Final Exams		Dec. 11-14
Graduate Hooding Ceremony		Dec. 15
Commencement		Dec. 16

Wintermester		2017-2018
Classes Being		Dec. 19
Last Day of Classes/Exams		Jan. 12

Spring Semester		2018
Classes Begin 8 a.m.		Jan. 16
Spring Break No Classes		March 3-11
Last Day of Classes		April 27
Final Exams		April 30-May 3
Graduate Hooding Ceremony		May 4
Commencement		May 5

Maymester		2018
Classes Begin		May 14
Memorial Day No Classes		May 28
Last Day of Classes		June 1
Final Exams		June 2

Summer Session I		2018
Classes Begin		May 14
Memorial Day No Classes		May 28
Last Day of Classes		June 14
Final Exams		June 15-16

Summer Session II		2018
Classes Begin		June 25
Independence Day		July 4
Observed No Classes
Last Day of Classes		July 26
Final Exams		July 27-28

Summer Session III		2018
Classes Begin		May 14
Memorial Day No Classes		May 28
Independence Day		July 4
Observed No Classes
Last Day of Classes		July 26
Final Exams		July 27-28

Augustmester		TBD

Summer Session may include both a Maymester and Summer Session III term. Maymester is a three-week term beginning on the same day as Summer Session I. Summer Session III is an 11-week long term spanning both Summer Session I and Summer Session II. The dates are tentative and subject to change.

*Thanksgiving Break begins after classes end on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and includes the Sunday after Thanksgiving Day. Residence halls will close at noon on the Saturday before Thanksgiving Day. However, those students who have Saturday classes have until 5 p.m. to vacate the residence halls.

For a more detailed version of the Academic Calendar, visit: http://www.radford.edu/content/radfordcore/home/academics/courses-and-schedules/calendar.html